thankyou very much really appreciate it . along with making contents on my craft/work trying balance it out with visiting film related shops. so much to do so little time

Your welcome great you loved the video

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it 😊 every one has to start somewhere and it's alright to be curious and look for at a variety of cameras that were manufacturered long ago Konica Autoflex sweet hope you have a blast with that camera

U must been soo lucky to find one at a Thrift store 4$?! That's insane i could never find one here in Tokyo for that price and good luck on the light seel once it's patched up good to go you are off to a great adventure with that little camera :)

oh sweet you have a rollei 35? niceee ...I will probably take forever to master using a Rollei cheers ;D

Congratz 🎉 on getting one, hope it will travel wherever you can shoot.. keep shooting and keep trying u will get great photos with it

Thanks for commenting :) It's not worth it it's better to just use the LR44 and take into account the voltage difference by exposing differently

Thanks Man I love sharing my inputs on a camera that I love to shoot with.

I like the Konica more than point and shoots since you physically have to focus while point and shoots kinda I don't like the camera does it all automatic. If it's a quick Snap would be better but I like taking my time and patience:)

Oh sweet man great to hear picking one up but still it's a great camera to travel hope ur having a blast HP5 such a great film stock to shoot black and white :)))

If you haven't done this already (maybe you have) -- if you open the back and shoot towards a strong light, you can confirm that the shutter actually fires. If you're getting SOME flash of light, it means that without the battery you're getting SOME exposure -- just at a consistent shutter speed and aperture. (The local camera shop might be able to tell you what the default (battery-less) shutter speed is. And you can probably eyeball whether the aperture defaults to "fully open" or "fully closed" (f/22?). So it'll be like a quirky Ilford Sprite II (or one of those other modern plastic "point and shoot" cameras). But if you do this, you'll have a sense of whether you should shoot only on sunny days, or only in overcast conditions, or what: you can't change the exposure settings -- so you'll have to be selective on the available light. (Apologies if you'd already figured this out yourself.)

@@GyeGreene so I just messed with it a bit and the shutter is firing at about the same speed with and without the battery. I can see the needle on the light meter jump ever so slightly when pressing the shutter whether the battery is in or not. I have a feeling the battery terminal connections are shot.

Thanks for commenting 😁 I actually don't use chemicals to process it at home due to space restrictions and have a lab process them for me and scan most of the time in house 35mm I use Plustek Opticfilm 8200Ai Medium Format Epson GTX830/V550 And post process the initial scan in Silverfast software that comes bundled together with the scanner (overall brightness and color cast) . After that I use Photoshop to remove the excess dust particles and crop into final form. I should really make a video on that topic :)

Hello Hanni San thanks for questioning me happy to reply... Under expose is when the final output of the image will become darker....and overexposure is when the image ends up being bright. Fujicolor box speed is iso 100 which means if you shoot at iso 100 and let's say 1/125 shutterspeed and F8 was the right exposure (not to dark not too bright) If I set the light meter to iso 50 (which is one stop darker)..the light meter will think the base iso of 50 as the correct exposure but in Reality if I shoot the exact same setting this camera will think the environment is darker and will try to adjust/compensate for the one stop of less light thus, this camera will shoot at a slower shutter speed or open the aputure a little bit to let more light reach the film negative.... *Keep in mind that if you go below the base box speed iso 100 and shoot below that it would be overexposing the image while the opposite is true. If the box speed is 100 but shooting at 200 the light meter would think the environment is too bright and will try to cut the lights in end get a darker inage Unlike a manual camera where you have to adjust the setting, this camera in particular is fully program auto where the camera decides the light coming into the camera thus adjusting accordingly...but because there is an Iso dial I can make the camera think it's shooting a slower film (iso 50 film) although the film is 100... As an end result I will get a overexposed image... hopefully I didn't confuse you :)

Hello thanks for commenting I can't vouch since my unit isnt broken and never seen that happen to my camera but if I have the chance I would just test one roll of film to see if all the photos would be dark/too bright just to make sure if the light meter is working. There might be a small chance the light meter within the camera that pointer is broken however in reality when it relays that info to the camera to autocorrect there might be a small chance it might tell the correct exposure.

There's a Lucky Camera and Kitamura Shashinki Shop in Shinjuku along with Map Camera if ur into digital:) hope u have a great time here :)

Thank you! It will be my second time, amazing place! Any spots you recommend in Osaka or Kyoto ?

@@xonelifex unfortunatly Osaka/Kyoto I have like none info about camera shops but Kitamura Camera theres like a bunch of (chain stores) around Osaka if Im right (if you need to process 35mm film on day they will do it for you) and yeah if you check my wat was it my small trip to Matsuzakaya camera market I think in that list there was a camera shop from Osaka...if im right kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nKiVma-krtzGmIE.html not sure where Yagura Camera is located but they are from Osaka im Im right (1-2 stations from Nanba Osaka station im back :D) www.google.com/maps/place/Yagura+Camera/@34.6743465,135.5035373,15.25z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6000e751a6b433e3:0x72407ac2cef194ac!8m2!3d34.6769233!4d135.5047582!16s%2Fg%2F11fq_3kyr2 holy cow it looks like Lucky Camera but on steriods haha

Ur welcome thanks for asking. The Konica C35 series should have a viewfinder than has two frames and if the outer and inner frame called paralax coincide/matches the frame photo should be in focus but keep in mind there should be a light meter in the viewfinder which the needle should point to the aputure that it is shooting at. If it goes below F4/F2.8 the point of focus becomes too shallow and harder to get in focus. To get in focus you only have two options which is using faster speed film iso 400/800 or shooting in really bright environment. The EL never tried it so I can't say much should have a flash built in that could make the light situation better. And I try not to use the focus dial that says the 1m 3m distance as reference when shooting shooting since I personally think the viewfinder does a better job in terms of better hit rate. And it's going to be more like trial and error beyond that hope it helps. :)

Thanks for commenting similar to different rangefinder cameras I couldn't find the default lense hood don't know if it exist but I partially see it blocking the view unfortunately

Thanks for reaching out Out of curiosity do you have Instagram? I can send a video on how to. I was able to help someone loading a Kodak Ektar earlier this week via Instagram.

@@RM.TokyoPhotographer yes! It's @the.dusty.nomad Thank you!! I was so excited to use this camera...!

I never tried it so can't vounch but if it's the same dimension as LR44 it should work But I would highly advise LR44 since it's the cheapest battery sold worldwide but since the voltage is stronger, the light meter becomes over sensitive by one stop so take that into account but if you have the battery with the optimal voltage it's the best however the PX675 looks expensive imho

Very good point, thank you! Also would you happen to have any info or link to the hollow lens hood? I just ordered this camera and excited for it to arrive. Thanks

If I'm right the V is the stripped down version of the C35 I'm not sure it has the rangefinder removed and it's more only for zone focusing. You have to guess if the point of focus depending how far you are from the subject....if I'm right there's only 4 distance u can choose from and they also removed the self timer function of the original C35 hope it helps cheers :)

Thankyou so much the filter size if I'm right is 46mm... If I rmb correctly....if not I ll reply asap at work atm

​@@RM.TokyoPhotographer Is it in fact 46mm?

its 46mm @@Residew

@@RM.TokyoPhotographer thank you!

If I'm right it uses a 46mm filter thread hope it helps :)

Yes I live in Tokyo Atm Olympus 35 is definitely A great camera that went against the Konica but still if you have a Olympus it's more than enough :) Not to mention if I'm right it's smaller than the Konica