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I dunno what it is about certain kinds of camera equipment. I am massively impressed by the automation in my digital SLR but there is something indescribably beautiful about the design and build quality of older mechanical cameras. For me, it's all about the glass. The perfection required to create lenses with no aberrations in clarity or width where the width changes across the lens, and where multiple elements are needed for clear, sharp, contrasty focus across a range of distances.
I've been using my f2.8 Rolleiflex (with a Schneider Xenotar lens, for those who might understand) and it gives me chills. Look at this glass (not my photo but one on flickr):
Yummy. I'm taking my in for a CLA and to put in a brighter focussing screen on Saturday. It's exciting. I know, I'm weird. But it works for me.
The other camera I've been playing with is an old german Panta:
It's aluminum and I can barely see through the tiny viewfinder. I can't wait to get the film back.
If you get boned from this stuff, check out this f.95 Canon lens. Hawt.
It must have a in-focus DOF measured in microns.
I've been using my f2.8 Rolleiflex (with a Schneider Xenotar lens, for those who might understand) and it gives me chills. Look at this glass (not my photo but one on flickr):
Yummy. I'm taking my in for a CLA and to put in a brighter focussing screen on Saturday. It's exciting. I know, I'm weird. But it works for me.
The other camera I've been playing with is an old german Panta:
It's aluminum and I can barely see through the tiny viewfinder. I can't wait to get the film back.
If you get boned from this stuff, check out this f.95 Canon lens. Hawt.
It must have a in-focus DOF measured in microns.
