I remember selling those cameras when I had a job at a camera shop in my first couple of years of college... !
The auto-flash-by-coupled-GN was popular on a number of cameras at the time as auto-flash units (with light sensors and quench circuits built in) didn't become common or popular for another few years. Nikon even made a neat little lens, the Nikkor-GN 45/2.8, that did this for their SLR line. It is a very effective way to get good flash exposure. My Olympus Pen E series cameras all have this system as well. Fun stuff. Now load up some fast film and go low light shooting. It's amazing what can be done with 1/30 second, ASA400 film and an f/2.8 lens... G On Apr 3, 2007, at 7:10 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: > 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) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
