Who shoots with a rangefinder

[Stookie]

I'm thinking about getting one, but dunno which.

Let's discuss rangefinders and post photos taken with them

[Vlad the Conqueror]

very sick

I have a terrible crappy one from the 50s that I bought 100% because it looked cool. not a good camera tho

[bubbleboy]

I think Carsten (used to post here all the time) is selling one on FB if you're friends with him.

[Stookie]

I found a couple of Voigtlanders and old Soviet rangefinders going for OK prices on ebay, I may scoop one up after the Christmas period (aka spending $$$) dies down. I already got a little film compact that could last me til then

[Bozo]

I've shot with one. It's different. Very relaxing.

[Stookie]

I found a couple of Voigtlanders and old Soviet rangefinders going for OK prices on ebay, I may scoop one up after the Christmas period (aka spending $$$) dies down. I already got a little film compact that could last me til then

I wonder what I meant by 'ok prices' for Voigtlanders. The Bessa R is commonly going for $1000+ now!

[drowning_fish]

soviet shit is hit or miss, but when you find one without light leaks (or learn where the leaks are and how to plug them), they are fantastic durable cameras. i used a fed-2 for a long time in high school. i bought that shit for $20.

now i dont really shoot as much still, but shoot a lot of motion (16mm, super8), and i still use these soviet cameras. i have a krasnogorsk 3 for 16mm. it also light leaks like a mother fucker and used to jam all the time. it is heavy as fuck and i have to tape the entire thing shut after loading film in it, but it's got a good lens, and it runs great.

i want to get a quarz super 8 camera one day.

the lenses they made for all these cameras are also pretty good quality, and still quite cheap.

anything soviet is clunky, but simple and well-made, and durable as fuck.

[Stookie]

I bought a Mamiya 7 lol

For 35mm I'd probably get a Canon P if I were after one

I do find focusing easier than with an SLR

[Kennareinger]

You can choose which one you like to serve your requirements well. duotrigordle