I haev quite a collection of sub-miniature Minoltas already :-). And I
have one Minox, which is a beautiful piece of engineering. Alas a
Tessina
is way out of my price range...
Pentax 110's and Exakta's are my favorites.
I wouldnm't call the former a 'favourite', although I have 3 or 4 of them
with an assortment of lenses, flash, motordrive, etc. It's certainly an
interesting camera, although too much electronics (and no manual
override) for my taste.
But Exaktas I love. I generally describe them as the 'Citroen DS of 35mm
cameras' (if I ever learn to drive, a DS is top of my list of desirable
vehicles...). The Exakta is totally unconentional. Every control is where
you don't expect it. But then it has shutter speeds from 1/500 (or 1/1000
on later models) to 12 _seconds_. A film cutting knife (and you can run
cassette-to-cassette) so you can cut off an process part of the film.
Interchangeable viewfinders (I must repair the metering prism I have for
mine -- alas the meter coil itself is open-circuit). And so on.
Among the 35mm Exactas around me at the moment is a VP exacta taking 127
roll film (6*4,5 cm frame). Yes, I like them...
-tony
