Clicked on this video to learn more about the Reid camera, didn't expect such a thorough and engaging backstory to the camera!
@northstar1950
2 жыл бұрын
It is, of course, only details taken from the 'net' that I have repeated.
@deswalk
3 жыл бұрын
I'd heard about Reid but never knew the story which was very interesting. I've never owned a Leica but I did have in my teenage years in the 1960s a Periflex 1 with the drop down viewfinder which was kind of quirky, but with its - if I remember correctly - a 45mm/1.9 Lumar lens, the engineering quality of British companies was superb. We could pick up those cameras very cheaply those days and I sold that Periflex for £15.00! Anyway digressing your comparison was fascinating.
@northstar1950
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm familiar with the Periflex and I believe they share the same lens thread mount. Originally made in Wolverhampton later moving to Ireland. I think dealer Peter Loy has some for sale. Thanks for your kind comment.
@andrewhowarth4578
3 жыл бұрын
As an Anglophile of West Mid heritage, I found this absolutely fascinating. I was only vaguely aware of Reid & Sigrest, and have never seen one so close up. Your commentary and history were absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing it! Andy in New England USA
@northstar1950
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Andrew
@ianhand5006
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting comparison. I’ve never acyseen a Reid camera in the flesh, so to speak.
@northstar1950
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ian, it was only a few years back that I realised they existed.
@derekholmes1302
4 жыл бұрын
Most informative video of two special rangefinders! I found the history behind these cameras to be fascinating. My home town being Leicester City, the relevance to the Reid manufacturing became apparent! I will look up the L39 base website you mentioned. Have to agree that the Reid copy is a superb effort by the British! Loved the history lesson + seeing these lovely cameras. Thanks Derek
@northstar1950
4 жыл бұрын
A total Leicester product both body and lens. Thanks for your kind comments.
@moley3109
2 жыл бұрын
My father was a Military Attache in Africa in the early 1960s and had an army issue Reid III as part of his job. I still have many of the B&W photos taken with this camera and the f2 Taylor Hobson lens. The sharpness and contrast are absolutely staggering, even by today's standards. The camera itself exuded build quality and was so compact. I always wish that he had 'lost' it on duty and secretly kept it!
@jarrahdrum
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative. Thank you. I am here because I have one myself. I did hear that it once belonged either to the military or the police. It has a leather case also with Reid printed on it
@northstar1950
4 жыл бұрын
Its very likely it did, I think the early production ones were for military and police work, in fact I believe that's why the government wanted the plans for in the first place. I think the military ones had the arrow engraved on them, thanks for you kind comment.
@jarrahdrum
4 жыл бұрын
northstar1950 I checked the site that you mention and I could see examples of the Military markings on the back. This camera had them them but they have been erased unfortunately. Thank you again
@Otokichi786
3 жыл бұрын
I recall that the Reid was mentioned in Modern Photography's Camera Collector column by Jason Schneider. He noted an interesting advertising slogan: "The Reid, a fine product of British engineering." Speaking of flash synchronization, I had an independent camera repairman add X synch to the Family Leica IIIa in the late 1960's. Back then, Leica IIIa cameras were as common as dirt and worth about as much, since 35mm SLR cameras were sales leaders. Ye Olde Honeywell Strobonar 400 "lit up the night" at 1/20 sec., which guarantees image ghosting. Speaking of lenses, it came with a 50mm f/1.5-9 Taylor-Hobson Xenon, which produced flare-ridden, fuzzy images as an uncoated lens that had bits of dirt and haze between the lens elements. I replaced it with a 1950's 50mm f/3.5 collapsible Elmar, which produced stellar Kodachrome slides and black-and-white images.
@northstar1950
3 жыл бұрын
As featured in another vlog I do have a Leitz f2 Summar which is uncoated and I quite like the 'glow' it gives or if you like a subdued flare. It gives a vintage look which is the sort of look I quite like depending, of course, on the subject.
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