This highly desirable camera is a great little rangefinder camera. I bought mine about 5 years ago at a resale shop for $10. If you go to Steven Gandy's Cameraquest site, you'll find a bunch of information about it. (http://www.cameraquest.com/canql17.htm). I replaced the foam seals in mine after I first acquired it, installed a mercury battery, and the camera has worked flawlessly ever since. If the battery goes I could still use it fully manually; otherwise it's a shutter-priority auto exposure system. With its matched flash - Canolite D, the camera does really well with flash exposure.
My camera is pictured with its series VI filter holder and a yellow filter.
Should you find one of these for sale, pick it up. If you have been shooting with digital for a while, you might have forgotten the instant response of a film camera.
My thoughts and activities in photography, camera collecting, current events, and photographic tips.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Saturday, July 02, 2005
superior bay, superior day
We just returned from a week in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, or UP. The UP is my favorite part of the state, perhaps because it reminds me more of where I grew up in northern NY. However, the fact that the UP has Lake Superior to the N, L Michigan to the S and L Huron to the SE, means that it has an abundance of shoreline. This was my first foray into the Keweenaw N of Houghton, and it is a fantastic place to visit. Lots of photographic opportunities, and someday I'd like to spend a week or two there, not just an overnight visit.
