{"id":2628,"date":"2009-12-30T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2010-01-04T00:56:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T16:56:16","slug":"when-old-meets-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=2628","title":{"rendered":"When Old Meets New"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dug out a beautiful condition Canon IVsb rangefinder camera from my cabinet just the other day to give the (cloth) shutter some workout. This time I loaded a roll of cheap expired negative to give it another round of exercise but managed to only shoot 4 shots. Hahaha! Damn. I have a big problem with the tiny viewfinder on that super old and cool looking camera.<\/p>\n

Suddenly I got an idea to put that camera + lens to better use. I can use that lens on my E-P1!!! I’ve read that the Canon 50mm f1.8 LTM lens is a great performer … so I should better put it to more use instead of letting it retire in my dry cabinet. Popped by this shop what specializes in rangefinders and got myself a M39 to M43 (micro four thirds) adapter and soon that old cool lens was attached to my E-P1. The guy at the shop saw my IVsb and lens and was telling me how good condition they are and I should be keeping them. Hmm. Keep them for?<\/p>\n

Too bad the adapter is black and somehow spoils the look of the combo.<\/p>\n

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This small sized lens is heavy! No joke. Now my E-P1 can’t ‘stand’ by itself with the lens attached.<\/em><\/p>\n

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My lens even comes with an original old Canon 40mm filter that someone told me is pretty hard to come across! Maybe I should go eBay and see if I could fetch a few hundred bucks with it. Hahaha! It’s only 6pm and I’m dreaming!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Looks neat with my white\/gold E-P1 eh? No? Nevermind.<\/em><\/p>\n

I just found enough time for some super random test shots. Well it was more to test if my old fuzzy eyeballs could focus properly perhaps. Anyway, as those E-P1 users know … the manual focusing on the E-P1 is a little troublesome. Having to press the OK button to enlarge the view (to assist MF) and then again to set it to original size is quite a pain in the ass. Anyway … here are the test shots. Most of them taken at high ISO and I didn’t bother running them through noise reduction. Hmm … I hardly bother to do that anyway. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

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The toughest test subject … as he ways always moving. I had only 3 well focused shots out of maybe 15. Hahaha! Stick to auto focus for children photography!<\/em><\/p>\n

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To be honest … I originally had some thoughts of selling the Canon IVsb and this lens away but now … I’m undecided. I kinda love this lens but I have big problem shooting with the Canon rangefinder. Argh. I’ll put off making a decision to maybe a later date now. I enjoy playing with the manual focussing and looking forward to get some decent shots with the combo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dug out a beautiful condition Canon IVsb rangefinder camera from my cabinet just the other day to give the (cloth) shutter some workout. This time I loaded a roll of cheap expired negative to give it another round of exercise but managed to only shoot 4 shots. Hahaha! Damn. I … <\/p>\n

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