[Leica] IMGs: Rangefinder & Viewfinder Gatherings

[Jim Nichols]

That's a wonderful collection of old timers, Alan.  I'm sure each has a 
story to tell.

Your mention of the Konica rang a bell with me.  I was once given what 
was probably a Konica I, found in a Navy sea bag that was left along a 
Mississippi highway back in the 1950s.  The body was badly corroded by 
salt air.  I cleaned it up enough to shoot a few rolls through it, and 
was extremely impressed with the combined viewfinder and rangefinder.

I was shooting a Leica IIIa at the time, and the Konica finder was close 
to what I would have expected from a Leica M, though I have never 
handled an M.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/22/2017 7:55 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
> Since the weather today was...blah, I decided to take an inside shot I've
> been thinking of for a while.
> Can be viewed large.
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> Non-Leica 35mm rangefinder cameras.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Gear/20170122_MR_Mine_DSF3943.jpg.html>
>
>  From front center: Olympus XA w. 35/2.8 Zuiko, Konica III w. 48/2 Hexanon,
> Retina IIa w. 50/2 Xenon, Kodak 35 w. 50/3.5 Anastar, Olympus 35RC w.
> 42/2.8 Zuiko, Bolsey 35 Model B w. 44/3.2 Velostigmat, Argus C3 w. 50/3.5
> Cintar, Realist 35 w. 50/2.8 Cassar, Canon Canonet w.45/1.9 Canon.
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> Non-Leica 35mm rangefinders joined by 35mm and 127 viewfinder cameras.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
> Gear/20170122_MR_Mine_DSF3946.jpg.html>
>
>  From front center: Vest Pocket Kodak (127) w. 84/6.9 Kodak. Agfa Karat w.
> 55/6.3 Jgestar, Olympus XA w. 35/2.8 Zuiko, Foth Derby (127) w. 50/3.5
> Foth, Wirgin 35 w. 50/4.5 Victar, Konica III w. 48/2 Hexanon, Retina IIa w.
> 50/2 Xenon, Bolsey 35 Model B w. 44/3.2 Velostigmat, Kodak 35 w. 50/3.5
> Anastar, Olympus 35RC w. 42/2.8 Zuiko, Welti Welta w. 45/2 Xenon, Argus C3
> w. 50/3.5 Cintar, Realist 35 w. 50/2.8 Cassar, Canon Canonet w.45/1.9 Canon.
>
>
> The Foth was my first serious camera, and I used the Konica III (bought for
> $10 in 1973, before I could afford a Leica) to shoot my most-sold photo.
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>   for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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