Results from the AkArette viewfinder.

Once again, thanks to all who offered advice on the focus and

distance estimate using a viewfinder. I didn't think I would like

using this camera. I was wrong. I love this camera. It is super

quiet...by far quieter than all of my other camera's. I will be

using it for street photo's during the day (the Xenar 3.5 will limit

its use in low light) and use my Konica Auto S2 for lower light

situations. Also a big plus, this camera is small....really small.

The body measures 5 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4. I took a few test pics and

scanned them using a hp 3570c scanner (which does not do the

sharpness of this lens justice). The contrast of this lens is

great! Remember, I shot these for test of the shutter and lens

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Sorry about the size of the pics, I didn't realize they were that large. You can go to my folder called 'test shots' to see them in a smaller format.

The "4 Way Lunch" shot is very interesting. I'd try to straighten the horizon, so the sidewalk is level. Otherwise, this shot really caught my eye.

 

The Xenar is an excellent lens, as you've found out. Good work.

Thanks Mike. About the '4 Way Lunch' That is actually a straight (horizon) shot. You have to look at the telephone poles to tell. The street slopes down slightly, however, the building slopes down A LOT!!!!! Who says small towns have nothing visually interesting to offer....crooked buildings, cigar store indians, etc. :-)