Konica Auto S2 - first film.
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sooner
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Thanks for posting your pictures. The S2 was one of my first rangefinders, and I still think it has some of the best microcontrast of any of my newer/better cameras. And they are still very affordable, which is nice for those of us unable to afford M8's!
mjflory
Accumulator
Those look great! I've been neglecting my S2, and I can see that's been a mistake.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
The middle shot has what I am looking for!
That clean separation between the fore and back-ground is what I find to be characteristics of the Hexanon lenses.
I observed this trait on two Konicas now, the C35 and the Auto S3. And now I see that the S2 has that also. Excellent lens, I just don't like the flimsiness of the S3 camera body 🙂
Congratulations, you have a good keeper!
That clean separation between the fore and back-ground is what I find to be characteristics of the Hexanon lenses.
I observed this trait on two Konicas now, the C35 and the Auto S3. And now I see that the S2 has that also. Excellent lens, I just don't like the flimsiness of the S3 camera body 🙂
Congratulations, you have a good keeper!
kzim56
Karl Zimmerman
ndnbrunei
Established
Thanks for your comments!
sooner - microcontrast...an interesting concept! Yes the S2 is good value.
mjflory - Yes, the S2 does seem too good to leave at home.
shadowfox - The S2 is certainly sturdy and clearly the lens is great.
kzim56 - Thank you for the CLA / Greg Weber cue - I have bookmarked his site.
sooner - microcontrast...an interesting concept! Yes the S2 is good value.
mjflory - Yes, the S2 does seem too good to leave at home.
shadowfox - The S2 is certainly sturdy and clearly the lens is great.
kzim56 - Thank you for the CLA / Greg Weber cue - I have bookmarked his site.
scottgee1
RF renegade
Karl, very nice 'street' shot!kzim56 said:
May I ask how much H. Dr. Weber is charging for CLAs now?
TIA!/ScottGee1
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kzim56
Karl Zimmerman
The CLA for the Auto S2, including shipping, meter calibration and a fresh set of batteries was about $160. Pricey I know, but the camera really is about perfect now. Should be good for many years.
Karl
Karl
ibcrewin
Ah looky looky
Just curious.. What film did you use? I like the middle one a lot.
mjflory
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Bill58
Native Texan
Michael:
Congrats on your "new" S2. However, I couldn't help but see the irony in the shot of the old Paramount cinema taken w/ a camera of similar vintage, but now out of business--the way I feel often about film cameras and film too.
Bill
Congrats on your "new" S2. However, I couldn't help but see the irony in the shot of the old Paramount cinema taken w/ a camera of similar vintage, but now out of business--the way I feel often about film cameras and film too.
Bill
scottgee1
RF renegade
mjflory said:
Yikes! You ain't gettin' into that place by the front door! 😱
Nice shot!
ScottGee1
mjflory
Accumulator
Bill58 said:
Thanks, Bill -- and Scott!
I hadn't thought of it that way... The irony I'm trying to avoid is that the Paramount and I are probably of similar vintage! (Well, I'm stretching it -- it's Art Deco, I guess I'm postwar modern.)
I took a look inside the gated-off lobby yesterday and saw that the second-hand store down the block has sort of turned it into a storage annex. He didn't have any interesting cameras last time I checked, alas.
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Bill58
Native Texan
Yeah--I often think of myself as a dinosaur when I use film esp. here in tech-happy (crazy) Korea. One of my favorite old theatres in Houston was turned into a Barnes and Noble bookstore. I'm sure many other georgeous structures have been demo-ed.
BTW- I clad my S2 in a blue goat leather from cameraleather.com.
BTW- I clad my S2 in a blue goat leather from cameraleather.com.
mjflory
Accumulator
Bill58 said:
Wow. Cobalt or blue slate?
Bill58
Native Texan
I decided to throw caution to the wind and did cobalt.
mjflory
Accumulator
Bill58 said:
Indeed! Well, somewhere on the Cameraleather site I think they recommend the brighter colors for fixed-lens rangefinders (and the slate and gray and duller brown for the severe dignity of an M3). 🙄
ndnbrunei
Established
Michael - nice shot of the facade of the Paramont. You can see the Hexanon's potential for recording detail. Have you tried using a yellow filter (or even an orange filter) to improve the tonal range?
ibcrewin - thanks! I'm using Kodak BW400CN at present. I like your 'bessa8test' shot on your flickr site. You are using BW400CN too. The convenience is great. One day I will get a darkroom set up and use some of my stash of non-C41 film. By the way, your smoke shots are really cool!
ibcrewin - thanks! I'm using Kodak BW400CN at present. I like your 'bessa8test' shot on your flickr site. You are using BW400CN too. The convenience is great. One day I will get a darkroom set up and use some of my stash of non-C41 film. By the way, your smoke shots are really cool!
mjflory
Accumulator
ndnbrunei said:
You're absolutely correct about that, of course! It was just laziness and color-film habit on my part; I left the house intending to shoot a quick test roll with the Konica and most of the shots were just the brick wall next door and the view down the sidewalk (lots of trees for checking resolution at various apertures). On the spur of the moment I drove a few blocks to the old theater, which I'd been meaning to photograph for weeks, but I didn't even stop to think about going upstairs to get a filter or two. And I'd spent hours a week ago sorting out all the filters I had stashed away in various boxes!
jkelly
Analog hobbyist
Those are some very impressive shots, ndnbrunei and Michael. I've only run a couple of color rolls through mine so far, and I've not done any close-up or interior shots yet, but I agree the lens is very sharp.
