well done ...like it .. part 2!!!

the shot of the cows on the road is so cool!!

i dont get when you are using leica or canon on the video,

which camera produced the better quality images?

One of these just came into my care. It is part of my fathers old Leica M3 kit that I am holding onto as he has been moved to palliative LTC and only has a small room. Attached to it is a complete 135mm Hektor f4.5 screw mount (focus ring and all). Testing shows collapsed I can get to about 2 feet from the subject and perhaps with about 1:1 mag. Fully extended I get to about 6inches with maybe 1:3? Not bad actually. And like you, finding info about this thing is hard to do. It is slightly different from yours. It has a different ocular, has no diopter, it rides on standard 15mm rails. Like yours, it has the screw to bayonet adapter on the reflex body as well. The adapter would have been original to the system and perhaps factory installed. I can attest to the fact that it does indeed focus fine with the M3 (a rare 1957 double stroke with steel plate). The problem is, like you discovered, it does not align properly. In my case when mounted in landscape its a full 90 degrees out (clockwise when viewed from the front) so when its mounted in landscape, the viewfinder is to the side, not the top, and when rotated to portrait, its on the bottom. BUT... I suspect this was by design. It is perfectly aligned otherwise. it also has a reflex eyepiece that is angled back toward the user by 45 degrees, which given it is a bellows for macro, actually makes sense when you mount it on a tripod looking down as you normally would as a right handed person. I am going to have to buy a new screw to m bayonet mount adapter so I can mount the 135 directly and use it as a portrait lens. I will also be trying it adapted to my Sony A7. What blows me away is the bellows is 65 years old and still in perfect condition. No tears, no light leaks. And somehow, all of the original Leica lens caps are still present. Oh! And the rubber bands that hold things like the filters in the camera bag... the 65 year old rubber bands? They are still flexible and stretchy... That is the difference between synthetic rubber like we use today, and natural rubber used back then. Also in the kit is the 50mm collapsible Summicron f/2, a 35mm Summicron f/3.5 with the "goggles" viewfinder adapter on it, and the shoe mounted M light meter. There are also a variety of Leitz screw on filters (UV, Yellow, Red - green and blue are missing - and an odd double mirror thing that looks like a ladies powder compact). There is also a small 1.5in boxy thing that looks like it might be part of the meter. No idea what it or the mirror thing are for. Thanks for pointing out the shutter release cable... I knew it was a release but I could not understand why it was doubled. Now I do. All in all, its 95% functional. It seems the built in range finder and the external light meter are both not working for some reason, and the 50mm is very dirty inside... ghosty around the edges. It does not look like mold, but it does need disassembly and cleaning. Regardless, this kit is the coolest thing I posses. It is so well made and so heavy, you just know it was expensive back in the day.

Thank you for this!! I just bought my own visoflex the other day, and as you said at 3:30, there are no markings. I found a serial number, but couldn't trace it back to anything. My visoflex is not exactly like yours, but this is one of the few videos I could find that showed each part. I found a German manual on this from the 1950's, but I can't speak German so that was not really helpful lol.

Without actual images, it's a dull video.

I would doubt there be any differences! The Canon 50mm a 1/2 stop faster.If adjusted to match colours the same in sharpness and tones!

Really enjoying your videos, such beautiful scenery and wonderful photographs, very inspiring!

Lovely photographs,

I can understand the motive to depopulate the society, the world peaked after ww2, from there it has been only watering down, things and people gets cheaper and lower quality, and there is ever more of them

Any idea what the right lens would be with an M8 and Visoflex iii? You got me tbinking!

What kind of bag do you use for your Rollieflex camera?

Loved the video ! I am using the same camera for travel and hiking and love it ! In fact I love it more than my Sony rx1r2 that costs 6X as much !

How did the negatives print in an enlarger?

Too bad the meter's shoe does not lock onto the camera. Also, I would prefer if it were an incident rather than a reflective meter.

What kind of viewing screen did you put in your Rolleiflex?

very nice video, i hope can see more in the future, subscribed

Informative,great

I'm in Spokane washington, and it suucckkksss. The smoke is just creating this insulated heat dungeon. I've still gotten to make some photos, but can't eat for it to pass. Great video. Love a black m3. Great shots. Woo!

For expired BW film, the general rule is to add one extra stop of exposure for every 10 years past the expiry date. You shooting it at 25 asa is just about right for this film. I think that is why the images turned out fine, exposure wise that is.

Cool video. Beautiful B&W landscapes. Who is your go-to in Vancouver for develop and scan?

Those closing shots were BUTTER!!

Good work.

Nice review. Might pick one up after this.. Does it have the ability to meter for a flash?

Does Toyota pay you?

Nice tiny light meter

Thank you for making this video series. As a fellow Leica collector browsing through the myriad accessories that were manufactured and offered by Leitz for the system, its oftentimes very difficult to appreciate or even understand the complexities, inner workings and sometimes intended functions of said accessories just by the generic descriptions or scarce photographs generally found online.

I love your enthusiasm for such a tactile piece of precision engineering.

Looking forward to some sample photos. 👍🏼

What a fascinating piece of kit. I love the mechanical goodness of everything. Thanks for sharing!

Great photos

Super beautiful location and and incredible photo turnouts and compositions! Keep up your amazing work!

Such beautiful scenery and fall colors. Oh, how I miss the Rockies!

hey ! where did you get that eyepiece for the viewfinder.

Awesome review! I wish I had the money for a M3 😅 just picked up my canon P 2 weeks ago and Just picked up a reveni light meter to pair with it my canon P! It’s great to see just how easy it is to use it and works especially for how I meter 😅

I use a Canon P, a fully mechanical camera. Will this work on it? Also, can you share a link to order pls.

T-maxx is such a bad film. It cast grey all the way across the image. If you want a good film to shoot use use Kodak Tri-x 400, or trix pan. Develop with Dektol developer. Print on Ilford pearl paper. The results will blow your mind. Not sure if the above mentioned products are still available, it has been a long time since I was in the darkroom.

Too much video, more photos needed.

Love your photos. I just bought a TLR and will have to find my sweet spot. On your first photo you indicated you shot with your aperture at f8.Do you know what your shutter speed was? I would love to duplicate your results

Is it possible to do a comparison between those 2 cameras but using the same film? By the way splendid shots with the reversal film!

beautiful shots!

Really enjoy you videos, especially with the M3. Do you have any social media that you share you're photos?

Thanks for the review! - Matt from Reveni Labs

I’m not sure you can get Adox Silvermax anymore. I’ve been scouring the UK for it; think I got the last roll last week can’t find it anywhere.

What kind of batteries are you using?

Good stuff, man. I just happen to have the same set up as you (apart of the cron) and I love going to my local woods to take photographs.

How about a link for purchasing?

Where can I get that light meter?