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22 October, 2026

5 Frames with a Minolta CLE – The Myth of the Straight Line

By Yuan Zhang

22 October, 2026

/ Fuji 200, Fujifilm film, Minolta CLE, /

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Jeffery Luhn on Konica Infrared Film – Second Try a Year Later22/10/2026
Mark, Striking images! I've always used an 87 or other opaque filter. That takes Rollei IR film down to ISO…
Jeffery Luhn on 5 Frames with a Minolta CLE – The Myth of the Straight Line22/10/2026
Yuan, Thanks for the entertaining article with good pix. My favorite sentence: "I could have theoretically bypassed the entire rangefinder…
Eric Rose on 5 Frames with a Minolta CLE – The Myth of the Straight Line22/10/2026
Back when the CLE first came out I instantly fell in love with it. Unfortunately at the time I couldn't…
Michael Zwicky-Ross on Fixing my Second Konica Auto S222/10/2026
Well said Walter. I'm definitely not lending this one to the family!
Graham Line on 5 Frames with a Minolta CLE – The Myth of the Straight Line22/10/2026
When I bought my CLE in the mid-90s, local Leica mandarins assured me the electronics would explode in my hand…

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