Camera Talk

Hmm very interesting comments, thanks for those. I think I'll give it a serious try if I can find one that works well that doesn't break the bank. The lenses are part of the appeal for me. Nice maritime shots above too from Julio.

Has anyone used a Retina IIIS? I saw one a few years ago and I was actually surprised by its apparent quality. Photos from its lenses as seen on Flickr look pretty nice too. I've been thinking of trying to build a IIIS kit lately.

Phil nice to see you here. I think you were a member of the Nelson forum if I recall correctly. I had a prostate cancer scare this year too - looks negative for now. Those biopsies are not fun. Hang in there.

Kalle,

Hang in there and remember we stand with you here.

-- David

Beautiful camera - congrats. The F still rules in the Nikon world in my view.

Nice shots. They will deliver fine color images as well. Of the few compact 35mm fixed lens rangeinders I've used, The QL-17 always struck me as the most desirable: Very good optics, fairly wide field of view, fairly fast, compact, manual operation, and nicely made. Prices for them seem to be going ...

A couple more the the 3.5 cm F2.8 Biogon Opton (on a Bessa 2RC) Interstate 17 north of Phoenix, Kodak Gold 200, self processed (can't you tell!) http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img913/5807/28d377.jpg Coconino National Forest, somewhere a few dozen miles south of Jerome, on a dirt road off the main hi...

An awesome set for those with the money. It's simply too valuable a collectible to do anything with it, but keep it in a glass case on display however.

I had one of these once a long time ago - can't remember how I got it, but I probably should have kept it. It is really a rugged all-mechanical beast. The controls sort of reminded me of rangefinder bodies of that era, less refined (in a sense that would appeal to the masses) than later model SLR's,...

Nice shots. I've also had Contax frame counter problems - seems to be a weakness of that design, as is rangefinder vertical misalignment (there are a few annoyance issues with Contax bodies). The Zeiss Contax lenses are really quite amazing, and fully deserving of their reputation - the Germans seem...