Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII The Minolta Hi-Matic 7sII was is one of the best of the Japanese rangefinder cameras made before the age of plastic “point and shoots” and SLRs had completely taken over the majority of the market. It was introduced in 1977 and had all of the best features. These included an excellent…
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Olympus 35ED Olympus 35 ED 06/05/2013 by Allan Burgess | No Comment The Olympus 35ED was one of the last rangefinders to be made as single lens reflex cameras began to overtake rangefinders in the marketplace. It is programmed Automatic Exposure control only. There are no manual controls. This is something I don’t like. It means if…
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The advantages of rangefinder-cameras. Rangefinder Camera Advantages Rangefinders make ideal cameras for street shooting. Being quite small in size most people will assume you are a tourist with a point and shoot and simply ignore you. Whereas when you are armed with a big digital SLR people will think you are some type of pro photographer and will likely…
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Petri Racer Petri Racer I picked up this unusual Petri Racer at my favourite second-hand store in Nelson recently for a couple of dollars. In is unusual in two respects, firstly the shutter release button is on the front of the camera instead of on the top; and secondly, the camera body and lens barrel appear to use…
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Olympus Pen D Half Frame Olympus Pen-D This was one of my great thrift shops finds. They turn up every once in a while. The camera was in excellent condition just sitting there on the shelf alongside crockery, ornaments and old paperbacks. Whenever I spot such a find the first thing I do is check the lens for scratches, dust,…
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Olympus-35RC Specifications: Olympus 35 RC 35mm rangefinder film camera Type: 35mm Rangefinder Film Camera Lens: Olympus E Zuiko 42 mm f2.8 Accepts 43.5mm filters which are difficult to get. The focus range is from 0.9m to infinity. Marked in both feet and metres. The lens has 5 glass elements in 4 groups. Look carefully at the…
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Konica EEmatic S Konica EEmatic S Konica merged with Minolta in 2003 to form Konica Minolta, however, all camera production ceased three years later. Konica has a long history of involvement in the sale and production of photographic products dating back to 1873. Konica is perhaps best known as a producer of high-quality 35mm film and photographic paper.…
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Canon canonet QL25 picture The Canon Canonet QL25 The Canon Canonet QL25 (1965) is often available cheaply because the lens is a bit slower than the more glamorous QL17, and QL19. Type: 35mm Rangefinder Film Camera Lens: Canon Lens SE 45mm f2.5 – 16. There are 5 glass elements in 4 groups. Shutter speeds: 1/15, 1/30, 1/60. 1/125,…
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Canon Canonet QL19 “New” (1971) Canon Canonet QL19 The Canon Canonet QL19 is one of my favourite rangefinder cameras. It is very well built and produces sharp contrasty negatives. Confusingly there were several quite different models of the Canonet QL19 produced by Canon. The first was introduced in 1961. It had a large body measuring 140mm wide and a selenium…
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Post thumbnail Canon Canonet QL17 This model Type: 35mm Rangefinder Film Camera Lens: Canon Lens SE 45mm f1.7 – 16. There are 6 glass elements in 5 groups. Shutter speeds: B (bulb), 1 second, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60. 1/125, 1/250. 1/500. Viewfinder: Viewfinder combined with a rangefinder. Bright frame with moving parallax correction lines. Rangefinder spot…
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