Fujifilm GA645Zi 110 photos. The format was revived in 1975 with the Mamiya M645, and the term '645' has since been used in many camera names, like the Fujica GS645 and GW645, Pentax 645, Contax 645 and Bronica RF645.Bronica RF645 119 photos. The word Semi was abandoned for camera names in the 1950s, together with the disappearance of the 4.5×6 models.
RF does not see thru' the shooting lens, instead it focus via a seperate window, and it is clear and bright, range finder design make it easy to shoot in any lighting condition if you can get use to it, here I want to share my limited experience with you, in particular Russian copies of Leica and Contax.Just purchased a Bronica RF645 from Adorama and just tried it out for the first time. The Wonder how many of you are shooting with, or interested in Range Finder cameras, there is one good thing about RF is the focusing system. Halina Ansco Smile Taker trashcam 16 photos. Sprocket Rocket 14 photos. Canon EOS Digital 312 photos.
Leaf shutters can only go so fast, usually top at 1/500s.Coming from SLRs first, I don't like that I'm not seeing exactly what the lens is seeing in terms of framing and composition, which is not necessarily a big issue. I like the fact that with leaf shutters you can sync flash at any speed, but I rarely use flash if ever. While not exactly lightweight (especially the C3) these are compact and easy to handle. That is a leaf shutter characteristic, not a rangefinder feature in itself.I find the rangefinders themselves to be intuitive, so I can go back and forth between RF and SLR with ease. So my first experience with rangefinders was late into my photography life.Probably my favorite feature of rangefinders is the quietness of the shutter compared to SLRs.
Also got the Kiev 4 with the turret viewfinder, but it was not "falls easily to hand and a pleasure for street photography" especially due to the super wide base line, it was hard not to block the window while shooting, gave it up. Mamiya-Six: unusual design (film-plane focusing) and fun to shoot.almost as old as I amSteveMy first Russian RF was the Zorki 4, unfortunately the shutter curtain broke very soon, so did my Fed 5, both are great camera by design. Canon P: smooth, quiet, precise, elegant and easy to use with few quirks FED 2: falls easily to hand and a pleasure for street photography I found the view through the SLR viewfinder to be brighter and more clear than even what the Canon rangefinder gave me.Yes.I have a few.(all but three fully usable and those three, near working order)Yashica: Lynx 5000, 1962 to mid=1960s and Lynx 1000, 1960 to mid-1960sKiev 4A, ca 1961, shown with matching turret viewfinderStrangely, I don't have a formal portrait of the R3M, here shown sporting an adapted Contax/Kiev mount Jupiter-12 35/2.8Minolta Hi-Matic 9, 1966-1969, here posed with Lynx 1000
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