Hi Ruben - You asked if I'd care to comment more on the Canonet glass, and you posted a link to one of my shots - First I have to admit to being a non technical amatuer who just likes taking photos. I find that almost without a doubt I can tell which of my rolls of film I'd taken at a session were in the Canonet and which not. I recently shot a lot in a cemetery with what I thought was a decent old SLR lens, a Quantaray 28mm. Compared to the Canonet, the frames are all worthless. All the Canonet frames were sharp (unless I was unsteady and shooting at a slow speed) and the contrast completely appropriate - neither too much nor too little. The rangefinder patch is nice and clear, making focusing easy and the throw is short. When the batteries died in the cemetery (I know, I know) I just used sunny 16, set the camera myself and I was fine. Had it been one of my Yashica Electro 35s, that would have been it, with a shutter speed locked at 1/500.
I have a Canon P and like the abililty to switch lenses - the Canon lenses are all pretty darn good, but when I'm rushed, the small size, relative light weight of the Canonet and extremely useful 40mm lens that's a fast 1.7, I'd say it's just about an all-around camera. I think it's pretty much my only take everywhere film camera. But I admit to occassionally dragging along a Canon Powershot A620 digi in case I run out of film.
I invite interested parties to check out
my Flickr set dedicated to just this Canonet model - I have 1 chrome, 1 black, which I bought from a RFF member last year.
And while I'm not dirt poor, all my cameras are inexpensive purchases made over the years, some as far back as 1972. I do need to retire a few lenses, like that Quataray and a Kiron 24mm, as neither one has given me a great sharp photo in years.
