Have also played with a few cameras. Part Three: A fun little machine Minolta P.'s wide range

A long time did not come, a few days ago to find a fun machine, and then come up to everyone.

Minolta's small machine, the Minolta brand fell in the digital era, first merged with KONICA, and then was acquired by Sony, and finally became the current Dafa. . Once upon a time, the five major camera brands in Japan, Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Minolta, and now only Canon Nikon strong alive ... This is all words, do not pull away.

This time this machine has always been a favorite, a wide format small fool machine shot.

Speaking of wideness, of course, the first association is Hasselblad's Xpan series with Fujifilm. This series of machines has formed a wide-format photograph by one exposure in two frames and 135 frames. Unique perspective makes it easy to take photos with visual impact. In the digital era, due to the limitations of the manufacturing process of optical sensors, it is often referred to as a machine that cannot be digitized. (Those who have the ability to do xpan sensors would rather do medium-format sensors.)

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Those who are interested can go and look at it. I was fortunate enough to receive one and show you the photos taken by xpan+ reversal film:

Keke, say far, we have the opportunity to say xpan again. This time it's mainly about this Minolta P's. Through the upper and lower shielding, 13mm36mm of 1:3 wide is shot on the ordinary 135 film. The common 135 frame is a 24mm*36mm 2:3 frame. Insert Taobao link:


In the film bins, the upper and lower black sheets are the masking baffles, and the actual imaging area can be seen lost in the middle.

This machine is called minolta P's in Japan, Freedom Visita in the United States, and Riva Panorama in Southeast Asia. In short, there are many ways to call it. I bought it in European hands and naturally called Riva.

The sparkling reflection in the dark blue paint, under the sunlight, was stunned.

Lens data is 5 pieces of 5 groups of 24mm F4.5 lens, to know the famous Tiansai Cai 4 pieces 3 groups, so this machine's film is also good, seems to be better than Ricoh R1 (admittedly, this is also a good Machines) The image quality of this double-focus variable-width machine is better, but the edge picture quality still deteriorates. But then again, such a small machine, hundreds of prices, why even more demanding it. The closest focusing distance is 0.9m. There is no aperture control and it seems to be controlled by the opening and closing of the shutter. That is, when the aperture is less than 4.5, the shutter will not be fully opened.

When the lens cover is open, it means that the camera power is turned on, and the lens cover switch below also functions as the power switch of the entire machine.

The button on the top of the machine is simple and the left is the forbidden flash button. This machine automatically measures light and automatically flashes when the environment is dark. If you need to turn off the flash, you need to hold the button on the left and press the shutter button to shoot while shooting (this requires note). When the flash is off, the shutter speed is 1/4s to 1/200s. When you press the shutter button with a large button on the right, press the focus button halfway to shoot. The only bad thing is that there is no coke reminder, you need to adapt, and it is not suitable for snapping. Below the shutter is a self-timer button. After 10 seconds, the shutter triggers. If you need to release the self-timer, you can cancel it by turning off the camera. The counter has a magnified effect and it is convenient to know the current shot.

The machine automatically passes the film and the title is pulled to the FILM TIP's cutting head. All you need to do is cover the back cover and leave it to the machine. After the film is taken, the film will be automatically returned and the title will be kept to facilitate the friend who is cleaning himself. If you need to remove the film halfway, then there will be a button at the bottom of the screen to take a poke. The machine will automatically eject the film and leave the title again.

My machine is not date back version, the back lines are simple. There is a thumb press and feels good. The Japanese version seems to be dated back. Need not need, own control. There is a small window on the left hand side, you can see the information inside the film, rest assured, will not leak light.

The machine is using CR123A battery, a lot of Taobao, nothing worthy of mention, the back of a separate power supply, the model seems to be CR2025, for reference.

This machine also has a headache that is easy to fall out of paint (does it be a wide common problem? Xpan also trapped paint door), so friends who love the machine can be equipped with a leather case, do not paste stickers, do not tear back All right, take a piece of paint off with a tear. When I bought this machine, I brought an original leather case and I felt very good. There are velvets at the buttons to prevent scratching the machine. This leather case was sold separately, so it is not enough to receive a complete set. Even a brand new machine does not necessarily have this leather case.

To get this machine, all you have to do is install the battery, load the film, and finally press the shutter. All are left to the machine to complete. Metering is the average metering of the left and right. It is still reliable when used. Iso is automatically recognized based on the DX code on the film cartridge, but it can only identify films with 100 degrees and 400 degrees, 100 degrees below 100 degrees are all recognized as 100 degrees, 400 degrees and above are all identified as 400 degrees, so don't waste because of this design Films with a high number of oh, the price of a film with a high number of heights is quite touching. . Misplaced words. . Uh. . Meat pain.

Let's take a photo of a few of the machines. Lekai, which expired in 2001, has its own D76 potion and is flushed at room temperature in summer. . . Hope to help everyone detoxify, haha.

In the end, there will be many people who say that they can use 135 to finish computer cutting. Yes, but do you do this? There are several fools with 24mm lens? With 24mm SLR have this small? Do you have a slide shot to have the same effect as this negative? Take a step back and you can shoot 135 frames with 120 cuts. So some ideas you think about yourself, everything has its own meaning. Enjoy taking pictures.

In the end, if you have broken silver, give me a few rewards, that's better, haha.

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