my new circa 1977 camera

May 6, 07 9:45 PM
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I received my new (to me) Canon Canonet G-III QL17 today, a small 35mm rangefinder camera manufactured and sold from 1972 to 1982.


My new camera (actual photo).

This should be a fun camera for me to experiment and learn on. It has a 40mm f/1.7 lens, great for working in low light. From what I’ve seen people have been able to get some great images from this camera. Heather Champ, flickr community manager, manager of the Mirror Project, and JPG magazine co-founder/editor, uses one (along with three other cameras) and posts photos from her Canonet. There’s a whole Canonet group and photo pool on flickr too.

Now I need to go find some film.

Comments

3 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.
  1. Alicia,
    May 8, 2007 at 12:34 am

    You and your camera equipment!!

    Reply
  2. Kendrick,
    May 10, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    Yeah, I know. This camera is more of a novelty to me: film, rangefinder, few automatic controls. Just something to experiment with and use to ween myself off the fancy automatic stuff. Plus it was a bargain off eBay. :)

    Reply
  3. HeroOfSpielburg,
    May 26, 2007 at 4:07 pm

    That’s my first camera. I used it in high school. Nice girl. Have fun with her.

    Reply

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