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Travel Broadens the Mind – By Bob Janes

May 18, 2022 by admin

The single thing that is most likely to get you good shots is not that particular camera, or that lens. It is not a method of processing or a new scanner. It is travel. Travel subjects – more than that, it brings less familiar subjects that you look at with fresh eyes. The familiar Often … Read more

Minolta Hi-Matic E – Minolta’s ‘Difficult’ Second Electro Camera – By Bob Janes

May 16, 2022 by admin

The Hi-Matic E (previously also reviewed by Hamish here) is a Minolta rangefinder with a Rokkor lens. The lens is a 40 mm f/1.7 lens of six elements in four groups. The same specification has been used in other much sought after Minolta rangefinder cameras, like the Hi-Matic 7sii. The Minolta Hi-Matics have history. John … Read more