The Shanghai 58ii - A great leap for the Leica? Oskar Barnack vs the world part 6 - The Chinese
A brief review of the chinese rangefinder camera Shanghai-58ii (上海58-II). Comparing it to the Leica III as well as the Zorki-5, which took a different approach in combining the viewfinder rangefinder.
0:00 Channel intro
0:48 Background
1:32 Similarities to Leica III and soviet copies
2:18 Ergonomics, size and weight
2:47 The design upgrade
3:19 Vs the Zorki-5
3:43 Viewfinder in practice
4:04 Weaknesses
5:25 Summary and conclusion
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I love this series!
Leica IIIF with summar 50mm f2.0 :3 I own IIIa and i can stay with it but fIII looks cool ^^
Nice series. I use a Leica iiig and iiia. Looking forward to the Japanese comparisons
@extremebanding2748
4 ай бұрын
Thanks! The Japanese are coming up
Are you considering Opema (CZ) and Mometta (HU) ?
@extremebanding2748
4 ай бұрын
Not at the moment. I have focused on cameras with interchangeable lenses where there is at least a 35mm rangefinder coupled lens on the wide side. But if I would stumble upon one of them I would probably not be able to resist. Haven't tried either, but they do look nice
Its a copy of canon ivsb
@extremebanding2748
5 ай бұрын
The Canon IVSB is quite different. I think you are perhaps thinking about the Canon SII, which also combines the viewfinder/rangefinder with a 50mm view, but I do not think they are related in any other way. To me the Shanghai seems more similar to a Leica III than to the Leica copies made by Canon.
Leica has no Real leather on it. Vulcanite is rubber ;)
@extremebanding2748
5 ай бұрын
Yes, you are right, of course. Will correct it when I find the time. I have put real leather vulcanite from Aki Asahi on one of my Zorkis, funny thing is, it felt more like rubber than the vinyl Leica vulcanite...