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Georgia Strait from Linley Valley - Canon Z135 P&S 35mm Compact with 24-year old Expired (expired 1998) Kodak ISO 100 Gold Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Hanimex Vef Compact. Objectif Hanimar 20mm f/4 Wide Angle. Petit bouton pour 3 ouvertures f/11, f/6.3, f/4. Film 110 vitesse 1/125. Année 1977.
This was the Agfa of salvation, the one that would keep the brand afloat as a camera maker. Presented in 1980, it was the stubborn Germanic answer to the Japanese tsunami that killed the German camera industry in the 60’s and 70’s. This was a moment of hope for AGFA, a return with a very interesting camera, where the attention to the design was surprising. The styling is very pleasant, a very small and original shape created by Schlagheck design of Munich. It faithfully follows the Bauhaus credo, from follows function, but the result here is an original and pretty camera. The master stroke is the sliding On/Off switch that covers the camera’s viewfinder. Slide it and the camera comes alive, the lens cover opens and the Solinar pops out, very neat. All this done electrically, something that would become the norm up to the present days. The lens was brand new, but it was another variation of the old Solinar, AGFA’s version of the Tessar. Here we have a rather surprising 39 mm /2.8 lens. I believe it to be a 40 mm lens, they chose the 39 mm to clearly send the message that this lens wasn’t the old Solitar 40/ 2.8 of the Optimas of old. The big splash was the electric motor responsible for popping out the lens and wind the film at a speedy 2fps. This looked like a cracking little camera destined for fame and success. Sadly, it was not to be.
It is easier to find a person born in the 19th century and breathing than to find an Agfa Compact in working condition. This lack of reliability eventually killed the camera and AGFA as camera maker in 1983. It seems underdeveloped, that scale focusing is out of pace with the rest of the camera, as is the viewfinder devoid of any sort of info, just a red lamp for flash turn on. While the manually wound previous Optima series had an automatic loading of the film, with this one you get a motor but you have to put the film tip in the reel’s slot. The flash is just like the Olympus XA, Canon MC or Minolta AF-C, a separate unit that connects to the left side of the camera. There is provision for a cable release, but oddly no self-timer. The electric motor emits a noise as If all the gears were about to break when the camera is switched on. Film winding is not exactly silent either, but not remotely comparable to the Canon ML
The camera’s Bauhaus design might be impressive, beautiful, functional, daring, but the Konica C35 AF already existed and had what people really needed, autofocus, integrated flash. No electric motor, a very dull design, but a coherent concept. Still, this little AGFA is very engaging, but I am not very sure that it works well, fingers crossed for the Tmax 100!
Why cant these camera manufacturer's produce a Owners Manual that not only names the buttons, levers & dials but actually tells you what each of them does and why you would want to use them in the first place, some of us are NOT techies or Rocket Scientists.
Car: BMW 316i Compact.
Year of manufacture: 1999.
Date of first registration in the UK: 20th May 1999.
Place of registration: Chelmsford.
Date of last MOT: 7th April 2021.
Mileage at last MOT: 100,621.
Last change of keeper: 9th August 2020
Date taken: 3rd June 2021.
Album: Carspotting 2021
Some compact 35mm cameras side by side.
Olympus Pen S
Olympus Trip 35
Olympus XA + A16
Olympus Mju I / 1
Olympus Mju I / 1 limited , serial number 00001xx
Olympus Mju II / 2
Olympus Mju II / 2 Zoom 80
Nikon L35AF
Nikon L35AF2
Nikon L35AF3
Yashica T
Yashica T2
Yashica T3
Yashica T4
Yashica J-Mini Super
Pentax Espio Mini / UC-1
Pentax PC35AF-M
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s II
Minolta AF-C + EF-C
Minolta Riva Mini ( same thing as Leica Mini )
Canon G-III QL17 + Canonlite D
Canon MC + MC-S
Minox 35 GT + TC 35
Ricoh FF-1 + SL 121A
Konica EU Mini Peanuts
Belomo Agat 18k
Lomo LC-A+
Vivitar 28mm fixed focus
I will be using this camera in week 325 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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KONICA HEXAR AF Silver
FUJUFILM KLASSE S & W
LOMO LC-A+
Konica Big mini F
RICOH GR1v & GR1s
CONTAX T2 & T3
This compact car is strongly related to the Dodge Dart and the Chrysler Valiant.
Three years ago I discovered her here for the first time. Now she was still in an excellent condition.
2790 cc 6 cylinder engine.
Overall production Valiant: 1960-1976, over four generations.
Production this 2nd generation: 1962-1966.
Original first reg. number: March 1963.
New French reg. number: Autumn 2006 (Indre).
Number seen: 1.
Paisia, Val-Sonnette (Jura, Fr.), Route Nationale D1083, July 27, 2019.
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A rather scarce compact camera from the early 80s with a reputation for sharp optics. It features a collapsible 2.8/35mm lens and aperture-priority autoexposure ala Minox 35. Focus is manual with the focusing distance shown on the lens barrel both in meters and feet, but no other focusing aid. Film advance (thumb wheel) and film rewind are manual and thus virtually silent. Film speed is also manually selected, but it only goes up to 400 which can be a bit limiting if one wants to push-process B&W film. Shutter release is very silent and the shutter button is thoughtfully retracted whenever the lens is retracted to avoid accidental picture-taking. Overall build quality is very good, with most of the casing being made of metal. The only weak point is the rather small viewfinder without any focusing distance or chosen shutter speed indication, although there is a horizontal needle on the right moving between two red areas indicating over- and underexposure. Sadly, my copy doesn't work, as there was significant corrosion in the battery compartment and one of the contacts is loose. It looks like the shutter is completely battery-dependent, as there doesn't seem to be any mechanical back-up speed, shutter leaves remain completely closed when the shutter button is pressed. Hopefully, it will be an easy repair, as I'm quite eager to shoot with it.
T.L.C. Disposal - White Compact w - Garwood 700 -
This White Compact was one of the trucks I worked on as a young man.
Thanks to Eric V. for finding & passing along this bit of my history from so many yrs. ago.
Circa 1970
Photo Courtesy of: Eric V. / CRT
Atacama Compact Array (ACA) on the ALMA high site at an altitude of 5000 metres in northern Chile. The ACA is a subset of 16 closely separated antennas that will greatly improve ALMAâs ability to study celestial objects with a large angular size, such as molecular clouds and nearby galaxies. The antennas forming the Atacama Compact Array, four 12-metre antennas and twelve 7-metre antennas, were produced and delivered by Japan.
More information: www.eso.org/public/images/ann13040a/
Credit:
ESO
This compact car is strongly related to the Dodge Dart and the Chrysler Valiant.
Available with three different engines, this one has the 2790cc 6 cylinder engine.
Overall production Valiant: 1960-1976 over four generations.
This is the 2nd 1962-1966 generation.
In the back we see the body of a Peugeot 403, hopefully waiting to be restored.
Number seen: 1.
Paisa, Val-Sonnette (Jura, Fr.), Route Nationale D1083, Aug. 3, 2016.
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