Post by pancake on Jan 17, 2008 13:05:06 GMT -5
... why did you guys ever give up on making cameras?
When I was blue cause I got a couple of M42 lenses but no body worthy of them. I came across a dear friend who showed me one of your cameras. I immediately fell in love with the build quality, the robust feel, and the technical "impossibility" that it overcame.
So on then, the hunt begin for my true Chinon body... months went by when finally I found it on the bay. Waiting anxiously for the last bidder to make his move, I stroke the final blow and the camera was mine! ... for no more than a couple lunch money... the hunger was worth it.
A week later the camera showed up with its buddies, a tall and lanky zoom which I soon forget about, a standard with sticky diaphragm, and a short, ordinary looking wide-angle that I didn't even consider. Had these three sad looking lenses weren't what the seller called "bonus", I'd probably be miffed...
But the camera... oh, the camera, it's small, almost as small as my OM-1, all metal, even the shutter, everything feels snug, not cheap. My favorite is the advance lever, it's a strange short throw that gives a satisfying "click" at the end. I can't believe the frame was advanced properly until I saw the testroll.
So then begin my adventure with my M42 kit that I built from my old M42 lenses and the new Chinon, all humble components, none of them cost me more than a couple roll of film... expired ones, at that. And this kit turned out some of the most memorable fall pictures like these ...
Want to see the crew? here's one incomplete photo. The lens on the camera is none other than the non-descript wideangle who turned to be a real cracker of a lens. The stout guy on the left is the renown CZJ Biotar 58/2. Not in the picture is the towering SMC Takumar 200/4.
So, Chinon, thanks for the quality cameras.
Sincerely,
Hapless camera nut.
;D
When I was blue cause I got a couple of M42 lenses but no body worthy of them. I came across a dear friend who showed me one of your cameras. I immediately fell in love with the build quality, the robust feel, and the technical "impossibility" that it overcame.
So on then, the hunt begin for my true Chinon body... months went by when finally I found it on the bay. Waiting anxiously for the last bidder to make his move, I stroke the final blow and the camera was mine! ... for no more than a couple lunch money... the hunger was worth it.
A week later the camera showed up with its buddies, a tall and lanky zoom which I soon forget about, a standard with sticky diaphragm, and a short, ordinary looking wide-angle that I didn't even consider. Had these three sad looking lenses weren't what the seller called "bonus", I'd probably be miffed...
But the camera... oh, the camera, it's small, almost as small as my OM-1, all metal, even the shutter, everything feels snug, not cheap. My favorite is the advance lever, it's a strange short throw that gives a satisfying "click" at the end. I can't believe the frame was advanced properly until I saw the testroll.
So then begin my adventure with my M42 kit that I built from my old M42 lenses and the new Chinon, all humble components, none of them cost me more than a couple roll of film... expired ones, at that. And this kit turned out some of the most memorable fall pictures like these ...
Want to see the crew? here's one incomplete photo. The lens on the camera is none other than the non-descript wideangle who turned to be a real cracker of a lens. The stout guy on the left is the renown CZJ Biotar 58/2. Not in the picture is the towering SMC Takumar 200/4.
So, Chinon, thanks for the quality cameras.
Sincerely,
Hapless camera nut.
;D
