700 feet for the next few months
700 feet of film comes to 23,100 yen, and 156 rolls comes to 148 yen a roll. Half of what they cost pre-rolled and individually packaged. Not factoring in the brain cells lost while actually watching Japanese tv as I loaded film, all in all it was a good 2 evenings of quality fun.
hey I noticed that you have/had a CL, I’m looking at getting a CL with a 40mm summicron at the moment..the price is reasonable but do think it’s worth saving the money and putitng it aside for M series? I’m in no rush but like you I can’t seem to pass up a camera…nice site BTW I stumbled across it from the leica board on photonet the other month.
Comment by natureboy — 9/20/2006 @ 3:44 am
Are you doing this with a loader or by hand? If you are doing it by hand, you are way more hardcore than I thought.
Comment by Nick — 9/20/2006 @ 5:36 am
I have to roll cartridges by hand (no loader) in the dark. No television for me.
Comment by Clarence — 9/20/2006 @ 7:32 am
I have a bulk loader and that makes life in this aspect really great.
The CL is a fine little camera, and the CV 28mm 3.5 lens is a perfect match.
Mine had a busted meter and then in a bout of excitment from photographing matched against my hands it had a busted film advance as well. If you want a good Little rangefinder it is great. If you want a Good little rangefinder the Bessa R series is a great value for what they can do but if you have the money a user M6 is probably what you will graduate to sometime later. Looking at my pictures, I can not tell what camera I took them with unless there is a picture that I took in a mirror and I can see it was my M5 and not my MP. The main thing about rangfinders is that they (different models) only matter when you are shooting, not really for when you are doing anything else. Do I feel something different walking down the street with my Bessa vs when I do so with my Leica? Yes and for this I can not give any kind of reason that sane person would accept.
Comment by John — 9/20/2006 @ 1:16 pm
I believe I am sane and I do accept that there is a tangible difference. I use a CL, by the way, and I love that it is compact enough to fit in a jacket pocket. The major caveat about it is that you will probably not be able to use 50 / 1.4 and faster lenses at close distances, due to the effective rangefinder baselength. 90 / 4 is another limit you might run into.
Comment by Clarence — 9/21/2006 @ 9:41 am
thanks for the reply guys, decided to move on the CL and it should arrive tomorrow.
Comment by natureboy — 9/23/2006 @ 6:40 am
Remember, 40mm is the Natural Perspective. I’m looking out for a 40 / 1.4 Nokton myself to see just how Natural.
Comment by Clarence — 9/24/2006 @ 1:29 am