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dof
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 Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:56 am Post subject: My new half-frame SLR |
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dof wrote:
Found this Konica Auto-Reflex at a local camera show last weekend for only $40. It's nearly mint and everything works. All it needed was some new light seals which I did last night.
At first I thought the meter didn't work but a tap with my finger and it sprang to life (like the fuel gauge on an old car)
The lens is the 57/1.4 Hexanon.
The plastic part to the left of the prism is a window that illuminates the meter display in the viewfinder.
The distinctive feature of this camera is that it can shoot both half-frame or full frame 35mm and it can be switched back and forth between the two formats on the same roll of film. The lever to the right of the prism switches between the two modes. When in half frame mode there are two pointers that drop down in the viewfinder that show the edge of the reduced frame size and two framing masks emerge in the film gate to reduce the frame size as the fim advance spacing is adjusted accordingly.
It's a very well made machine and one of the first SLRs to offer an auto-exposure mode (though not TTL).
Konica also made a non-metered version called the Auto-Reflex P. |
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Excalibur
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Excalibur wrote:
Looks very nice..now don't forget to try a film in it 
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std
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std wrote:
Wow this is very handsome camera you got there.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Nesster wrote:
WOW WOW WOW  That's beautiful. I just read the April '66 U.S. Camera review of it. I can scan & post.
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Attila
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Excellent find! In case of you I sell it for 4x more, well respected camera for collectors. To use many better camera out there for 40 USD also.
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rbelyell
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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rbelyell wrote:
congrats, thats a great camera, and imo the best konica ar lens, at great great price. cant wait to see what you produce with this combination.
tony
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dof
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dof wrote:
Thanks, all.
I'm still working on my first roll with the Ikonta I posted recently -- I'm a bit of a slow poke I guess.  |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Nice camera, but as it takes me ages to finish a roll of 36 exposures, I've never contemplated a half frame.
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Nesster wrote:
April 1966 U.S. Camera
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dof
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dof wrote:
Great article -- thanks for posting! |
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ckswong
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ckswong wrote:
did you ever find out what caused the needle to not work? i have the same problem with my auto rex where i have to tap it rather harshly on my palm for the needle to become "unstuck" |
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
I am close to finish a roll in this camera, really nice quality piece, I think half frame is really useless.
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dof
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| Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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dof wrote:
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| did you ever find out what caused the needle to not work? i have the same problem with my auto rex where i have to tap it rather harshly on my palm for the needle to become "unstuck" |
No, I have no solution other than tapping it. |
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ckswong
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ckswong wrote:
i contacted a konica repair person and he said the meter movement might be going, and theres nothing you can do about it cause there isnt any parts left for it. wonder if a normal auto reflex meter movement will replace it. |
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stanleytung
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stanleytung wrote:
a great camera, I am willing to have one.... my its expensive in our loacl shop...
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Hilo
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| i contacted a konica repair person and he said the meter movement might be going, and theres nothing you can do about it cause there isnt any parts left for it. wonder if a normal auto reflex meter movement will replace it. |
With a camera of that age it is smart to service it. And the brand dealer is generally useless when it is about old cameras.
Find the specialist. For this camera it looks like this is him: Weber Cameras / gweber@webercamera.com |
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