I bought a couple of job lots of #rangefinder gear yesterday - a lot of #Leica stuff and some Soviet lenses in LTM and Contax mounts - and now I’m trying to take stock of it all and check it all over.
It’s a bit overwhelming.
In other news, if someone wants a nice Jupiter 12, I might have two fully tested and checked ones for sale soon…
Lens coatings are something people don't spend a lot of time thinking about, but they benefit from every day. But there's a specific group of nerds that are sad that all those new fancy lens coatings are making lens flare a thing of the past. This is the old #canon M39 #rangefinder 35mm f/2 strapped to a mirrorless camera using a helicoid adapter. #Photography#LandscapePhotography#LensFlare#PhotographerProblems
Day 7: I spent a good chunk of time this year playing with widgets from the 1950s that turn a #rangefinder into a close-up/macro/copying rig. Sure, it'd be easier to do this with any SLR - and even easier with digital - but there's a perverse pleasure in using these weird contraptions and pushing a Leica as far as it can go.
(There'll be more like this as the month goes on!)
(#Leica IIIg, Hektor 135/4.5 on a Visoflex, XP2 in Rodinal)
Next an analog photo from Amsterdam took with my Zorki 4 camera (an old Soviet rangefinder) from 1966. 📷 Let's imagine that this photo doesn't have these few modern cars, then you could say that this photo looks like it was taken a few decades ago. Canals in Amsterdam are the most iconic places of this city, many calls this city the Venice of the north and I can confirm it's true! 🥰
Gear:
• Zorki 4 (KMZ, 1966)
• Jupiter-8 50 mm f/2 (KMZ, 1967)
• Kodak Professional Portra 400/36
Contemporary art met our really old camera. 📷 It's next an analog photo! I took this shot at The Moco Museum in Amsterdam. If you like contemporary art, I highly recommend checking it out and visiting! ☺️
Gear:
• Zorki 4 (KMZ, 1966)
• Jupiter-8 50 mm f/2 (KMZ, 1967)
• Kodak Professional Portra 400/36
We've just returned from our trip to the Netherlands, and I'm starting to post new photos! Of course, there was no way to not take a film roll and an analog camera. 📷 It was the first time I shoot photos with a rangefinder, if you like it, please stay tuned because there will be more to come! I took this shot in Amsterdam with the Zorki 4 camera (an old Soviet rangefinder) from 1966. 🥰
Gear:
• Zorki 4 (KMZ, 1966)
• Jupiter-8 50 mm f/2 (KMZ, 1967)
• Kodak Professional Portra 400/36