[Nesster]

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I am very happy. This camera came yesterday, and I put some ASA200 film (Memories? Thanks Bill!) through it today... The camera and I were made the same year



Chiyoko Rokkor 2.8 45mm is a 5 element 3 group lens, all in front of the shutter. Apertures to f/22.



The shutter speeds are set on the top deck, in a stepless manner... it's very much an Av priority camera, as the aperture setting is a bit less convenient.

The view finder is large and has a parallax corrected brightline frame. Thoughtful touches include the glass in front of the vf being tilted down and in.

Overall the camera has a light smooth feel, as opposed to the Retinas etc which have more resistance but are also smooth.

The body itself is of the fat stubby, Exakta type. The advance lever has an extremely long though smooth and light action. The rewind is a frigging pain



The photos show the lens to be very sharp and contrasty. I took all of these without the use of a light meter, and I'm very proud.



f/8 1/200ish



f/4 1/400



f/8 1/200



f/11 1/400

[k100d]

thanks for showing, seems to take nice pics

[séamuis]

thats a real beauty, and you are damn good at sunny 16. looks to be a wonderful little gem!

[chubasco]

Very well done at Sunny 16! Well, I had to pull the trigger on this one:

Vintage Minolta A-2 35mm Film Camera - eBay (item 140339092609 end time Oct-13-09 01:39:40 PDT)

Bill

[Nesster]

Nice! it has the original silver lens cap too