What's the reality of using a Bolex H16 with Pan Cinor 85-2 with dogleg viewfinder?
There is a Bolex H16 with Pan Cinor 85-2 (the f/2 17mm-85mm version) with the dogleg viewfinder for sale near me for a very good price BUT I have no practical experience with these. I have been searching and trying to find any real practical real world examples of people using them (and not just somebody needing to know how to adjust them etc).
For all practical purposes it seems like fairly similar to using a H16 reflex with the same sort of imperfect slight loss of light. The 6' minimum focus distance seems to be its only real downside (from a lens perspective). As usual searching gets the standard mix of forum posts that go between 'that lens is crap' and 'I used that lens for years in news and documentary work and it was great'.
So I would LOVE to learn about any actual real world experience any of you have with this lens and its viewfinder.
Specifically how easy is it to focus using and just ACTUAL usage.
I know the Reflex is obviously the better choice but this is working, near me, and a great price.