Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Minolta Hi-matic F. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα Minolta Hi-matic F. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων

Τρίτη 18 Φεβρουαρίου 2014

3 excellent automatic rangefinders

Below are some excellent fully automatic rangefinders I am using, they take sharp pictures and with a max aperture of f2.8 they give a nice out of focus background.
I also have other rangefinders but they are manual or semi automatic (like the Yashica Electro, the Kiev 4, Fed etc.)


These three are fully automatic and the user cannot change the exposure settings.

The Canonet 28 (Top right - The Canonet 17 top left is a manual/automatic camera)
Takes very good pictures, and can be switched off. It is bigger from the rest cameras and locks the shutter if exposure is under 1/30-f2.8. There is only the shutter speed indication in the viewfinder.
 
The Minolta Hi-matic F (Bottom left)
Small and fully automatic, takes excellent pictures. There is no indication of exposure in the viewfinder. Only the battery check led lights up if the light is not adequate.

The Chinon 35 EE (Bottom right)
Takes very good pictures, it is black, small and has shutter/aperture indication in the viewfinder. If the light is not enough the shutter does not lock and you can still take the picture. The lightmeter can only switched off with the lens cap, there is no On/Off switch. The shutter button does not lock either, so it is easy to accidentaly take a picture in your pocket!




Σάββατο 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

More from the Minolta Hi-matic F



More samples from the first roll shot with the Minolta Hi-matic F. Film was a Fujifilm 200 ASA.

At the flea market


Shop display with a polariser:

At the beach

In the city




Minolta Hi-matic F



This is a smaller and cheaper version of the famous Hi-matic E, marketed in 1972. It has an f2.7 38mm Rokkor lens that is smaller than the f1.7 Rokkor from Hi-matic E, thus it permitted the Minolta engineers to produce a smaller body.
The camera is excellent, small and lightweight, with an accurate lightmeter, a clear rangefinder and a very capable lens. The rangefinder permits accurate focusing of objects at 0.9m.
The camera needed 2 x 1.35V type 640 Mercury batteries that are discontinued. I' ve put 2 pieces of hearing aids batteries (zinc - air 1.4V) stuck with a lot of aluminum foil to fit into and now works fine.
My camera has a dented filter thread and engravings from the previous owner.


Sample photos, scanned from the lab and warmed up a bit in Lr3