Pictures taken with a Minotlta Hi-Matic

[rolleistef]

Hi Matics are well known for the fabulous quality of their lens, with a very distinctive look and bokeh. Please post the pictures you took with those fabulous little (or big) cameras!
(I hope the downsizing of the photos will still do justice)

 

[rolleistef]

and I forgot to say : Hi-Matic 9, mid 1960s, Rokkor 45/1.7, 35€ shipping included from australia.

 

[jl-lb.ms]

 

[jl-lb.ms]

Taken with Hi-Matic 7S in the 1970s. Slide film.

 

[julio1fer]

Hi-Matic 9 just came back from CLA; to test, I shot a no-name ISO 200 color roll in automatic mode. Very convenient. The cameras has good ergonomics (I don't care at all about the long wind movement).

Top center section.

It is not precisely a pocket instrument, but we already knew that. The lens is outstanding, and color rendition is very good.

Now, I need to try a bit of B&W in this baby.

 

[dogberryjr]

"Hi Matic 7SII

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[amhildreth]

Here's a few I took with a hi-matic F.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amhildreth/sets/72157622473903929/with/4016652081/

 

[julio1fer]

amhildreth, this truck picture is awesome! Did you use a tripod?

 

[camera.bear]

With my Hi-Matic C

 

[Naumoski]

Minolta 7SII +

Fujicolor 100 @ 1/15th

Kodak gold 100 @ 1/60-125th

Tmax 400 @ 1/60 on a concert.

I'm enjoying my little black 7sII pretty much, and with every next roll I am getting more impressed by the quality/sharpness of the camera and the lens, even on slow speed.

Sometimes I hate it because I'm not hearing the shutter 🙂

 

[The Standard Deviant]

Beautiful, Naumoski, especially the first two.

 

[The Standard Deviant]

This was a Himatic 7s with Tmax 100. An excellent lens, but I found the shutter only fired half the time and after spending a few days trying to fix the problem I gave up.

 

[Naumoski]

The Standard Deviant,

That's a very beautiful portrait!

 

[hipsterdufus]

Kodak gold 100 @ 1/60-125th

This is a great picture. Absolutely beautiful w/ perfect exposure.

 

[Brian Legge]

I've been trying to build a functional 7sII out of a pair of them which turned out to be broken (one with fungus on the lens, the other with the 'aperture never opens up beyond F11 or so/broken needle issue).

Still not 100% functional but here are a few shots from my first test roll with it. These were taken with Tri X 400 pushed to 1600 in DD-X:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4985930646/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4983132255/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4983741932/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/4991862649/

 

[The Standard Deviant]

The Standard Deviant,

That's a very beautiful portrait!

Thank you Naumoski, it was a very lucky picture.

I didn't know the woman beforehand, and the camera wasn't firing on every shot as I found out later. Worst of all the roll of film was one I'd borrowed from my brother, and after developing it, I found every shot but the last three were double exposed with a picture of the inside of someone's darkroom, very boring. Afterwards I asked my brother and he said his friend had found the roll on the floor of a building site he was working on!

 

[Naumoski]

Minolta 7sII + T-max 400 (expired 2005).

 

[amhildreth]

amhildreth, this truck picture is awesome! Did you use a tripod?

Surprisingly, no. It was strictly handheld. It was taken just before sunrise, using 400ASA Kodak C-41 B+W film packed into my little Hi-matic F.

 

[Gradskater]

A couple with the camera that got me into cameras, the Hi Matic E. Its a great camera (and one I should have never sold - don't worry, I have another on the way right now) with an excellent exposure system.

 

[Gradskater]

another, Hi Matic E