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Post by lesdmess on Aug 2, 2014 17:27:06 GMT -5
Since others may be unfamiliar with the TLS401, here is a review of it from MP 1970.
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Post by lesdmess on Aug 2, 2014 12:02:08 GMT -5
How about the Ricoh TLS401. On the side of the viewfinder is an actuator that switches a mirror to allow eye level or waist level viewing without the need for interchangeable viewfinders. I can't say that I have seen another camera with this configuration have you?
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 25, 2014 7:19:47 GMT -5
I have the 1979 Pop Photo test of this lens published with the review of the MX and wonder if anyone has the same for any other pancake or 40mm for comparison. I will have to follow up with testing on mt K20D which will likely be the bottleneck as 14.6MP is just not enough from previous lenses I have tested before. Of course since these are used, it cannot be determined if it is up to factory spec.
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 21, 2014 20:39:02 GMT -5
That SR-2 looks great Mickey! I hope it works as well as it looks!
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 21, 2014 7:12:32 GMT -5
Since 1954 I have had: Minolta SR2 10 years. Mickey E&O Ex You wouldn't happen to have a picture of that would you?
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 20, 2014 18:37:49 GMT -5
I also find the Yashica TL Electro X to be a good looking camera with that beautifully ornate Y on the viewfinder and the atomic symbol on the front and shutter speed dial.
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 20, 2014 18:29:40 GMT -5
Hans, Actually I feel a bit more foolish as who else would get the smallest format SLR then attach big lenses on them . . . But maybe instead of a lens consideration it is the film size? Of course if am not taking a bag of equipment and I simply wanted to take one camera with one "standard" lens then I would take the Pentax MX + Pancake.
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 20, 2014 17:24:43 GMT -5
That is a tidy looking Ricoh. I suppose their ties with Nikon goes back to their first SLR offering which had a "Nikon" mount - the Singlex. Only thing is the "A" opening was wider than a standard Nikon lens. This would allow it to mount Nikon lenses but the Ricoh lens won't mount on a Nikon body. It's a behemoth of a camera that weighs more than an F.
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 19, 2014 17:43:01 GMT -5
Hoover Dam at night Kodak Ektar 100, Pentax LX + 28mm f2.8 using aperture priority autoexposure of >40minutes
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 19, 2014 17:29:59 GMT -5
In the end, I scored a fully functional and well dressed X-700 which was the European Camera of the year in 1981 . . .
I am trying to come up with a timelapse project to take advantage of that multifunction back.
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 19, 2014 11:40:30 GMT -5
Interesting tidbit about the XK is that it has the fastest sync speed of all the horizontal titanium shutter curtain pro SLRs at 1/100 of a sec. Canon New F-1 @ 1/90, Nikon F3 @ 1/80 and Pentax LX @ 1/75.
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 19, 2014 11:21:28 GMT -5
Here's a pic of what i've got left of these type of cameras, my motto being buy them and try them ! Probably a common motto here . . . A pic of my black bodied Minolta's
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 16, 2014 6:54:09 GMT -5
Wayne, In 35mm there may not have been many to choose from but the Leica IIIc and the Kine Exacta are a couple examples. Link to The Dresden Exaktas Phil, That is a fine looking camera you have there comrade!
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 14, 2014 7:33:42 GMT -5
Do you have a camera that shares your birthyear? Mine is the original Asahi Pentax released in 1957. Took a picture of it and inserted it into their ad that I scanned. Not as sexy as the ads by Miranda . . .
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Post by lesdmess on Jul 13, 2014 20:46:35 GMT -5
I bought that Takumar fisheye in that condition but read in a 60s photo magazine that this was done due to importation restrictions at the time.
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