A Couple of Konica FS-1 Photos

[agentlossing]

I pulled out a box with some negatives from 8-10 years ago and put a few through the Pacific Image XAs. The Kodak Gold 200 profile in Silverfast is punchy, but I like the colors. FS-1 SLR and probably the 50/1.4 if I remember what I had correctly. I know I had a 50/1.4, 50/1.8 (briefly), 40/1.8 and 28/3.5, Konica stuff was/is very cheap.

Untitled (8) by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr

Untitled (15) by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr

 

[das]

Wow, you have one of the few FS-1s that are still working! 🙂.

 

[Larry Cloetta]

Almost all the many FS-1 bodies on ebay are being sold “for parts”. Which is a clue for prospective buyers. Yet, I bought one anyway. Two actually, because camera wiki said they were the model which was the “most advanced”. Apparently with regard to the FS-1 “advanced” is used in the same way it’s used to describe cancer. Needless to say, both were DOA. .
The FC-1 on the other hand is still to this day a nice little camera because it lacks all the failure modes aka “features”, which were built into the FS-1. Almost any FC-1 should work, and they’re cheap, nice handling bodies, and for anyone fond of the 40mm focal length, the Konica iteration is one of the best extant.

 

[das]

I'm partial to the FT-1. All of them develop that goo gasket problem, but most can be cleaned and saved. It really has everything you would want in a cheaper manual focus SLR body except for the 1/1000 top speed limitation.

 

[agentlossing]

Wow, you have one of the few FS-1s that are still working! 🙂.

I don't own this camera anymore, I sold it a few years back, still in working condition. I did have to fairly regularly go into the battery compartment and clean off the contacts when the power quit working. I got worried about the electronics. I don't miss the body, but I miss the lenses.