I owned an orginal Himatic 7S for a while - the old large version rather
than the compact model II but with the 1.7 lens - I think it was slightly
wider, perhaps 42mm. A very nice rangefinder, much better than the Yashica
Electro as it had an easier to find battery, full manual, aperture
priority, shutter priority and full auto modes and a good lens too. It got
me into rangefinders.
Andrew
>I'm always taking pot shots at the performance of the 40mm f/2 Zuiko.
>Look at what I snuck into the Lens Test page under point and shoots. A
>pretty good little rangefinder with none other than a 40mm lens. They
>made this about the same time as the Minolta CLE with the 40mm f/2
>
>Minolta Hi-Matic 7 S II w/ 40mm f/1.7 Rokkor (multi-layer coating)
>using self timer
>Vignetting = B- @ f/1.7, A- @ f/2.8, A thereafter
>Distortion = none
>Aperture Center Corner
>f/1.7 B C
>f/2.8 A- B-
>f/4 A- B
>f/5.6 A- B+
>f/8 B+ B
>f/11 B+ B
>f/16 B B
>Notes: Low contrast images at f/1.7; moderate contrast images at f/2.8
>and f/16; moderately high contrast images at f/4, f/8 and f/11; high
>contrast images at f/5.6, which is the optimum aperture.
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
>
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