There is also something — dirt or mould — on the exposure scale but it remains usable apart from the f5. As part of my research I had downloaded and read manuals for all of the cameras I was interested in, including three versions of the Konica C35 manual.
And a word of thanks to all those good people who scan and post these manuals online. I did this despite having a handful of SR44 cells lying around because I had read that using the latter, slightly more powerful, battery would affect the accuracy of the metering leading to underexposure.
So when the camera arrived I was all ready to go. The exposure indicator needle twitched, but refused to leave the under-exposure red zone no matter how bright the scene I pointed the camera at.
I checked the battery — had its thirty minute warm up, in the right way round, battery cap properly closed. No lens cap accidentally left on. The shutter also seemed to have a problem. While it snapped open it seemed a little too leisurely while closing again. The needle zipped up and down the exposure scale. So it seemed the new battery was the problem. That just left the sticky shutter but five minutes winding and firing over and over again seemed to resolve that issue.
Now the challenge was to work out how the more powerful battery was affecting the exposure metering. I set the Konica C35 to ASA and pointed it a blank white laptop screen so that the screen filled the bright frame in the viewfinder. For comparison I used my Fuji X-E2. About half a stop under exposed then.
Much better than the two stop difference which I had read of in a number of posts. So I was all set to go for the next day. Load up some film, tape up the film door to compensate for the banjaxed seals, and hit the streets — and museums and memorials — of Washington DC. On the left hand side is a PC socket. On the front is a self timer lever.
On the base is a film rewind release button, a tripod socket and a battery chamber. On the barrel of the lens is the shooting mode ring with release button and the focus ring with a focusing knob.
On the front of the lens is the film speed ring and the CdS cell for metering. The lens itself is a Hexanon 38mm f2. There are three shooting modes: auto, B and flash.
When selecting B the metering disengages and the aperture defaults to 2. For me, this is a camera to set on auto and leave there. The Konica C35 focus ring has a throw of around 60 o and moves smoothly and evenly. Closest focus is 3. The ASA ring is a knurled dial on the front of the lens which you push in and turn until the required ASA number appears in the small window directly below the front element.
ASA range is from 25 to Looking through the Konica c35 viewfinder, on the right side is the exposure indicator. The camera selects one of these combinations but there is no way to adjust them. To put it another way, you get programme mode, but not programme shift.
A swinging needle indicates the chosen combination. You can lock the exposure with a half press on the shutter release so it is possible to meter and recompose. This and the ASA speed adjustment are the only options for fine tuning the exposure in Auto mode. There are red zones top and bottom to indicate over- and under-exposure. There is no shutter lock, so the shutter will still fire if the needle is in either zone. The Konica C35 shutter and aperture are both controlled by a single set of blades in the lens.
The shutter is mechanical so I assume that it only operates at fixed speeds. The viewfinder also displays the focusing screen, a bright line frame and a parallax compensation mark for composing at distances of less than four feet. Both marks are still very clear and easy to see. A flash symbol appears when the flash mode is selected. Your email address will not be published. By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
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