Auto focus rangefinder?

[pesphoto]

So I'd like to try an autofocus rangefinder but can't come up with the money for a Contax or Hexar. I was reading about the Minolta HiMatic AF2 last night. Has anyone had experience with this camera, kinda intrigued by the built in flash for some different kind of street shooting? Any other suggestions for an AF rangefinder?

 

[Finder]

Nikon 35Ti, Nikon 28Ti, Minolta TC-1. I am not sure how cheap these cameras are, but they have very good optics.

 

[cmedin]

What's your budget like?

 

[pesphoto]

Well....let's just say it ain't a lot.

 

[shadowfox]

I don't know if you'd consider this a rangefinder (to me, an autofocus rangefinder is well, an autofocus camera 🙂 ), but have you looked at the Yashica T3 or T4? the Tessar lens in those are amazingly sharp and contrasty.

 

[pesphoto]

I don't know if you'd consider this a rangefinder (to me, an autofocus rangefinder is well, an autofocus camera 🙂 ), but have you looked at the Yashica T3 or T4? the Tessar lens in those are amazingly sharp and contrasty.

Yeah, i guess it doesnt have to be a rangefinder. It's the autofocus I want to play with. I'll check these out.

 

[feenej]

Konica C5 AF2. There is one on eBay you could get for $12 probably. My C35 zone focus has a wonderful lens.

 

[dll927]

This may sound naive, but I wan't aware there was such a thing as an 'autofocus' rangefinder. Somehow that sounds like a contradiction in terms. Why would a camera (or the photographer) need an RF if the camera is auto-focus?

 

[foto_fool]

So far as I understand them, all autofocus cameras work on the rangefinder principle.

- John

 

[clintock]

See if you can find a Minolta Freedom Tele.
It has a 2.8 40 and a built in teleconverter so it's also a (slower) 80.
The flash zooms too when the tele button is pressed.
The only thing is- this applies to many things with flash built in, is the capacitors sometimes need to be re-formed. Just using it a bunch seems to heal the flash usually.
This camera was also sold by Leica as the Leica AF-C1