Show us your Japanese Rangefinder gear!

[hookonclassic]

So scary...not only children for sale, now entire families. :bigeyes:

LOL...Hacker...:bsmilie:

 

[hookonclassic]

So sorry to have caused you so much suffering, Sir.



What benny!@#! Forsaking Canon! How caannnn?? Can-non(t)! Can-non(t)!! You must be faithful!!!
I only broke-up or rather going to break-up my Canon Family for you & you alone!! Now you are breaking Canon's :bheart:!!@@#%!

.....BUT really I can't blame you. According to this site, Tanar5cmf1.5 <500 made!
.....Or.... you want to start New Family like Sir DanKwan???:bigeyes::devil:
.....LOL....LOL....LOL

Benny, is that true? ....

 

[dankwan]

So scary...not only children for sale, now entire families. :bigeyes:

:bsmilie: thats funny brother hacker...what to do? advances in fluoride have caused this temporary lapse of sanity...doc's gotta buy more sweets for all the kids for CNY, drive market up...;p

 

[benny]

Benny, is that true? ....

Yes it's true. The Tanar 5cm f/1.5 is really very rare and hard to come by. And it performs well too. That's why it's so coveted. Probably more rare than the chrome Fujinon 5cm f/1.2.

As for Canon lenses, I didn't forsake it. Still picking up pieces here and there, mostly variants. Otherwise, it's bodies and accessories. Pretty much stagnating now as it's getting difficult to track down missing bits due to the lack of good information.

Cheers,

 

[third3rdwheel]

Since, I've recovered, here's more sharing of my Japanese RF gems:
Tanaka Kogaku Tanar lenses:

Rare Tanars:

The Tanar 5cm f1.8 below has a Sonnar design. This is the second version with all black focusing barrel. The first has alternating black & chrome stripes on the focusing barrel.

Gommy,

I hope someday someone like yourself will write a guide on these - or have you already? :bsmilie: There are very few English books in the market on RF lenses, beyond the various out of print or soon to be out of print Leica lens guides.

 

[Hacker]

My broken Hex family, looking for uncle 50/3.5, grandfather 50/1.9, brother 21-35/3.4-4, sister M35/2, son M50/2, grandmother 50/1.2

Hacker will help you reunite with your long lost brother :bsmilie:.

"Upshot. There are only three varifocal lenses for the Leica world. The 21-35mm Hexanon Dual is a better performer than the 28-35-50mm Tri-Elmar and a far more useful lens than the exhorbitant 16-21mm Tri-Elmar."

http://www.dantestella.com/technical/2135.html

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4389154519_70be661195_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4389912168_f7f9153abe_o.jpg

 

[benny]

More Japanese Rangefinder Gear! But modern ones...

Zeiss + Voigtlander!

Cheers,

 

[gohaj]

More Japanese Rangefinder Gear! But modern ones...

Zeiss + Voigtlander!

Cheers,

Ha... yesterday I was wondering why no one post Voigtlander in here. err... where is Chiif?

 

[Hacker]

 

[gommy]

Good.:thumbsup:
Quickly complete your Nikkor!

 

[dankwan]

Good.:thumbsup:
Quickly complete your Nikkor!

wah cool-ass hood......looks like sports rims.....

 

[Hacker]

wah cool-ass hood......looks like sports rims.....

Yeah, need to put in the RFGA charter that matching hoods and caps are minimum entry requirements..... :bsmilie:

 

[benny]

Chrome Voigtlander Heliar Classic 50mm f/2.0

There's still one piece in Chiif's shop!

Cheers,

 

[ZoomP]

In the tradition of our Doc. Poison... Here's my contribution to "Can you spot the difference?" Sorry for the bad blurry pics.

 

[blacvios]

My first RF

 

[gommy]

In the tradition of our Doc. Poison... Here's my contribution to "Can you spot the difference?" Sorry for the bad blurry pics.

Wow, 2 "Panda": feet vs meter.

 

[ZoomP]

Wow, 2 "Panda": feet vs meter.

Spot on doc!!! Can't escape the eyes of the expert!

 

[Yatlapball]

Just wondering... would the Nikkors have versions with the distance scale in meter instead of feet?

Im just mildly annoyed that I have to do that little bit of maths when I zone focus

 

[blacvios]

My M39 glass collection so far

,,

 

[ZoomP]

just got a new toy from evilbay... Lens at Chiif for CLA now.

Here's a couple of shots. Wanna guess wat's this?

Hint... both shots at max aperture of f2.