On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Like most of you, I loved the rangefinder styling of the Fuji X100, > but I certainly had no *need* for it, especially at it's current price > tag. > > Recently I "discovered" a relatively unknown little film rangefinder > that fits the fill quite nicely for substantially less money: The > Minolta Minoltina AL-S. Originally selling for around $90 (in the > mid-60s) the Minoltina AL-S was the top-of-the-line with a Rokkor 40mm > f1.8 lens, coupled rangefinder, and no battery. I have been looking > and just found a nice working copy for $35, with original lens cap and > case. Far smaller/lighter than the Yashica Electros. > > Here are a few links for those interested: > > http://mconnealy.com/vintagecameras/minoltina/index.html > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/7392884@N04/5254552893/in/faves-pixelsmithy/ > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rx52fZWWRg > > http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36938 > > My last three items in my Flickr photostream are ads (from Life and > Ebony magazine in 1965 & 1966 respectively) and a quote from a book on > Minolta. > > More (no doubt) after mine arrives. Anyone ever had one of these?
Minolta made some cute and fun RFs in the '60's and '70's. I (somewhere - don't know exactly) have an old Minolta HiMatic F hanging around. Sharp lens (maybe f2.7?) totally automatic exposure with no over-ride, it's about Rollei 35 size or maybe a bit smaller. For the $12 I paid for it on eBay about 10 years ago, it was a great kicking-around camera. Hope you enjoy yours! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
