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The Summicron 50mm Rigid is the only lens I use now for my Leica MD 262. It replaced the Zeiss 50mm f/2 Planar. The Zeiss was too sharp in contrast to the Rigid which made a more filmic rendering...!

joined a rolleiflex group on facebook, but i haven't post up photos of me flaunting my "rolleiflex" in there but i do own an autocord, photos are so good, those people actually believed those were taken by a planar 😂.

The focuser flaw is only evident because of time. The gears and lever were cast from Zamack, a zinc alloy that was commonly used in post WW2 industry (rebuilding a nation is costly). It is quite strong when new, but embrittles with age. One cannot fault the decision to use it when the alternative was to not have an affordable product.

This is one of the most underrated products on the planet! Oh yeah, and it’s photographic equipment:) Jokes aside, this lens is truly the perfect tool for any hard core 35mm fast aperture M-shooter. It’s by far the best one I’ve ever used (others include Lux, Voigt, Typoch). This lens is a champion.

“Mind boggingly” 🤣

It's funny to see that camera manufacturers, Japanese people, and most users also read it as Nikon, but only a few arrogant English and American users read it as Naicon. Respec.

The accent is killing me

what's your watch ?

Yes …Thank you. I have a 50 Cron and it’s hard to focus without a tab, and now I’m hoping this will fix it. Kinda want to try this on the 90 apo cron also. I wish all Leica lens had tabs! Im so happy I found this video, thanks!

OK that was the most intensely synthy trying to be 80s intro I've ever heard. Wow.

Excellent review, i love the freedom in his photography

I shoot full frame mirror-less digital. (Sigma fpL) My motivation for upgrading to full frame was so that that I could adapt vintage lenses and they would perform optically similar to how they did on film. (corner to corner rather then cropped down). I am very intrigued with the Dual Range feature, other than pixel peeping, are there any other issues with using this o a digital camera? Will the dual range feature work on an M mount adapter? Obviously I will not need the view finder adapter. Great video btw. Def subscribing.

Watching this because I found one in a local antique store like you mentioned lol. Appears to work, can't wait to see the images! Definitely enjoy not looking like a pro, used to lug around a Nikon F5, almost got beat up once for taking a picture of some guys car😂

a bit confused, does a DR lens focuses correctly on an M6? Non TTl and a TTl?

I found an Autocord that had been CLA'd as well as having the mirror replaced. I own a Rolleicord, Yashica Mat and a couple of other Russian made cameras. Do you know how this camera performs against the Rolliecord or Yashica Mat? I found that. both of these two cameras perform in a comparable manner.

Have you been able to get the light leak fixed? It seems like a common problem on TC-1.

Thank you for this!!

Just had a look at your list of videos and I’m even more excited at looking through the various ones you’ve done, looks like your tackling it from viewing some great photographers DG

I was very interested in your video and also the reference to the book, I would perhaps do a run through or have your script so to speak on a laptop or iPad, I kicked the little references to Grandad and also your honesty, I have a few Folding cameras and lots of SLRs of many brands and ages, right up to and including the mirrorless Fuji’s and Olympus, but I have just purchased a Voigtlander Superb and Montanus Delmonta but also have my sights set on an Minolta as I am a big fan of their lenses and some SLRs. At 72 you’d think I’d stop but I love them and found out about ten years ago that my Grandfather had a photographic studios in there late 1800 early 1900 so I think it’s in the genes. You will get so much pleasure in the years ahead and I still have a picture of my Grand mother that I took with a box Browni in the 50s she used to come and see us every Sunday until she was 89 and then had an accident but made it to 99 born in 1983, I have subscribed and look forward to watching your, excuse Pun developing talents. Great stuff. DG

The four dots are for gripping with your thumb!

Does the film roll rewinds automatically? I just got mine and the film is not going back to the canister.

Weird way you pronounce some of those “L’s”.

Minolta made the first workable auto focus cameras in the 80s then in the 90s they made the cle view finder with lieca wich was the best m mount camera until the lieca m7 came out 10 yrs later. best point and shoot and the best 35mm pro camera in the alpha 9. Then they sold there camera devision to sony and sony ran with it. There's a reason minolta heads love there minoltas so much❤

I have the Pen EE and the Samurai I love the fact that the Samurai takes landscape photos in its upright position 🙂 I love this camera!

Was there any manual version or similar style camera in manual, searching for a video on this camera I saw some similar yashicas, maybe they have one?

I'm sold, I've ordered one from ebay. One question, you mention this is an SLR, can you actually see in the viewfinder that you have acquired focus? I know the half-press will light up an LED that the camera has locked on to something, but can you actually see that you have focused on a person rather than the background?

Awesome video. Thank you!

great video Drew, in the process of finding a copy myself. In some of my reading I found that the "angular glaring" you mentioned toward the end of the video is actually a light leak that is kind of tricky but can be repaired by a skilled tech, if you wanted.

holy shit drew good to see you doing well man. miss you a lot this is jake from a long time ago.

Hey what film did you use for these shots? They look awesome! Ordered a Samurai X2 recently and looking to have some great photos like yours.

It costs on ebay 1000 usd. Better take a film SLR with decent 28 mm lens for a fraction of cost. E.g. Nikon F80 + Nikkor 28mm 1: 2.8 will do better for a ridiculous cost. Add here built-in multizone balanced fill flash, motorized film transport, better exposure metering, 5-point autofocus etc.

Very smart looking camera 📷 Lots of thought have gone into the design. Images it produces are stunning. I've added your channel, hopefully you'll connect with a retro film photographer? Edit- my daily carry canera is my Olympus pen ee half frame camera, to me it's just a work of art, a design icon, it's small and easy to carry around and ultra simple to use.

What strap were u using on the camera? I like how thin it is!

The whole half frame thing started up in the 1960s, about the time I got into photography seriously. I never got involved at the time. Years later, I thought to get one and started looking to the Samuri. Several different models were made over the years, the main differences being the zoom range and aperture of the lens. I was about to acquire one when I realized that its exposure process is fully automatic with no practical user adjustments. For me, that killed the deal right there. Considering that most people shooting film today are scanning their negatives and posting digital positive images on social media of some sort, I'm surprised that there has been no craze for half frame, as those end-uses would look as good from the half as from full frame.

If you can smell craft IPA through your computer screen had me crying. Also this is true af! As always, great video! Glad you're pushing out more work more recently :)

Very well done, this is from someone who has been doing photography (film) for 65+ years. With regard to 135 (35mm) film lengths, 36, 27, 24 and 12 frame films are mostly what I have seen. Colour negative film developing is actually easier than Black and White (B&W) film developing. With B&W you have differing developing times that are dependent upon the speed of the film and the type of developer. Whereas with colour negative in the C41 process, not only are the steps easy, the whole development process is standardised and never changes no matter what type, film speed or manufacturer. I would suggest that finding a 50mm f/1.4 lens, is reasonably harder to find than a slower 50mm f/1.8 or slightly slower again f2 lens. Optically at f/4 or f/5.6 most of these lenses, including the f/1.4 will be very close. I do have one f/1.4 lens, but my 50mm f1.8 which was far cheaper is so close in most aspects, it doesn't matter. I was impressed by your mobile phone negative film image to positive in-phone image, section. I hadn't thought of doing that. But then again I'm from the generation that mainly uses a mobile phone for talking.

This camera achieves a spiritual unity between form and function. Out of all my cameras this is the one I enjoy using the most.

I shoot the Olympus pen ft with both the 35 and 25mm lenses. but i do like the samurai with the landscape format

Solid review, however wtf am i doing watching M6 review conditional on my budget 😂

Cool video! I really enjoyed it.

Just when I thought I've seen all the 1/2 frame cameras, you come out with this video. Nice job on the video. It was really well done. Keep up the great work! Also, GO BLUE (saw your Michigan t-shirt)!!

another great video king😊

This was awesome, Drew! Wanna get one of these now!!!

Great video, great editing! My edc camera is a Olympus XA.

Genuinely impressive editing and production quality!

Minolta HImatic AF 38 is my EC

Hi Drew i’ve seen couple of videos and really enjoyed hearing your take on stuff. Especially the 28mm focal length opinion. Are you still using the 35mm summicron? Hows it been so far ?

This was fun, Drew! Great job with the storytelling here!

Dude is so fucking back!!!

Better than 35mm asph summilux . Better colour , non focus shift ( summilux asph has focus shift ) . Sold my summilux and get this lens never regretted.