Love watching your videos, keep them coming. There's something about the solid engineering about cameras from the 50's, 60's that is a little special. I'll have to look out for one of the Konica III's to add to my collections.
Hi. Thanks very much for the nice comment. I agree, some of the old cameras like to 50's Konicas are beautifully made. If you are considering a Konica the IIIA would be a great choice. As long as you can find a really good one I'm sure you wont be disappointed. Cheers, Howard
Hi Carolien . You must have committed a terrible crime to be made to binge watch all my videos. I feel I should apologize profusely. Seriously though I'm glad you enjoyed them and thanks very much for your comment. Cheers , Howard
Hi LV. I believe that the IIIa was the pinnacle of Konica's 35mm cameras. Some of the later models were excellent but the overall quality couldn't match the earlier ones. Enjoy. Howard
I love the IIIA. But I also love half frame. I managed to find my IIIM practically unused, in the box with papers and sales receipt. Most importantly, it had the half frame mask, still unused, in its cellophane wrap and plastic case. When I had the camera overhauled I had them remove the dead meter.
Wow, you actually have a half frame mask, that really is very rare. They are lovely cameras and with the price of film these days, half frame is worthwhile. Enjoy. Howard 😃
I own the Konica IIIa , with the 48mm f2 lens. I bought it with the ev lock disengaged. The camera is near mint condition. The only fault is the rangefinder patch is quite dim. It would have been nice if you had included a few photos you had had taken with the camera.
Hi Socrates. Have you used the IIIA much. Lovely camera. I haven't got studio software or anything like that. My videos are basically a one take video on my mobile phone so including photos is not really an option.
@@Socrates... It might be worth getting the rangefinder cleaned, or tackling it yourself if you are confident enough to do so. My rangefinder is pretty good, so I'm lucky in that respect. Anyhow I'm glad you're happy with the results.
The IIIM was adapted from the superb IIIA by tacking the selenium cell hinged to the top plate and the meter readout module hung on the front panel. My unit is the average found: meter physically intact but totally non-working, and the half frame plate long gone. If the meter worked, it still would be a fussy affair, having to swing the cell up and down, mainly to protect the meter cell from being damaged. Konica made a practice in the 1960s of making some of its full frame cameras convertible to half frame, which was quite popular at the time. In the "what if" department, consider that instead of the IIIM, Konica had dropped the whole meter adaption idea and incorporated an internal mask which just hinged into place for half frame imaging. Gild that lily by having a viewfinder mask automatically switch into place at the same time. I think that was well within Konica's capacity to design at very little extra cost to produce and would have resulted in one of the most desirable fixed lens 35mm RF cameras of all time.
Hi Randall. Like you my meter is dead and my mask is missing. Your suggested modifications would have certainly made this camera into a very versatile beast indeed. Cheers, Howard.
After having watched your video on the Konica IIIM, I sure know, there are two new top quality standards. The way you do your video is superior. The design of this Konica IIIM is far superior than my Leica M3. Why did not Leitz construct a camera with a full frame plus a halfframe format? Konica did it a second time by introducing in 1965 the two formats SLR Konica Autoreflex. The flip over selenium lightmeter is a top design by Konica. You can not loose it and it does make the camerabody taller. The look of the Konica IIIM selenium lightmetermeter makes me think of an early Nikon F lightmeter.The Leitz lightmeter had to be mounted in the cold shoe of my M3 body; By doing so I can not mount a speedflash or the flashhead of my Braun flash. Nor a level the horizontal and vertical. It is a big lost Konica and Konica-Minolta do not exist anymore.
Hi Jaco. That's quite a comment you've posted. I hope you liked the video. I think you might be using a fair amount of "tongue in cheek" humour here, but that's fine. It certainly was a shame when Konica Minolta closed for business, but al least the photographic assets and expertise were taken over in 2006 by Sony. Perhaps that's why Sony cameras are doing so well. Thanks again for your comment. Cheers, Howard
If you run out of cameras, please do videos about your adventures in photography as you are a great host and I would love to hear about where you and your cameras have been over the years.
Love watching your videos, keep them coming. There's something about the solid engineering about cameras from the 50's, 60's that is a little special. I'll have to look out for one of the Konica III's to add to my collections.
Hi. Thanks very much for the nice comment. I agree, some of the old cameras like to 50's Konicas are beautifully made.
If you are considering a Konica the IIIA would be a great choice. As long as you can find a really good one I'm sure you wont be disappointed.
Cheers, Howard
Just discovered your channel; binge watching all your video’s at once. What a treat for admirers of beauty and precision. Thank you so much!
Hi Carolien . You must have committed a terrible crime to be made to binge watch all my videos. I feel I should apologize profusely.
Seriously though I'm glad you enjoyed them and thanks very much for your comment.
Cheers , Howard
I just snagged a IIIM with the half frame mask! So excited to receive it and thank you for this very informative video 👌🏽
WOW. Well done. That's a unicorn moment. If the meter works as well you've been involved in what some might call a miracle. 👍👍👍
It's so pristine and beautiful!
Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes, it's a lovely camera.
I don't know if you read comments mate but wonderful video. I learned a lot about this beautiful camera and very glad to meet a fellow photographer.
Hi Fox. I do read the comments so thanks very much for yours. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Always loved the look of this camera. Thanks Howard.
My pleasure J P.
Just picked up a wonderfully clean IIIA with the 50mm 1.8 Hexanon lens. It really is a work of engineering art.
Hi LV. I believe that the IIIa was the pinnacle of Konica's 35mm cameras.
Some of the later models were excellent but the overall quality couldn't match the earlier ones.
Enjoy.
Howard
I have a Konica III and it looks like a new "retro" camera. Very well built camera.
Hi. They are great cameras and as you say, do have the "retro" look.
I love the IIIA. But I also love half frame. I managed to find my IIIM practically unused, in the box with papers and sales receipt. Most importantly, it had the half frame mask, still unused, in its cellophane wrap and plastic case. When I had the camera overhauled I had them remove the dead meter.
Wow, you actually have a half frame mask, that really is very rare.
They are lovely cameras and with the price of film these days, half frame is worthwhile.
Enjoy.
Howard 😃
I own the Konica IIIa , with the 48mm f2 lens. I bought it with the ev lock disengaged. The camera is near mint condition. The only fault is the rangefinder patch is quite dim. It would have been nice if you had included a few photos you had had taken with the camera.
Hi Socrates. Have you used the IIIA much. Lovely camera.
I haven't got studio software or anything like that. My videos are basically a one take video on my mobile phone so including photos is not really an option.
@@howpow I just purchased it recently and put through 2 rolls so far. I am very happy except for the patch is quite dim.
@@Socrates... It might be worth getting the rangefinder cleaned, or tackling it yourself if you are confident enough to do so. My rangefinder is pretty good, so I'm lucky in that respect. Anyhow I'm glad you're happy with the results.
Hello, thanks for the video, enjoyed very much. Does the camera have any kind of guides on the viewfinder for half frame? cheers!
Hi. Thanks for the comment. Yes, the viewfinder does have the appropriate half frame guide lines.
Cheers, Howard.📷
@@howpow Thanks! Rafa.
The IIIM was adapted from the superb IIIA by tacking the selenium cell hinged to the top plate and the meter readout module hung on the front panel. My unit is the average found: meter physically intact but totally non-working, and the half frame plate long gone. If the meter worked, it still would be a fussy affair, having to swing the cell up and down, mainly to protect the meter cell from being damaged. Konica made a practice in the 1960s of making some of its full frame cameras convertible to half frame, which was quite popular at the time. In the "what if" department, consider that instead of the IIIM, Konica had dropped the whole meter adaption idea and incorporated an internal mask which just hinged into place for half frame imaging. Gild that lily by having a viewfinder mask automatically switch into place at the same time. I think that was well within Konica's capacity to design at very little extra cost to produce and would have resulted in one of the most desirable fixed lens 35mm RF cameras of all time.
Hi Randall. Like you my meter is dead and my mask is missing.
Your suggested modifications would have certainly made this camera into a very versatile beast indeed.
Cheers, Howard.
After having watched your video on the Konica IIIM,
I sure know, there are two new top quality standards.
The way you do your video is superior.
The design of this Konica IIIM is far superior than my Leica M3.
Why did not Leitz construct a camera with a full frame plus
a halfframe format?
Konica did it a second time by introducing in 1965 the two
formats SLR Konica Autoreflex.
The flip over selenium lightmeter is a top design by Konica.
You can not loose it and it does make the camerabody taller.
The look of the Konica IIIM selenium lightmetermeter
makes me think of an early Nikon F lightmeter.The Leitz lightmeter
had to be mounted in the cold shoe of my M3 body;
By doing so I can not mount a speedflash or the flashhead of my Braun flash.
Nor a level the horizontal and vertical.
It is a big lost Konica and Konica-Minolta do not exist anymore.
Hi Jaco. That's quite a comment you've posted.
I hope you liked the video.
I think you might be using a fair amount of "tongue in cheek" humour here, but that's fine.
It certainly was a shame when Konica Minolta closed for business, but al least the photographic assets and expertise were taken over in 2006 by Sony.
Perhaps that's why Sony cameras are doing so well.
Thanks again for your comment.
Cheers, Howard
If you run out of cameras, please do videos about your adventures in photography as you are a great host and I would love to hear about where you and your cameras have been over the years.
Hi again Fox. I must admit I've got more cameras than adventures, so I think I'll stick to those. Thanks again.
Poor thing needs a good clean, especially inside the back and the lens!
Hi. For some unknown reason my phone camera seems to highlight the dust. It looked pretty clean until I saw it on the video.
Cheers, Howard
Thanks! This camera is ugly.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder my friend. 😀