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My trusty Konica FC-1 has now been retired, and replaced by a shiny new Ricoh KR-5. The Konica and I have been through some pretty tough times over the years and it's a shame to shelve her but the Ricoh is in far, far better condition, has a light meter you can actually see and has a much more popular lens mount (Pentax K vs. Konica). Nothing will beat the film loading system on the Konica though - simply pull the tongue across the back and line it up with the orange line, close the back and wind on three times - film loaded 
None of thise feeding tongues through slots rubbish on most manual cameras (and unfortunately on the new Ricoh) 
The Konica has one of the legendary Hexanon 52mm f/1.8 lenses, the Ricoh making do with a Riconar 55mm f/2.2 (which will be upgraded to a Pentax 50mm f/1.7 soon enough). It's a shame to give up the Hexanon lenses (as I have a 28mm f/3.5mm Hexanon too which was also lovely) but the Konica is getting tired and I want to quit while ahead and put it on the shelf as a working model, rather than run into the ground until it no longer works. The Ricoh was £30 
These were shot with my 50D using (I think) my 17-55mm f/2.8, although I used my 50 f/1.8 for some of the shots so I'm not sure. ISO2000 too.
None of thise feeding tongues through slots rubbish on most manual cameras (and unfortunately on the new Ricoh) The Konica has one of the legendary Hexanon 52mm f/1.8 lenses, the Ricoh making do with a Riconar 55mm f/2.2 (which will be upgraded to a Pentax 50mm f/1.7 soon enough). It's a shame to give up the Hexanon lenses (as I have a 28mm f/3.5mm Hexanon too which was also lovely) but the Konica is getting tired and I want to quit while ahead and put it on the shelf as a working model, rather than run into the ground until it no longer works. The Ricoh was £30 These were shot with my 50D using (I think) my 17-55mm f/2.8, although I used my 50 f/1.8 for some of the shots so I'm not sure. ISO2000 too.
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