Analog film photography and cameras

Norwich?

Sure is!

Bronica ETRSi

looking good!

I enquire with Leica to get a .58x viewfinder fitted on my M2. ~£1k as an estimate. Cheapest M6 .58x I've seen its £2.5k. Usually going for about 3-5k. Either way much monies.

Look for cheaper alternatives, came across a M4 type aperture finder from DAG which gives you 20% more view.. check prices to acquire and replace. £100/150

What did I do instead? Open the Leica without the correct tools and remove the thing. Can see a lot more than before and I still have money in my pocket.

3 to 5k for a m6, ive not seen anything like that on M6s.

Here

eBay Leica 0.58 also shows the prices going up

Anyone got opinions about the Leica R3? I can get hold of a body in good condition for 200 euros

Leica R lenses are great, only issue is the electronics in R bodies aren't always the most reliable. I do love my R4 though!

madness! I love it. I have a 0.72 M6 that does 28mm framelines though, do you want wider?

Indeed madness. The .58x magnification would help with the fact I wear glasses so I never see the full frame lines specially on wider lenses. When I had the M3 I couldn't see the frame lines of the 50mm.

same here; glasses. I just inshallah

part of the charm for RF for me is never being able to see what I will be getting in the pic

I wish you luck, I hate M3 (esp the finder)

Thank you, yeah I'm the same. M2 much better than M3, hence why I swapped them.

Wow!

Do you use a diopter on the viewfinder? I got one for my M bodies (they are transferable) and it helped with focus and the framelines. If you go to one of the Leica dealers they have a few you can try.

Haven't had the chance to test them. My understanding of how they work is that I'd have to take my glasses off still, but the diopter replaces my glasses prescription. Which is soemthing I don't want to be doing as I can do that now.

It allows you to get your eye closer to the eyepiece which means you can see the frame lines. The diopter does replace your glasses prescription but it's not the same prescription because the diopter interacts with your eye and the focus patch in a different way.

I couldn't get the glasses on no diopter combo to work as well. Long story short, in most cases if you're shooting outdoors with glasses on in good light you're usually shooting at smaller apertures to the point where the camera operates as a point and shoot. If you're trying to dial in a noctilux in a nightclub then you need to have a very good view of the focus patch.

First couple of rolls through the Rolleicord, really like the lens!

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And some Lomo purple

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Some shots from the second roll through the M6. This is all Ilford HP5 pushed to 800, and I only included the photo of the cat because I’m just stunned by the sharpness of the Voigtlander Nokton 35/1.4 on film shot at 800. I’ve never taken film photos that sharp before.

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A while back I sold all of my film SLRs and lenses.
I regret it.
I'd like to shoot some film again but I fancy something super simple, compact, point and shoot.
Mainly portraits.
I was thinking maybe Lomo or something with that kind of look to the images.
I've not gone down this route before so I'm after any camera recommendations. Thanks

I love the look of the Lomo purple photos on this page by @mi7rennie . What camera are you using?

Also like from a few pages back @YeahNerdz on the Canon Sureshot Max

I'm after any camera recommendations. Thanks

what's your budget?

Low. I'm hoping less than £100. I've also today been eyeing up some really cheap Lomo cameras.
I guess I'm after a sort of Lo-Fi vibe. I want to start taking photos of days out with my kids and friends and building up physical photo albums.

It sounds like a (any) lo-fi automatic / point-and-shoot it is then, and frankly you would not get one of the nicer / higher end ones anyways for under 100 these days 💁
Every now and then somebody offers some from their drawer in the for sale thread on here, I'd also check local classifieds, eBay etc. although you have to have a bit of luck to get something in good shape for an ok price.
Checking out flea markets / garage sales could also be worthwhile if you have those where you live.

Just one piece of advice - while I think your idea of building physical photo albums (from analogue shots) is very nice you are likely to burn through film quickly, especially with photographing kids - and cost of film and dev / scans / prints etc. will sum up 🚀.
That's the real cost factor, not so much the camera itself.
I know it's a different thing but maybe consider shooting digitally, and have nice prints made from just the best shots.

That’s good advice, thank you.
Part of the reason is that I want to change my photo habits . I never get anything printed but also hardly ever look through photos on my computer, or Instagram or wherever photos end up.

get yourself a sigma merrel. DP.
it’s the analog photographers digital camera. it’s very slow to use, eats batteries, has an rubbish menu, a screen that’s useless in bright sunshine, crappy/clunky software and a fixed lens.
amazing results though and very much worth the effort.