Konica EEmatic

I bought this camera together with some other ones from an antique shop. Its share must be around 8-10 euros.

This is a rangefinder auto exposure camera, the first of the EE Matic series produced in 1963.
The lens is a 40mm f2.8 Konishiruko Hexanon with a selenium meter that seems non working. It has an automatic shutter with speed range from 1/30 to 1/250.
The focus range is from 0.9m to infinity. ISO range is from 10 ASA to 200 ASA.

 

I cleaned the camera and fixed the lens from the film chamber, now the rangefinder works better, but

in auto mode a green dot turns to red in the viewfinder window. Seems like the meter is not working,  I will have to check it.

There are aperture settings for use with flash, in flash mode there is a fixed speed of 1/60 and the shutter fires normaly.

 

More B/W with the Vivitar PN2011

 Some more samples with the BW 400 film, the lab processed the film and the result was high contrasty and grainy

Vivitar PN2011 plastic camera

I gave 1 euro and bought this camera from a stall. This is an all plastic camera. There are no Vivitar parkings on the camera, perhaps it was a promotional gift. It is very light, somewhat big but it is easily holdable in the palm.
There is a panoramic setting that crops the 135mm film and makes the picture look wider.
The lens is a plastic 28mm wide angle.
There is only one combination of aperture and speed f8 and 1/125sec.

The camera needs good light, there was an expired 100 ASA film in it that proved underexposed.
I scanned and cropped the pictures to simulate the panoramic setting of the camera.

From the previous owner

 One mine

I loaded the camera with a 400 ASA Black and White film. There was some overexposure in bright sunlit scenes and ok in the shade. Next time I will try a 200 ASA film, I think it's better in sunny conditions and in open shade.
The 28mm lens permits taking photographs with the camera at waist lever from very close distances. The 1/125s speed is adequate for steady shots, the lens is soft but no complains this is only a cheap plastic camera.

Olympus Mju II (stylus Epic) in the street

The Mju II is a very small camera and used it for street shooting.

Olympus Mju II (or Stylus Epic)

A fine little camera. Bought it at the street for 7 euros.
It has an excellent 35mm/f2.8 lens and takes very sharp pictures. The camera is fully automatic, with a two zone autofocus system that sometimes, when the subject is not close to centre, misses focus.

     missed focus in this

and this

Eho mini box camera

This is a mini box camera made in Germany in the 30s.
It has a Duplar f11 lens, with two apertures f11 and f16, one shutter speed (1/30s ?) plus Bulb.
There are two tiny viewfinders for waist level shooting plus a wired frame for aiming on eye level.
Takes 120 film and makes 16 exposures 4.5x6cm.
I have put a Fuji Reala 100 ASA film in it.

Mercury - Imperial Satellite

This is a simple point and shoot camera that was a promotional offer for Mercury cars buyers.
Takes 127 film and has a single aperture and a single shutter speed.
I think I paid 5 euros in the Sunday Flea Market.

More from the Minolta Riva Twin 28 with colour film

Some more from this point and shoot camera

Minolta Riva Twin 28 with colour film

I loaded the camera with a colour negative film to test it. I got very pleasant and sharp results. All images required very little post processing.