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Jieffe
Joined: 04 Nov 2007
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Location: Brugelette, Belgium
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 Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject: Rangefinder frenzy |
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Well, last week, I got a little too much enthusiastic and bought 4 rangefinders 
At first, I managed to partly fix my Zorki, I now have the fast speeds working and a first roll confirmed that the exposure was spot on ... but also that I needed to recalibre the RF. Done last evening, seems to be ok.
I then won on the Bay a Petri 7s, a Yashica Minister D (need to find a battery for it), a Canonet 28 (still waiting for it) and, last but not least, a Yashica 35 GSN, all in very good shape.
The 35 GSN needed to have the light seals replaced. I also built a custom battery holder for it (inspired by Jesito). Time to try it on the field !
Oh, I also got an Olympus 35 Trip and a Fujica Compact 35, but they are not really rangefinder, so that doesn't count 
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Jesito
Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 2409
Location: Sitges, (Spain)
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: Rangefinder frenzy |
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| Jieffe wrote: | Well, last week, I got a little too much enthusiastic and bought 4 rangefinders
At first, I managed to partly fix my Zorki, I now have the fast speeds working and a first roll confirmed that the exposure was spot on ... but also that I needed to recalibre the RF. Done last evening, seems to be ok.
I then won on the Bay a Petri 7s, a Yashica Minister D (need to find a battery for it), a Canonet 28 (still waiting for it) and, last but not least, a Yashica 35 GSN, all in very good shape.
The 35 GSN needed to have the light seals replaced. I also built a custom battery holder for it (inspired by Jesito). Time to try it on the field !
Oh, I also got an Olympus 35 Trip and a Fujica Compact 35, but they are not really rangefinder, so that doesn't count |
I got two minister D and a Canonet 28 as well, so I'll have to face the battery problem for these some day
Congrats for these acquisitions, all of them are fine cameras.
Jes
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Jesito's backsack:
Zooms Sigma 18-200, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro (Adaptall)
Fixed CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7, Helios 44-2, Cosinon 28mm, CZJ Sonnar 135, Industar-61, Jupiter-9, Industar-50, CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8, Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Weltblick 135mm
DSLR Canon 350D, Pentax *1stDS, SIGMA SD-9
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Mamiya 645E, Petri 6x45, Nettar
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, Pentax SF7, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S,
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Olympus 35RC, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret LR, Welta Welti-I, Argus C4, Kodak Signette 25, Zorki-4, Bessa-R
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Minox 35 ML, Canon Prima Super 105
Compact Digital Caplio GX100, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot 520
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