[Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

In the late 60's and 70's my SLR's of choice were Konica 
Autoreflesxes. Part of the reason was that Nikon PC lenses worked 
better on Konicas than on Nikons, as you could meter with the lens 
shifted. I had various Konicas; they clunked and ratcheted, sounding 
worse than most others but kept on working. In 15 years of use I 
never had to send any in for repair, and they worked in temperatures 
down to -40 degrees (F or C, take your pick). My Leicas had slowing 
shutters, but the Konicas stayed accurate. Of my 4x5 lenses, only 
newer Copal kept working in the cold.

I have a couple of Konicas left; a T4 and an original Autoreflex. 
With the latter you could drive a photofinisher crazy. Just keep on 
switching between full frame and half frame as often as you fell like 
in shooting a roll of film.

'Here is my film. 54 exposures, 4x6 prints please. Please cut the 
film into strips of 9 frames.'

I also liked the PenF series, with the tiny lenses. Lovely little 
cameras, with a very dim finder and generally poor lenses, but the 
38/2.8 was still a delight.

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