Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 7/27/00 12:50:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, gary.elshaw@vuw.ac.nz writes: << Cruising through town this afternoon i came across an old Minolta, what looked like-- compact/snap shot type camera sitting in a shop window. I can't remember what it was called, but it reminded me of some of the pictures i've seen of the CL. It don't know if it has a fixed lens or not (it looked like it), but the lens was a 38/2.7 Minolta/Nikkor lens and had an iso scale setting on the lens itself. I also noticed it had a switch for flash operation on the right, front hand side, and what looked like a hotshoe on top. >> Sounds like one of the "Hi-Matic" models from the very early 70's. Are you sure the lens wasn't Minolta-Rokkor, not Nikkor? I don't remember Nikon pairing down with Minolta, only Leica did that. If it's in working condition, you don't have much to lose for $20. A better buy from the era is the Konica Auto S-2 or S-1.6.