Check it out! First photos from my Ansco Anscoset!!

[LowriderS10]

This is the camera that re-ignited it all...the one that got me back into film photography...I finally finished my first roll and had it developed...very happy with the outcome It was my first time using a rangefinder (ever!!) and my first time shooting film since the late-90s, so the pictures are not stunning...but they all came out exposed perfectly, they're sharp, tons of detail...for a 50 year old camera, the old girls doing a splendid job!

My parents

And my lovely girlfriend on a couple of hikes

Next up, I'm going to load up my AE-1 Program with film, and my Zenit E is loaded and ready to go

Cheers,
Tamas

 

[MattKing]

Looks great!

Well done (to both you and the camera)

 

[Christopher Walrath]

Ah, double dippin', you TPFer. You oughtta spend more time here. Keep up the good work.

 

[fotch]

Nice.

 

[Pumal]

Good pictures. I like them all. You might have flare in your first pic. Check for light leaks too

 

[Jeff Kubach]

Nice photographs!

Jeff

 

[LowriderS10]

Thanks everyone for your kind words! It's funny because I have 2 30Ds and a G9 (as well as various more advanced SLRs like an AE-1, AE-1P, Ricoh XR-P Multiprogram, etc) and yet I prefer shooting with the Ansco over pretty much any of them...

Pumalite: Thankfully I think it was just flare I shot it down low up towards a bright sky and towards the sun...none of the other pictures seem to be affected in the same way, so I don't think it's a leak

 

[Ralph Javins]

Good morning, LowRiderS10;

Hey, if the Ansco Anscoset (Minolta Hi-Matic) was good enough for Colonel John Glenn (pre-Senator days) to take with him in the Freedom 7 Capsule in the Mercury Program, why not? Have fun with it.

 

[Pumal]

I have the Minolta Hi-Matic 7 and the Hi-Matic 7s

 

[LowriderS10]

wow, I didn't know about that Ralph...thanks! I just did some searching on it and apparently John Glenn's camera was Ansco-branded as well! Well this just made my day (I know, I'm a big geek haha) Thanks!

Pumalite: very nice...I really like rangefinders in general, but something about the Ansco/Minolta looks and feels perfect to me...

 

[R gould]

It's great what an old un can do, I have variety of classic cameras both MF and 35mm, all over 50, and like you I far prefer to use them than my more modern pentax auto everything and the bronica kit, there is a satisfaction in getting great photos from old gear,so well done and keep up the great work,Richard

 

[haclil]

Really nice work, keep it up indeed!
Isn't anyone else as curious as I am about what film was used?