Canon EOS 630 2nd film

This time I loaded the camera with a long expired Agfa 100 XRG film and set it to 25 ASA.
The negatives needed a bit of contrast but the lab scanner made it fine.

Canon EOS 630 (EOS 600)

Bought it from the local craiglist for 50 euros with the Canon EF 28mm/f2.8 lens.
The camera is heavy and sturdy with a proffessional feel.
It has a very big and accurate viewfinder with only a central autofocus point.
While the camera perform all the complex operations expected for such an equipement all buttons are in totally different positions than the newer EOS cameras, well hidden in the body. But once the initial settings are set, only program modes (P, Av, Tv etc.) and exposure compensation are within easy reach and are very fast to set making it easy for the photographer to concentrate in picture taken.
I liked this camera as it is fast, with an accurate exposure meter, a viewfinder that can ease focusing with a manual lens and a feel of a proffessional camera. Only problem is the central point autofocus that needs an extra care when framing.

Canon EOS 630 with the Prakticar 35-70mm/3.5

Some samples with the EF 28mm/2.8 lens and Fujifilm 200 at the park:

Bencini Comet 1st roll

First try with an expired Agfa 35mm film rolled into a 127 spool with backing paper from a 120 film. unfortunately I had marked the paper wrongly so I got many overlapping images. As the 35mm film is narrower than the 127 one the film did not stand flat on the film plane, so images on the center got blurred.

The camera with the viewfinder taped to make up for the 35mm format

Sample photos with enhanced colour and raised blacks:

An overlapping joiner of a supermarket

Burned out film while rolling it into the 127 spool

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Yashica MG-1

This is a newer and cheaper version of the Yashica Electro. It has a 45mm/f2.8 lens instead of the f1.7 lens mounted on the Electro, with no parallax correction in the viewfinder. However the lightmeter is near the front lens element thus permitting the use of filters with a direct light reading.
I think I paid 10 euros for this one. It needed no repairs, the "pad of death" problem of the Yashicas is not present here. I've stuffed 4 LR44 batteries with some aluminum foil into the battery compartement and the camera works like new.

Loaded a long expired Agfa 100XRG that needed a lot of PP work. The camera takes accurate and sharp images with a nice bokeh.
Some samples with a color shift from the film:

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