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Konica I

The Konica I (or Konica Standard) is a fixed lens, 35mm, rangefinder camera introduced shortly after WWII by Konishiroku. There are a number of variants of the Konica I, but most feature a 50mm f/3.5 or f/2.8 lens set in front of a leaf shutter. Camera features are pretty standard, for the early 1940's, and the camera itself is relatively basic in design. It does have a combined rangefinder and viewfinder, which is noteworthy. Both the film advance and rewind is done via knob and none of the models include a light meter.

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Konica I with Kodak Portra 400 Film

During the summer of 2022 the supply of color 35mm film became extremely barren against a demand that remained incredibly high. Batches of several hundred rolls would arrive only to sell out in days, if not hours. At the beginning of August of that year we received a shipment of 400 rolls of Portra 400 and were casting about for a camera to serve as a companion piece for an Instagram post announcing our restocking. We settled on this Konica I that was in our queue waiting to hit inventory itself. What drew us to using this camera were a couple of factors. First, it has a generic enough look to it and lacked any obvious identification on the front of the camera. We were not necessarily featuring the camera specifically per se, but rather wanted it as a companion for the film itself, so we didn't want it to attract undue attention. But the other factor was that we don't get many of these Konica I rangefinder cameras through. At the time, this may have only been the second such camera we had sold. So it is always nice when we can generate a bit of content for this Museum for the less commonly seen cameras that pass through.

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