I bought a Konica IIIA!
It came out in 1958 — the same year my Mom was born — which made me unexpectedly emotional.
I’ve wanted a fully mechanical rangefinder for a long time. No weird batteries. No menus. Just a strange little machine that sees the world differently.
There’s something beautiful to me about carrying around this little machine from the same year my Mom entered the world and using it to capture small stories as life keeps moving. Friends. Strangers. Ordinary moments that won’t exist the same way again.
The IIIA was one of the last great fixed-lens Japanese rangefinders before SLRs took over, and it already feels like the kind of camera that makes everyday life more intentional.
It’ll definitely force me to get better at reading light and exposing by instinct (with a light meter nearby for now).
Hoping this becomes my “Rob always has that camera with him” camera 📸
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