My First Attempt at Film Photography with the “Poor Man’s Leica”

<p>Last year I became interested in film photography. I&rsquo;m not sure what it was that piqued my interest but I decided I&rsquo;d give it a shot. So just after Christmas I picked up a Yashica Electro 35 CCN, dubbed the &ldquo;Poor man&rsquo;s Leica&rdquo;.</p> <p>The CCN is a rangefinder camera built in the early 1970s that comes with a fixed 50mm f1.8 lens and is programmed to aperture priority, meaning the camera chooses the shutter speed based on how wide open you have the lens. I bought a few rolls of Kodak Portra 400 and loaded one into the camera. The shooting began.</p> <p>It took a while to get used to the rangefinder optics. It&rsquo;s manual focus (obviously) but you have to line up a small square in the centre of the viewfinder with the wider image surrounding it. This is why so many exposures from the first roll are completely out of focus. However, a few came out okay &nbsp;Even though I only got around 10 good shots out of a 36-exposure roll, I&rsquo;m happy. See the results below.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@keith.reid/my-first-attempt-at-film-photography-with-the-poor-mans-leica-2e93aefd1e4c"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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