At 11:43 AM 3/2/00, Tim May wrote:
>There are plenty of fine small 35mm cameras. One I liked several years ago
>was the Yashica with a ground-glass focussing screen which could be viewed
>for candid shots (camera held at a distance or at waist level) and a fine
>Zeiss lens. I assume something like it is still being made.
This sounds like the Yashica T4; it's weatherproof and has a Zeiss f3.5
lens. UPS just dropped one off for me about 20 minutes ago; I don't have
any film through it yet, but I've only heard good things about them. The
extra focusing screen is what sold me on it, because it's perfect for
taking pictures discreetly. I've had really good luck taking candid shots
of people with my relatively primitive digital camera (an HP - it's a C20
or C30, can't remember the model number) which I can compose without
holding the camera up to my face and thereby causing the subject to stiffen
up and make their "someone's taking my picture" face.
Cypherpunks being cypherpunks, I bet there are some Minox fans here, too.
