Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is a little wheel above the viewfinder of the Nikon that is used to move the lens into focus but after testing that and a Leica M3, each with a complement of lenses (this was circa 1960 while I worked in a camera store) I decided on the Leica and never looked back. I was the only kid in my high school class with an M3! --Bob On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 10:19 PM Jeffery Smith via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > The SP has that gigantic viewfinder window. The S2 and S3 have smaller > windows. Sadly, not that much easier to focus. > > > On Apr 11, 2022, at 6:38 PM, Wayne Torry via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > You have looked on a big monitor. > > I?ve owned mostly Canon rangefinders from that vintage. > > I didn?t recognize the Nikon. > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 9:05 AM <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > > > >> Nikon SP (introduced 1957) with 5CM Nikkor 1.4. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: LUG <lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org> On > Behalf > >> Of Wayne Torry via LUG > >> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 8:55 AM > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Cc: Wayne Torry <papatorry46 at gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Connie Stevens? camera, 1959 > >> > >> Online Canon Museum should know. > >> Wayne > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 11:40 PM Peter Klein via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> During my recovery from hip surgery, I?ve been watching a lot of old > TV. > >>> I?ve particularly enjoyed a series called "Hawaiian Eye," about a pair > >>> of private detectives in Honolulu c. 1959-63. One of the sidekick > >>> characters is "Cricket" Blake (played by Connie Stevens), a lounge > >>> singer who is also a photographer. She is shown here in the opening > >>> credits with what appears to be a Canon rangefinder. Can anyone > >>> identify the model? Note that the clip is from 1959, two years too > early > >> for the Canon 7. > >>> > >>> < > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/428B6DCA-328A-4FA9-B83D-F > >>> 4FFACD0619E.png.html > >>>> > >>> > >>> --Peter > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information