Thinking about buying a canonet ql17 for street photography.

Get a Ricoh 500G or Olympus 35 instead, not so overpriced and they offer the same. If you're interested in using aperture priority, then get a Yashica Electro.

>>2959056
I've got one here is my take:

Like:
- The lens is superb, 40mm f1.7 is very usable and adjusting focus is snappy
- Small(ish), can be your sole camera when travelling but it wont fit into your trouser pockets
- Can operate happily without a battery
- Leaf shutter
- QL mechanism is awesome and very useful for reloading film quickly.
- About a 1/10th of the price of a Leica and just as usable well made

Dislike:

- This is my first proper rangefinder and I realised I don't like rangefinders. The parallax rangefinder mechanism are usually quite worn on these cameras and it's difficult to focus properly. In low light it's nearly impossible.

- The battery you need doesn't exist anymore. Instead you'll need to get a hearing aid battery and make a metal shim (small metal insert) so the battery fits snug inside the compartment. This might be a bit of a pain but it does work


That's about it really. I should use mine more because I've shot about 6 rolls with it and they are more or less OK. Might sell it at the end of the year though... Where are you located OP?

Don't buy anything from Pakistan, it's usually shit and comes damaged.

>>2959068
SW georgia, if you're interested in selling.

>>2959068
>Don't buy anything from Pakistan, it's usually shit and comes damaged.
THIS.

>>2959056
How you are buying it from Pakistan. Through eBay or something?

>>2959081
Yep
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/282218817427?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F1%252F711-117182-37290-0%252F2%253Fmtid%253D1588%2526kwid%253D1%2526crlp%253D53601919689_324272%2526itemid%253D282218817427%2526targetid%253D186358932489%2526rpc%253D0.19%2526rpc_upld_id%253D87223%2526device%253Dm%2526mpre%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.com%25252Fulk%25252Fitm%25252Flike%25252F282218817427%25253Flpid%25253D82%252526chn%25253Dps%2526adtype%253Dpla%2526googleloc%253D9011440%2526poi%253D9011443%2526campaignid%253D239125209%2526adgroupid%253D14978428809%2526rlsatarget%253Dpla-186358932489%2526gclid%253DCj0KEQjw4_DABRC1tuPSpqXjxZwBEiQAhMIp6xzNbfcPcm5zkdKZ-jzPqAro_yM64te1UYl5STa6x2oaAite8P8HAQ%2526srcrot%253D711-117182-37290-0%2526rvr_id%253D1119173675758&ul_noapp=true

>>2959056
>buying from pakis
Loooool

If you were familiar with /pol/ youd know they arent people to do bussiness with.

>>2959084
I'm from Pakistan fuck these motherfucking sellers. Film is completely dead in Pakistan, these faggot buy cameras so cheap from local illiterate photogs and sell those cameras at high rates.
I'm pretty damn sure that he bought this camera for under 40$. Because I bought my Leica M3 for 150$.

>>2959056
also consider olympus 35rc, ysahica electro 35, minolta 7sii

I just grabbed a ql17 gIII on ebay for $20+$10s/h, probably have to replace seals etc.

>>2959078
Dang son, I'm in Nottingham UK - would easily sell it if you're near me,

>>2959084

>98.8%

No chance. If you're want to buy a QL 17, go to some Asian sellers, at least get it from Hong Kong or Japan.

>>2959094
Well, then maybe you should be /p/'s go to ebay guy and sell us some fucking cheap cameras then, my paki friend

>>2959061
I just found out my dad owns a Yashica lynx 1000, so I might just take that instead.

>>2959056

Wow. Serious time warp for me. My parents bought me one of those bad boys when I was 11. I only had it a short while before they got me a Pentax K-1000, which I lived with for years.

But that good ole Canonet was my very first camera.

>>2959056
>street photography
pls don't

>>2959056
supposedly a lot of them have light leaks

>>2959345
Just like any camera that is poorly maintained would have.

>>2959210
>Yashica lynx 1000
Good idea, especially if you've never used a rangefinder before. You might notice you don't like shooting rangefinders.
The lightmeter might not work, but there's an app that is quite accurate.