I have a weekness for old rangefiinders. I just got a Minolta AL-F - for 20 USD. Introduced in 1967 but it looks like new.
After adjusting the rangefinder and supplying it with a battery, it works perfectly. It has a funny flash system: You must dial in the Guide Number of the flash you are using, which must be set to Manual. The the camera will set the apperture accordingly and furthermore adjsust it corresponding to the focusing distance. Quite clever.. The only draw back is that the slowest shutter speed is 1/30 sec's. And no manual override. Nevertheless, this camera i s capable of producing sharp results: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather/39997899/in/set-907116/ (not my photograph) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.25/744 - Release Date: 04/03/2007 05:32 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
