New film Leica spotted at skunk works.

[Huss]

Ok, well maybe not Leica's skunk works but the place definitely smelt skunky...



A mini M? Never heard of the brand Atlas before, found it at an antique mall. Already shot a roll of Kodak ProImage through it, it 'seems' to work. Ok, what I found was that dry firing everything is ok. With a roll of 36exp film in it, the film advance train starts to slip at exposure # 33-34. So perhaps I should only be shooting 24 exp rolls in this little brick.

 

[madNbad]

It's part of social distancing. Stay at least six frames away from the end of the roll.

 

[Huss]

Atlas 35 Deluxe, Kodak ProImage 100

 

[E. von Hoegh]

Errrm... what is that ghastly blue thing ??

 

[Huss]

Errrm... what is that ghastly blue thing ??

Does not compute.

 

[Huss]

 

[PFGS]

Errrm... what is that ghastly blue thing ??

Does not compute.

 

[blockend]

Never heard of the brand Atlas before

Looks very similar to Haking cameras coming out of Hong Kong.

 

[cramej]

Atlas 35 Deluxe, made by Yamato. It's similar to a lot of the Tower branded cameras made by various manufacturers. http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Atlas_35

Leica it ain't...

 

[BradS]

Does not compute.

I think he must be referring to the natty old Mercedes hiding under a tree in the third photo.

 

[albada]

Following up on cramej's posting, this Atlas is a rebadge of the Yamato Pax M3. Yamato cameras are small, cute, but fragile: the film-advance mech and shutters are weak spots. In addition, the focus helicals on earlier models is usually stiff or frozen. Consider yourself fortunate that it works as well as it does. The lens is a 4-element clone of the Tessar, and gives decent sharpness.
Mark Overton