5 frames with a Canonet QL17 G-III – by Gandhi Cabañas
Although there are already a few posts about this camera in this website, I would like to write a few words regarding my experience with the Canonet QL17 G-III.
Although there are already a few posts about this camera in this website, I would like to write a few words regarding my experience with the Canonet QL17 G-III.
While on vacation in China and Hong Kong this past month, I realized that my poor condition Leica M2 had a malfunctioning shutter – speeds above 1/250 were entirely unusable, and there was a tiny hole in the curtain. Luckily, I was in Hong Kong, which has an abundance of film camera shops. I picked up a Canonet QL17 G-III, a camera I’ve heard wonderful things about but have never got to try.
I started to aimlessly window shop for cameras I definitely never need while I was waiting for a roll to be developed. In the back of my head I knew I wanted another, better, 35mm for street and travel photography. My Canon FTB doesn’t quiet have the sharp details and colors that I am interested in. Then I saw the Canon QL17.
My Canonet is the older, larger, model. It was manufactured in the early Sixties and eventually found its way from Belgium to me a few years ago. It was a rather major experience for me, since it was the first camera I bought for myself, after I had started to service and sell used cameras …
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