21mm fixed lens & Kina stuff

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

A bit less exiting than the 12mm Voigtlaender, but anyway:

Fixed lens Ricoh camera, 21mm:

http://www.ricohcamera.com/gr21eng.htm

Oh btw, from the Photokina: 

- the Voigtlaender Bessa-L has two very neat accessories, a 
spirit-level that can be looked into from above, and 3 different 
angle-viewers, 21/28/35 or 50mm....note that these are stand-alone 
angleviewers, not attachments to the existing viewfinder

- something not mentioned anywhere thusfar (I've kept a bit silent
to see whether *anyone* had noticed....Edward Meyers, did
you?....;)) : the Chinese are making a medium format swing lens
camera, 50x110mm, 50mm lens, 1/250, 1/60 and 1/2s, no shift, but
focus + multiexposure, and a viewfinder/spirit-level a la Horizon
202 (that on itself is worth the purchase)....and to topp it off,
there are plans to make a 35mm adaptor, IOW, a 24x110mm image....

- Horizon 205PC medium format model seems to be on the edge of production, 
although Silvestri has proposed many changes on details (and 
considers relabeling it).

- Noblex 135 and 150 now have DOF tables attached on the back, 150 
model now has decent tripod-'foot', instead of small cylinder on 
previous models....possibly upgradeable, but not cheap....separate 
DOF-tables (engraved alu-sticker) can be had from the factory too.

- Seitz will make a digicam with exchangeable lenses too, in 
succession to their current digicam with fixed lens....24/35 
Roundshot is lovely compact, probably better to store in a backpack 
than the old 35/35 Roundshot. Super Roundshot 70mm-film is available, 
different model than 35mm and 120/220 version (smaller register too, 
might adapt more lenses, like Voightlander Bessa-R!)


 








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Willem-Jan Markerink

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