Chinon Bellami
The Chinon Bellami is a wicked cool, very compact zone focus camera that was made in Japan, introduced in 1980. It's very similar in size to the Olympus XA series cameras, only instead of a sliding cover, they designed it with "barn doors" that open and close when you pull out or push in the film advance lever - very clever and cool looking. If anyone has been paying attention, they may have noticed I'm on a Chinon buying streak lately. I've always really liked the brand, but am really appreciating Chinon gear more than ever lately.
Photo taken with an Olympus OM-D E-M1 and Auto Chinon 50mm f/1.9 lens with Fotodiox PK-m4/3 adapter.
Chinon Bellami
The Chinon Bellami is a wicked cool, very compact zone focus camera that was made in Japan, introduced in 1980. It's very similar in size to the Olympus XA series cameras, only instead of a sliding cover, they designed it with "barn doors" that open and close when you pull out or push in the film advance lever - very clever and cool looking. If anyone has been paying attention, they may have noticed I'm on a Chinon buying streak lately. I've always really liked the brand, but am really appreciating Chinon gear more than ever lately.
Photo taken with an Olympus OM-D E-M1 and Auto Chinon 50mm f/1.9 lens with Fotodiox PK-m4/3 adapter.