No way, Jose. It's a split image rangefinder. See the little window to the left of viewfinder window? It is a dead giveaway for the RF. BTW, Zeiss used the name "Super" Ikonta for all of its rangefinder models. The cheaper models without RF were just called "Ikontas". JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Speaking of Medium Format - Zeiss Super Iknonta III It looks a lot like my Agfa Isolette. Is it scale focusing? On Nov 28, 2004, at 3:00 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > While I sold all my P67 gear about a year and a half ago before the > prices plunged, ( I hated the bulk and weight of the system ) I did > keep one medium format camera, my Zeiss Super Ikonta III which has a > coated 75mm F3.5 Tessar and folds up much smaller than a 35mm SLR. I > sure am glad I did as I have been using it again this month and the > quality really is signifigantly better than 35mm that's for sure. The > small size is great. > > Check out this page I just put together showing pix of this vs. a > Pentax > Spotmatic: > > http://www.jcoconnell.com/temp/si_iii.htm > > enjoy! > > JCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Speaking of Medium Format > > > Well, we touched on medium format the other day. However, I read > something interesting on the Photo.Net wedding photographer's list > this morning. Marc Williams, the same chap who posted nice comments > about the *istD on the Leica forum, posted some interesting > observations about MF vs. digital. Marc is a wedding photographer and > a studio pro. He's been shooting digital for quite some time, most > recently with the Canon 1DS. He was shooting all his weddings on > digital but grew weary of the digital darkroom processing. Most > recently, he's gone back to shooting weddings with a 'blad and three > lenses. He says he just turns his film into the lab and gets a set of > proofs. He no longer has to convert every image and print them. He > scans and prints his finals, but he claims it's far less work. He also > feels the 6x6 results are superior to the 1DS digital images. You can > find the thread on the Photo.Net wedding photographers forum if you're > interested in reading the entire debate. (It drew quite a few > responses.) > > I took out my 6x7 gear this morning and inspected it. I think I'm > going to shoot some MF BW next nice day. I have an urge to get back in > the darkroom with some nice, big negatives. Paul >
