I fell in love with film all over again while in the Caribbean. I was shooting with my grandfather’s MInolta SRT-202. Its pictures through the stock 50mm f/1.4 lens are creamy and gorgeous. When we came back from our anniversary trip I bit the bullet and decided to add to my vintage film camera collection.
eBay is your friend. I’ve scarcely used eBay in the last two years. The last thing I remember buying (coincidentally) was a LOMO LC-A from Siberia. Anyways, I was able to procure a new (is vintage gear really new?) Rokkor 28mm f/2.8 lens for my Minolta and also won a Yashica Electro 35 GS from the early 70’s.
I have yet to shoot with my new Rokkor Lens. The construction looks similair to my 50mm, although the aperture ring is plastic versus the metal ring on my 50mm. It’s a little less smooth feeling but functions perfectly. I’m planning on getting a Minolta to Canon adapter to take advantage to these prime lenses.
I’ve actually been pretty obsessed with my new Rangefinder. The Yashica Electro 35 GS is an aperture priority beastie. It’s about the same size as my Minolta, but the lens protrudes less and is much lighter. It fits in my bag along with my laptop, so it’s a good daily camera. The fast 45mm f/1.7 ensures that at ISO400 I’m able to shoot in most situations. I’m planning to hit lincoln road on south beach to do some street photography at some point in the next few weeks.
The above image is some of my camera collection. Next cameras I intend to acquire are the superheadz bbf (plastic lensed TLR 35mm camera) and a zero image 135 ( wood and brass pinhole camera )
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