Shawn: Would a Kodak Model 1A Autographic be a good example of a fixed-lense range finder? I ask because someone elsewhere has tentatively made noises about offering me one. He did not state the age (apparently it was made for ~11 years between 1916 and 1927, and had a number of changes to the design over the years). I thought that, even if Catie is not interested, it might be just the thing for me to practice on, to learn photography basics, about which I am horribly ignorant. You can still get 120 mm film in bw and color.
Man! And this would date from that long, long ago period when the US was still technology leader for consumer goods. On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 12:59 PM Shawn Granton < urbanadventurelea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all- > > There have been some good suggestions on this thread. Let me throw in one > more and veer off from this (mostly) SLR discussion: > > I'd recommend a nice fixed-lens rangefinder, most likely one from Japan > made in the 60s and 70s. You don't get the through-the-lens viewing of an > SLR nor the ability to change lenses. But the "lack of different lenses" > can be an advantage, as you learn by using what you got and can't go down > the "well, if I just had a 28mm lens" road. Rangefinder focusing is quick > and intuitive, and pretty accurate if the rangefinder has been adjusted > correctly. > > These fixed-lens rangefinders can be broken down into two broad > categories, and yes I am generalizing: > > - Bigger ones that usually had a choice between full manual exposure > and some automatic exposure options. These tend to be from the 60s > - Smaller ones from the 70s. Many of them were automatic exposure > only, though some did come with manual exposure override > > The first camera I bought when I got back into film last year was a > Minolta Hi-Matic 7s. Introduced in 1966, it was of the bigger variety with > choice of automatic or manual exposure. The Rokkor PF 45mm f/1.8 lens gives > me great pictures. I got mine for under $50 plus shipping. A quick scan of > eBay shows that it's still possible to snag one at that price, though if > you want one that's guaranteed to work, it'd be better to get one from one > of the sources mentioned previously in this thread. > > Best, > Shawn > https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49469885803_6a3caa2ea0_b.jpg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/909502b1-eb7e-4123-ae30-60a2b16a9ce5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/909502b1-eb7e-4123-ae30-60a2b16a9ce5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgu0%2BRL_LigcMf%2BRw7GPQfic9TMjOVLZ%3Drczo%2B2y8arLkw%40mail.gmail.com.
