Minolta Hi-Matic E - Minolta's 'Difficult' Second Electro Camera - By Bob Janes

The Hi-Matic E is a Minolta rangefinder with a Rokkor lens. The lens is a 40 mm f/1.7 lens of six elements in four groups.

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Kodak Retina IIIC - Back into Film with a Charity Auction Find - By Stewart Waller

I really enjoyed using the Kodak Retina IIIC - and the images exceeded my expectations - I will certainly use it again.

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Konica Auto S3 - Small and Perfectly Formed - By Bob Janes

Whenever I use the Konica Auto S3 I wonder why I don’t use it more. It wasn’t cheap when I bought it 30 odd years ago, but I'm glad I did.

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Canonet Review - 43 Years in Preparation - By Bob Janes

The Canonet is a quirky camera that doesn't really work as an automatic. The lens is very nice and the rangefinder base is impressive!

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Minolta Hi-Matic 7s and A Sentimental Journey Discovering True Optical Prints - by Shawn Granton

It was the first week of January 2020 and I was down for the count with a cold. "A perfect start to a new year", I thought to myself, not realizing what would be in store just a couple of months later. I was home and bored, and for some reason I decided that this downtime would be a perfect opportunity to give film another shot. I'm a Gen-Xer, so I grew up with film but hadn't shot anything with it since about 2004. Over the years I went through a few digital point-and-shoots, but most of my photos had increasingly been taken with my smartphone. I had taken some good shots (at least I hoped), but there's not really a lot of "fun" holding an iPhone 8 to capture an image. Friends of mine were into shooting film, why not give it a try?

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Canonet 28 Review - The modest Canon - By Bob Janes - 35mmc

The Canonet 28 is that it is pocketable. It is also not precious. It is expendable, so you are more likely to carry and use it.

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