I’ll probably keep making these posts as new stuff comes up, and hopefully for anyone looking at the new CV Rangefinders this information will be useful. I’ve no new complaints about my Bessa, but I have to reaffirm that it is terribly useful to have on hand. I just shove it in my bag and [...]
Photos from the Bessa R2A, with the 50mm f/1.8 lens Fuji Superia 100: Era Pan 100:
After 2 days I’ve got a better feel for the system, and the finer points are starting to come out. -The metering reminds me of the Canon EF bodies, but it’s a bit new to me not to be able to see the aperture figure in the viewfinder. Apparently the Bessa R2M/R3M/R4M’s have a metering [...]
Yep, bit the bullet. $795AUD from my local store, PhotoCo Camera House in the central markets. They had a grey body sitting on the shelf at a discount, cheaper than a black body. $200 and an EOS 1 and a Lens got it for me. Logically I could have gotten it cheaper from CameraQuest, but [...]
Thursday, February 7, 2008
One of my long-time goals has been to own a Cosina Voigtlander 35mm Rangefinder camera. I used to own a quaint little Canonet RF, until it’s untimely demise. I pulled it out of my camera bag after a few months of non-use and found it’s top badly dented, and it’s focusing mechanism jammed. It arrived [...]