{"id":5060,"date":"2012-01-16T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2012-01-16T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T19:06:58","slug":"mamiya-ruby-rangefinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=5060","title":{"rendered":"Mamiya Ruby Rangefinder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not to be confused with shooting a Red Rider BB gun.\u00a0 When you use a lot of older rangefinder cameras they do seem to meld into one after awhile.\u00a0 After all the form did not change in any great amount for decades and they were manufactured by many more camera companies than exist today.\u00a0 So it’s difficult to really see something that makes one stand out from the pack,\u00a0 you may be thinking OK what makes this one stand out Wallace, and the answer is nothing particularly.\u00a0 Produced in 1959 It has a 48mm f 2.8 lens certainly not the fastest, and a selenium cell metering system that is not coupled.\u00a0\u00a0 The aperture, shutter and focus are all nicely built with smooth precise movements.\u00a0 Even the film advance has a wonderful ratcheting sound that reinforced the quality of the camera.\u00a0 So while it doesn’t stand out from the pack it certainly is nicely built and operates accordingly\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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These sample shots were done on a wet overcast day using Kodak Ektar 100 I’ve played around with the colour extensively which is possible with the amount of raw information recorded with that film. It really produces scans that can be manipulated much like a digital capture.\u00a0 Update<\/strong> I almost forgot to mention this roll of film was saved after the film leader was sucked back inside by my Fuji DL500 which is another story altogether.\u00a0 Thanks Duncan from Lens and Shutter<\/a> for pulling the end back out without anyone having to resort to inserting wet film to grab it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t