I haven't even done a post on my relatively new-to-me Canonet QL17 GIII yet, but I thought I'd put up a quick guide on adjusting the rangefinder overlay. I just finished doing it, and it was quite a bit easier than I expected it to be.
I noticed the problem when I first got the camera off of eBay. It was pretty minor, but I noticed that the overlay was vertically off just a little. So even when the focus level was maneuvered so that everything was perfectly lined up, it was still just a bit off. Of course, this doesn't affect focusing at all, since the focus moves the overlay horizontally rather than vertically, but it was a little annoying.
Random, mostly photography-related musings by some guy on the internet that you've never met.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
A Video Through the Eyes of a Mamiya C330
I adore my Mamiya C330, and so anything about that camera automatically clicks with me. And when that thing also happens to be unusually awesome, well... all the better.
This is a short video shot entirely through the waist-level finder of a Mamiya C330. How cool is that?!
Walk in the Woods from Daniel Regner on Vimeo.
This is a short video shot entirely through the waist-level finder of a Mamiya C330. How cool is that?!
Walk in the Woods from Daniel Regner on Vimeo.
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Some New Additions
I've had a pretty good week for adding to my film camera collection. The first bit of luck came when I noticed a Craigslist ad for a Pentax K1000 with a 50mm f/2 lens advertised for $25. Looking at the completed listings on eBay, the approximate value for this camera and lens in this condition looks to be around $60 to $80, so I drove out there and picked it up. I've got a test roll in there now, so at some point I'll be able to do a writeup for that one.
Then I gambled on an eBay auction for a Canon Canonet QL17 GIII, a 35mm rangefinder from 1972. The value of this camera is a little harder to pin down, it currently looks to be selling for between about $60 and $150. Some lower priced cameras needed only replacement light seals and some were in worse shape. The best condition cameras fetch the higher prices.
Then I gambled on an eBay auction for a Canon Canonet QL17 GIII, a 35mm rangefinder from 1972. The value of this camera is a little harder to pin down, it currently looks to be selling for between about $60 and $150. Some lower priced cameras needed only replacement light seals and some were in worse shape. The best condition cameras fetch the higher prices.
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