Refurbished Canonet GIII QL17

<p>Finally recieved my little rangefinder today, then headed straight out and put a roll of Superia through it while I had my dog (Charlie) out for a walk in the 'New Forest'.<br>

I must say I'm really happy with the camera's workings and the lens is pretty sharp too, although I didnt really put it to the test too hard, but the photos at 100% are sharp as a carving knife and they were only scanned using the scanners in Tesco. Cant wait to get future rolls in the Flex-tight back at uni. Have a look.</p>

<p>you can see the results here ---> <a href="http://flathorizon.blogspot.com/2009/09/canonet-giii-ql17.html">HERE</a></p>

<p>Andy</p>

<p>What is with the pink forest ground??? Infrared film???<br>

Joe</p>

<p>I was using Fuji Superia and the images are un-edited, the fallen bark/pines from Norwegian Spruce does give a pale pink look, sometimes reddish in this area.<br>

is your monitor colour calibrated?</p>

 

<p>it's VERY pink in the first 2 forest images. my monitor is fine, these 2 images look very unnatural. Cool shots, but not what I would expect from straight color film.</p>

<p>Looks ok to me, kind of reminds me of parts of Alaska.</p>

<p>Pretty pink/green on my monitor too, but nice regardless.</p>

<p>I love my Canonet 28, but so many cameras, so little time. :(</p>

<p>Excellent camera and I'm sure you will have a lot of fun with it. Thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>I shot several rolls of Superia on holiday a few years back using a Leica IIIf. I had the local lab do the processing of all of them at the same time and I scanned the negs as usual. In one set of negatives nearly every exposure had a red hue to it as it seems these photos do. It only happened with one roll of film out of five or six. I don't know what caused the colour shift.</p>

<p>They're not coming up pink on my screen (20" G5 iMac 1st model). Not bad shots. :-)))</p>

<p>I agree they could do with a tad of colour correction possibly, they were just scanned to CD at my local Tesco so high Qual is something i dont realy expect.</p>

<p>the edges of my RF area are pretty non-existent, unlike the Mamiya6 which was a very defined rectangle in the middle (its the only other rangefinder I've used, is this normal?</p>

<p>I see pink including the dog.</p>

<p>Number 1-2-5 and the dog come across as with pink in them All good foto's</p>

<p>Number 1-2-5 and the dog come across as with pink in them All good foto's</p>

<p>Andy, the RF patch edges are non-sharp on my QL17 as well, as seen when I have my eye up to the camera. If I hold the camera 20 - 30 cm away from my eye and look at the VF, <em>then</em> the RF patch has sharp edges. I'm not sure whether this is to do with the camera's design or with my eyesight (myopic; wearing 4-dioptre eyeglasses), but I have read about this once before somewhere online that I can't trace at the moment. (RFF, probably.)<br>

--Dave</p>

<p>Looks to be a great place tp photograph in. You will enjoy your time with the G111, nice little rangefinder.<br>

Really like the last shot of the Ewok, just what you expect to see in a forest like that.<br>

Tony</p>

<p>Haha, il tell him that (charlie)</p>

<p>Thanks for sharing your update and pics. I bought one of these from an APUG member. Has become my 'standard' for street shooting. My Retina IIa and Yashica G have taken back seat to this baby. I tried a Minolta Hi-Matic 9..but prefer the Canonet. I think the viewfinder is really nice and the manual controls make it a winner IMHO. I use it to shoot B&W exclusively. Anyway, really enjoy seeing others enjoying this camera too. Cheers!</p>

<p>Im not really used to aperture priority camera's, i used to have an Olympus OM10 but that was back before i understood 'theory'. My only bad thing i have to say about it is how the meter doesnt work in full auto mode. But apart from that its a gem.</p>

<p>i meant to say "The only bad thing i have to say about it is how the meter doesnt work in full <em>manual</em> mode.</p>