A new arrival in our already overstuffed camera bag – from 1977, Nikon’s Nikkormat FT3
More about this interesting camera soon.
Chris
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Pisa Cathedral (c1092) in the Piazza dei Duomo – 1986
Canon F-1 with Canon FD 24mm f/ 2.8 wide angle lens on Kodak Kodachrome 25 color slide film.
Chris
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The Albert – built c1862 and little changed since the beginning. Located at 52 Victoria Street, Victoria, London – September 1987
Canon F-1 with Canon FD 24mm f/ 2.8 lens on Kodacolor. Thanks to the taxi showing up at the right time to add to the picture.
Thanks for your visit!
Chris
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Here’s one of our nicer S models outfitted with the “no name” add on light meter (clip on exposure meter) from Yashica.
Another in Yashica’s short lived series of the Pentamatic 35mm SLR. This one c1961. Yashica’s first SLRs had a steep learning curve for the company. Groundbreaking for Yashica to be sure but a miss overall against the competition. Yashica’s best was still to come. We happen to appreciate the rock solid construction of this often overlooked camera… the Tomioka Optical “normal” lens focal length of 5.8cm was a bit odd but the bayonet mount lenses were sharp and attached very solidly to the body. This was not the lens that was supplied with the S – Yashica went back to the 5.5cm, f/1.8 lens. No batteries needed for either the camera or meter.
The Pentamatic S wasn’t made in large quantities over a long period of time. Nice working examples are still available and some very nice collector quality examples are still out there. You are much more likely to find a Pentamatic S for sale than a Pentamatic II – probably by a 4 to 1 margin.
Happy hunting!
Chris
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