The slimming down of my collection has not been going well! Yes several have been sold on, but then a parcel arrives at the door with more!

Unfortunately I have the mindset of if it is cheap there is no harm in buying it. This is all well and good unless you are attempting to downsize. This is the danger of browsing online auction sites.

This is what has arrived recently…

This 1973 Canodate E (-N) is a slight revision of the 1970 ‘E’ recognisable by the red E, and features a 40mm f2.8 lens, rangefinder focusing and date imprinting that ranges from 1973-1992. It originally used 2× 1.3v mercury batteries, so I have had to order adapters to take modern batteries before it can be tested - nothing works without batteries.

It is quite a bit larger than expected, but will be interesting to get out and put a roll through it (if it works!)

With good stocks of film in the fridge and freezer of multiple formats, the camera choice is vast - and with 4 rolls of APS just sitting there, this one caught my eye…

The Fujifilm Epion 安全第一 (Safety First in English) is a fairly basic camera that follows a long line of Fuji construction site focused cameras, and comes in this lovely colour as opposed to the majority that are black. I have seen pictures of a green Fujica HD-1 online, but never for sale - I would like that one too!

I am not sure how useful the different frame ratios would be for documenting a site, but I guess the model was trying out the APS format which was popular for a brief period in history. It does feel rugged and well built, but it’s the colour and the Japanese text that sold it to me!

Sticking with the theme of the previous one, the Konica 現場監督 DD (Site Supervisor) was Konica’s answer to the Site Camera in the Nineties - one of eleven models released. Some are fixed focal lengths whilst other have zoom lenses. This DD has two focal lengths (40 & 60mm) switchable by the press of a button on the back. It is rugged and weatherproof being IPX4 rated. As with the Fujifilm it has Japanese text so for the home market I imagine.

It came with builders dust in every crevice so looks to have been used as intended, and with the exception of the shutter button which I cracked getting it to function - all works fine. I didn’t want a mint condition one anyway.

And lastly the EOS 3000N, which was only bought because it was £5! As you can see the rubber grip is disgusting and sticky, but the camera works. I probably should not have got this one, as I have many other EOS cameras that are better than this, so will probably never use it!

One thing that struck me with this model is the colour - I have EF lenses in black, silver and grey but the 3000N is a different shade again so paired it with a black lens for the photo. To note that my EOS Kiss IIIL is another different shade of silver and doesn’t have a matching colour lens.

And there lies the issue - bought because it was cheap to now sit in a box until I get around to selling it on!!

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