Jeremy Parr this is is truly magnificent portrait great photo Phil yours truly Jeremy 😁

How can you say Feds and Zorkis are fake Leica, when they are not marked as Leica!?

I love how it's explained. I have a shoot tomorrow where client and I plan on doing some black on black.

Tolles Video, ich erinnere mich auch noch an meine Zeit Autos im Format 8x10 " zu fotografieren. Wir haben damals 1-3 Tage an einer Autoaufnahme gearbeitet . Tja Computer gab es nicht und wir machten Polaroids zur Kontolle. Aber alles an Licht hatten wir unter kontrolle. Das Foto war erst gut wenn ich absolut zufrieden war und der Kunde aus dem Stauen nicht mehr rauskam. Handwerk eben. Heute machen sie alles am Komposter auch wenn der Fotograf nicht richtig sehen kann 🤣🤣🤣

You helped. Many youtubes on the various models. Many people have broken Exactas. It seems to trend from the long exposure knob. With my limited knowledge with a very recently acquired VXIIa with a custom viewfinder, when my crank won't crank, I open the body, and rotate the cassette drive and the gear drive next to it to the left a lot. Not just the cassette drive wheel, but both the cassette and the gears that get pulled when film is loaded into the cassette. Then i can move a stuck arm to pull cock position. However, it only likes being in B or 1/25th. That's fine. It's a display camera, and a beat looking Biotar is coming in the mail and I'm primed with everything under the sun to polish the aluminum it's made off. I mean everything. Whatever keeps me off the streets and out of the cafe's eating scones and coffee...and yes, with these items for polishing I'll be wearing a dust mask.

buen video sr. phillip tengo una camara igual que esa y le aseguro que enseguida le coges el truco y saca fotos decentes la usare en mis proximas vacaciones bueno un saludo

Great to see you back Phil.

I was wondering about mine (it was a gift) and now I'm sure it's a Fed, thanks for this video but still my fake Leica is really beautiful and the pictures are great, what a incredible work to transform a Fed in a fake gold Leica made the engraver!

optical stabilisation is needed

As a kid, I knowingly bought a couple of Canon rangefinder bodies at Toronto pawnshops and equipped them with a variety of German lenses. My favourite lens was a Leica Summicron F2 (collapsable brass) .. sharp as a tack!

I bought a Leica IIIa but it has the same edge as the black Leica viewfinders. Its shutter button is also taller and has a neck. I don’t know if it’s a real or Frankenstein’s Leica 3a

Surprised you didn’t mention the Z and instead used B to explain the clockwork.

Thanks!!

very nice thank you for this work

nice concept

Very detailed review, thank you !

Model?

Hi Phillip, thanks for the video. I'm currently trying to photograph shiny metal furniture studs. Have you got any recommendations please? I think the shape of them is causing all the issues because they're domed. regards Chris

Thanks for such a positive video. I'm getting what appears to be your lens's doppelganger. Looking forward to taking it hiking with me as a lightweight telescope. There are lots of t2-to-1.25 adapters out there for exactly that purpose. It'd be sort of a more-compact Celestron C90, which is also pretty good for hiking, though on the large side of possible. We'll see how well collimated it is and/or how easy it is to align. As for the TC, I'll probably stick to a telescope Barlow or a nice Sigma APO.

homemade nucleated glass! I use a cheap etching tool.

Exellent !!

No doubt. I have Sigma 600mm😍

what a lot of waffle the sinnar F was the field camera for external use and the P was the pro camera for studio use the 'C' was for composite

nicely done - love it

Jeremy Parr thank you Phillip this as bean very helpful great photography work yours truly Jeremy Parr 😁

Jeremy Parr Hi Phillip I have the canon A E 1 Program it takes wonderful photos I like to shoot black and white but I not too sure with is the best film to uses can you till me with your expertise what is the best film to uses for taking black and white photos yours truly Jeremy😁

Hi Phillip, great video on the sinar p for macro. Just one question, I’m looking to mount a dslr or mirrorless camera to my own Sinar. Did you make the adapter board yourself or did you purchase it from somewhere, many thanks, Chris

Wow - thanks so much for this - I was looking through Ebay and it looks like every Leica 2 in the $800 to $1,000 price range is fake - I'm so glad I've found your video. Thanks again.

I have shot three different mirror teles, two 500mm and one 800mm. I've also shot fancy refractor 500, 600 and 800 lenses. The reflector lenses uniformly lack contrast and suffer considerable chromatic aberration. They also lack diaphragms. So, I would never recommend them for serious photography. Furthermore, without auto-focus, they are useless for birding or commercial sports photography. However, there is no denying their affordability, their compactness and portability. They are certainly fun to use and (due to their low cost) would be a good match for a middle-schooler going to the zoo or maybe shooting a baseball game from the nosebleed seats. In fact, they do a decent job for railfans shooting distant locomotives and for folks with beachfront property who like to take snapshots of ships crossing the horizon. There are many non-critical applications for reflector lenses where super-expensive telephoto lenses would be overkill. However, if you're investing thousands of dollars on a safari, then I urge you to rent a serious refractory telephoto lens, not one of these reflectors.

amazing camera and fail proof, every picture out of it is perfect

Jeremy Parr wow this is just mind blowing shot top stuff brilliant photography Phil👋👋👋👋

Phil, so pleased for your return. Thanks for your dedication.

Hope you enjoyed Lancaster when you were here!

So wonderful to see you posting a new video! Nice boat you have there. Bless you for sharing your passion for photography and depth of experience.

Thank you so much

I don't know why everybody says that exposure needs to be manual. My Nikon D7000, from about a decade ago, allows me to assign a 'non-cpu lens'. In my case it's 500mm & f6.3, now I use aperture priority to adjust shutter speed & ISO. The focus is still manual and very picky, but exposure is not a problem. Check your user manual!

Great video, thanks mate!

There are fakes, and then there are clones

you omitted japanese copies.. CANON; Nikon were involved in making bodies, lrnses. Leotax also? servicemen, eat photographers found some of them wprthehile.

Document life on the boat!! Don't worry about doing only photography stuff! Show us where you go, where you stay, what you eat, and the daily tasks you have to do!

Great video and review of the Exakta , quick question I am finding it difficult to locate someone who can service Exakta shutter blinds as most of them I have come across have pinholes

Thank you for these valuable tips

Fascinating video! I have an interesting "Leica clone" with Fed-1 DNA but it doesn't try to pass as a Leica! No, that would be too straight forward and perhaps overly obvious! No, it instead poses as a famous Japanese Leica clone! It tries to pass as a Leotax with the Showa Optical Works Ltd. nomenclature and such! The lens is a collapsible 5cm f/3.5 marked Lantana Anastigmat with metal Leotax cap. But it has the Fed-1 four slotted screws on its front and the three around the tripod socket on the bottom and of course a lever in the lens cavity instead of the Leica roller! It works well (after a fashion) and is interesting as a "clone of a clone" but it's NOT a Leica OR a Leotax!

Great to see you back in harness again so to speak. Over the 2 or 3 years I have wondered how you are after being stuck in Hebden Bridge. Lovely place though it is - it's beauty and novelty might wear rather thin not knowing when you might be able to resume your journey. I hope that time wasn't too stressful for you with all its uncertainties of lockdown. All the very best to you and I look forward to more great videos.

nice to see you coming back!

You can use auto ISO in M mode with these lenses. These lenses will work better on mirrorless IMO. One of my motives for getting the Z6ii was the IBIS would provide image stabilization so I could get a couple extra stops below 1/500 if needed. Focus peaking would pinpoint the focus as I turned the huge focus ring. I am using the Nikkor 500mm f/8 which I think is a better lens than the cheaper Chinese knock offs.

Is it toxic? Is it food safe? Thank you!

What a knowledgeable person, and such a great presenter. I have watched this many times, and have learnt so much. Thankyou

I do have a replica (fake) leica This video is a really good information video that you sir :)

6:09 Sibling might be the word.