The best Version is the type 11 with the Superlative Kodak Ektar 2 47 lens!

Great video! Thank you!

Thank you for your review

Thanks so much for all the detail !

Really hard to find a black paint variant these days (in Germany). Maybe I need to accept the silver variant... ;-)

Cant Watch your Video. Because you dont look IN THE CAMERA. Please Train this. 😊

This has opened my eyes to a whole new world wow

Thank you Eric. Your solution worked the first time. Now that I’m using the Ars Imago Lab Box to develop my B&W film, I need the leader out. I had several rolls where the leader was rolled inside and I tried using the Haiser tool without success. You rock. I’m a subscriber now

Thanks for a very thorough, fluid and interesting presentation. I have a couple of Canonet GIII and agree that it has an amazing set of features, including fully manual settings and quick loading. And the lens is great. You probably know this, but the Yashica Electro 35 GX, with a Yashinon DX 40mm f1.7 lens, is a much better comparison. The GX is as compact as the others, and has the advantage of a much faster silicon cell meter, with the sensor on the lens. In my opinion, the Yashinon DX 45mm f1.7 is definitely the best-performing lens of all you reviewed, including the Zeiss (except for the T* coatings, unless you're looking for flare). The DX 40mm f1.7 performs at least as well. You probably know that the Contax Zeiss and the Yashinon lenses were all made by Tomioka, so no wonder they excel. I have tested the DX 40mm f1.7 against a Leitz Wetzlar Summicron-C 40mm f2, on a Leica CL, and found that the DX performs at least as wellf (I prefer the DX rendering), and has better ergonomics. In fact, the DX 40mm f1.7 is my favorite standard walk-around lens (ideal focal length), and I have extracted three and converted them to Sony E-mount. You showed some impressive photos. However, I'm pretty sure any photo taken with any Yashica Yashinon DX lens, would be the winner, and maybe beat the Leica-Biogon combo. I've worked out a system for compensating exposure via the ISO settings, which is a hassle compared to the GIII, but works: I flip over a hot-shoe cover that is painted red on the other side. Otherwise, I'll forget to reset. The Yashica Electro 35 GX has a better viewfinder than the GSN, but nothing compares to the M-series Leica.

excellent review

This is the best review I've seen for this camera. Thank You helped a lot.

Wow, perfect timing, I had just dropped that cover in my cart realizing that dust appearing in scans is a problem. I keep my 2 epson printers covered with a breathable cloth material. Thanks for the excellent introduction to the v850

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My first really great film camera. I documented our family photos and history with that camera. I learned about aperature, exposure, iso, film speed. My husband bought for me 1982. I still have and use

I just reunited with my OM2N MD with Zuiko 50mm f1.8 lens. Found one in almost Mint condition on eBay. Like my original the film-winder cap is missing but I think I saw some replacements on ebay. What a beautiful camera, beats my Nikon FE2 !

Best explanation of Silverfast I've ever seen. Thanks!

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Hi Eric, It is a pity that Olympus did not use the same MLU method with the timer on the OM-2n as they did on the OM-10, OM-20 etc. which are amateur cameras. The OTF method was licensed by Olympus from Minolta who patented the system. Olympus developed the mask behind the mirror to transform light output into exposure. Minolta considered this system more appropriate for flash metering (TTL flash) but later used the method not only for TTL flash (X-700) but also for "final shot metering" on the XD-(7-11-S) and the X series. Other brands that used OTF were Miranda (sensorex EE) and Pentax (Pentax LX).

Last month I purchased 3 Olympus OM-2n cameras for $100. I brought them home and added the batteries to each camera. Two of the three were working. The third one will only be released in "B" mode. I went ahead and purchased about the same amount in lenses. I must say that I am impressed. It is a lot easier to use than a Nikon F2 or Leicaflex camera and has a solid body and feel to it. I took a couple of rolls of black and white photos that came out great.

Thanks for your insight on this camera, I’m fairly new to film and recently inherited this camera, well the srt101 . This video helped me out a lot, and can’t wait to go shoot some film .

I tried the paper towel method super gently on Illford HP5 and it ruined the film. I bought a squeegee after that day. I haven't done C41 yet. Great video!

I really love the Silverfast. It took me awhile to figure out a lot of the settings, but now I like it. I use the Plustek scanner and like it. I like to scan one frame at a time. I've had labs scan my stuff and I feel like I do a better job. I spend a lot of time at it though.

I've had the SRT 101 for years now. Love it. It needs a CLA badly. Love the lenses for it. They're starting to fog in the last year, but they're still super sharp if you close the aperture 2-3 stops from wide open. EDIT as I continue to watch: I never really thought about it until you said it. These lenses are super smooth as you focus them. I have some DSLR and Mirrorless lenses that cost a lot that have easy and tougher spots. As the lense size retracts, it gets easier and then when the lense overall length begins to extend again, the focus ring gains more resistance. I really like these older lenses for these cameras and that is what draws me to the Minolta SRT cameras. I'm leaving the country for 13 months in January, but when I get back, I'm finding a camera guy to CLA my Minolta. It deserves it.

This works!

Finally a review with the correct pronounciation of Rollei

Thank you sir!!!

Wow, what a review. Excellent content delivery and scope, though I admittedly sped it up to 1.25x standard speed. I am also a fan of Mr. Leica...

I think it was a good beginner camera back in the day but not sure I would want to start film photography with a cloth shutter camera here and now. They don't age that well and are much higher maintenance.

They used one in Indiana Jones to film the chase sequence in the mines.

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I loved my FM2n BB completely, had to sell it to go to graphics' school. Missed it so much, but picked up an F3, (non HP) and pretty much fills that nostalgia. It came with the dedicated flash the SB-16! What a beast. Really enjoy your channel.

Thank-you! that was terrific. I don't think I can do that on my Epson Perfection 3200 Photo. The film holders don't even have the height adjustment that often gets mentioned.

Thank you for that! I have an Epson 3200 Photo with different film format trays. Well, I'm just going to try that. I was a super lover of Provia slide. I still have one Provia 400 to develop and one in the chamber in my Nikon F90. I heard discussion by word of mouth only, about wet flat bed scanning. That sounds expensive with a steep learning curve. Great channel.....

Thank you for that super survey. I never owned one, but I loved the viewfinder, the tooling, and the shutter speed ring (cause I was so used to my Nikkormat FTn. Which was a tank, of a camera!)

tip for the Timed exposure, you dont have to rotate the shutter speed dial to close the shutter, you can also press the battery check button

Nice channel. I picked up an Olympus 35 EC (super cute) with a guide # ring. Not sure how that works with my SunPak PZ42X, which is fully TTL. I got some nice 400TX test negatives shooting with it at different ev/stop/powers though around my spider plants.

Hello from 2024! 🎉❤

On the FE2 the lock exposure also locks the needle....

They are superb cameras. I have one M1 and one OM2n. They are also beautiful and fun to use.

Really great thorough review. I'm going to try a Wein cell battery as this is apparently the right voltage.

Hi, thanks for responding. I appreciate your personal response. As I mentioned, I didn't know if it was true or not about the static! I just wanted to share a note I heard about with a fellow Leica owner. Thanks again. Paul Conway P.S. I really enjoy your videos!

Hi, I have watched your videos off and on, and your knowledge is excellent on cameras! Your explanations of camera gear is very sober and clear. I want to add a little tidbit on the video of Leica m3. Not knowing if true or not, I heard that when the camera was designed for the rewind know, it was made purposely to be rewound in a slow manner! The reason was if rewound to fast streaks of static electricity could appear on the film according to the environment you were in photographing! I just acquired one, and had an m3 many years ago and always regreted selling it. Now I have another, and this one stays with me!! Thanks take care. Paul Conway

One and a half metre, a little under 8 feet? One and half metres is 4feet 11inches😀

The F6 isn't that reliable because it has a lot of electronics that could fail. When changing batteries data, clock, date, hour are run by an internal rechargable buffer battery that died after near 20 year of use on my F6. Nikon repaired it recently but the bill was huge. My FM3A that is also a 21st century film Nikon camera and never failed.

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Great stuff as usual a wonderful channel many thanks Mark

Cool, calm and collected.

Hello Eric! I have two Canon A1s, but since I started using manual mode more I prefer other cameras of the time like the Minolta XD-7 that allows you to see in the viewfinder at all times the exposure chosen and the one recommended by the camera. In any case the A-1 is an excellent camera. Another highly recommended camera is the Konica autoreflex T3. Now a small con of the futuristic A-1, the battery door is very fragile and uncomfortable to open without fear of breaking (as you showed us)it. The program mode does not have program shift something that the XD-7 does have despite not being called program in shutter speed priority mode one can choose the minimum shutter speed in which the camera will try to find the necessary aperture to obtain a good exposure and if the largest aperture is not enough to obtain a correct exposure then the camera at the time of taking the photo corrects the shutter speed necessary to compensate effectively acting as a program mode allowing the user to choose a starting shutter speed.

That was terrific!!!

I just got one - it fires at all speeds, the LCD does display,but it doesn't seem to measure and A mode just hangs mirror up . Does anyone know can it be fixed?