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Linhofbiker

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About Linhofbiker

  • Birthday 07/31/1944

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  • Location
    Jacksonville, FL
  • Interests
    retired. gardening, building an off-road Tomcat based on a 1991 Range Rover, travel, cooking

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  1. The 42mm f/1.2 had a reputation of being somewhat soft at full aperture. I had the original Pen-F in 1964 with 38mm f/1.8, 100mm f/3.5 and later the 25mm f/2.8. The last lens was the sharpest, even at full aperture. I now have one for use on an X-Pro1 but have not tested it yet - too much other stuff going on.
  2. I always wanted an X-Pro1 since its introduction years ago. I found a good looking example on Ebay with a bad shutter for $50, and bought it to see if I liked the look and feel of the camera. Loved the viewfinder. Fuji would not fix it because of "lack of parts". I saw shutter assemblies for sale on Ebay. I looked at videos of replacing the shutter but they were overwhelming. Found a repair place in the US that would do the replacement, but it took a while to source the parts from Japan. Now I have a fully functioning X-Pro1. While waiting for the repair I found a semi-functioning XE-1 for $45 and bought a 27mm f/2.8 Fuji from Australia, for it. Well I accidentally dropped the XE-1 onto a wooden floor and it is now "fully" functioning - I took it to the UK two weeks ago in my quest for Tomcat parts for the off-road "racer" that I have been building for a while. Over the past few years I have collected a number of lenses to use on the X-Pro1: 1) Pen-F lenses - 25mm f/2.8, 100mm f/3.5 and 150mm f/4 (I had the first Pen-F in 1964) 2) Robot Schneider lenses (24x24 format) - 38mm f/2.8 Xenar and 75mm f/3.8 Tele-Xenar from a Robot Star 50 3) several Minolta MD/MC lenses from my Minolta days. I haven't had a chance to use them yet because the Tomcat build is taking all my time. I must finish the build by my 75 birthday in July. I hope the new X-Pro3 turns out to be a great camera!
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