francis_sanchez

<p>I'm wondering about a hack...!</p>

<p>Size isn't an issue. I'm curious if it's possible to convert an F3! That's me being crazy...</p>

<p>So does the Konica Pro Half (yeah I saw I reversed that) show aperture and shutter speed in the viewfinder and suggest aperture with the current light conditions? Yeah Alpa will be expensive but it won't give me some modern tech that I would like. Anybody know what the Pro Half should be going for? I'm trying to find an ex-Konica service centre to see if I can find the instructions that were sent with the FT-1 half frame conversion kit. That would be very helpful atm. Anybody know anyplace that's still around?</p>

<p>The first thing I have to say to everyone is thank you so much for the plentiful, helpful and numerous responses. I really didn't think I was going to hear this much...especially this fast! Wow thanks! So from what I'm hearing so far it still sits with the Oly and the Konica. I'm not a super knowledgeable photographer. My brain largely lies in cine and older cameras are a bit fuzzy. If I could get a Nikon F3 with half frame I's be super happy. From what I'm hearing, the Konica ft-1 Half Pro (terrible name) is sounding awesome. So do the Pen FT and the Autoreflex use external reflective meters? There is a real draw to the Oly for having that 40mm at 1.4 because getting an equivalent focal length and speed from another manufacturer is going to be tough I'm thinking. I'm also guessing the Half Pro will be stupidly expensive. Anybody know where I could find a copy of the conversion kit instructions for this camera??</p>

<p>Hey folks, Im looking at getting a half frame camera and I wanted to get some opinions on which way I should go.</p> <p>Olympus FT: common, available good quality lenses that are fast, but the metering system looks user unfriendly.</p> <p>Konica Autoreflex: decent metering system, stock lenses not so common </p> <p>This is just what I'm thinking so far. Anybody have thoughts and opinions?</p>