Sony A7C, Konica Hexanon 35/2, Voigtlander Color-Heliar 75/2.5 Combination 外拍組合

2025.7.27

The Sony A7C is my second Sony full-frame digital camera. I bought it because its lightweight body (compared to the Sony A7III) is perfect for adapting classic RF film camera lenses, such as Leica M39 lenses or Contax/Nikon RF lenses. Pairing the silver-and-black camera with two silver lenses for outdoor shooting feels like stepping back into the 1950s — a perfect match.

Traditional RF film cameras have a physical limitation in close-up photography because the optical axis of the lens and that of the rangefinder window are not the same. As a result, most lenses are designed to focus only down to about 0.9–1 meter. Nowadays, many lens adapters are designed with a focusing helicoid, which allows the focusing range to extend by about 5 millimeters when the lens is mounted on a digital mirrorless camera, shortening the minimum focusing distance by several tens of centimeters and adding even more enjoyment to shooting.

Sony A7C 是我的第二台 Sony 全幅數位相機，購入的原因是她輕便的機身(相較於Sony A7III)非常適合轉接傳統RF底片相機的鏡頭，例如Leica M39鏡頭或Contax/Nikon RF鏡頭。銀黑色的相機搭配兩顆銀色鏡頭外拍，彷彿回到了1950年代，真是絕配啊。傳統RF底片相機由於鏡頭的光軸和測距窗的光軸並不一樣，在近距離拍攝上有物理限制，因此大部分的鏡頭在設計上僅能對焦到0.9~1米。現在很多轉接環在設計上都加入的調焦功能，當鏡頭裝在數位相機上時對焦可以再延伸約5毫米，讓最近對焦距離可以縮短數十公分，在拍攝上的樂趣就更大了。

Sony A7C and Lens Combo

Sony A7C, Konica Hexanon 35/2

Sony A7C, Konica Hexanon 35/2

Voigtlander Color-Heliar 75/2.5

Voigtlander Color-Heliar 75/2.5

Yashica Electro 35 AF-mini Test Shots 傻瓜相機試拍

2025/7/26

I was surprised to stumble upon a Yashica Electro 35 AF-mini autofocus point-and-shoot camera on a shopping website. I had always thought that Yashica’s Electro 35 series came to an end in the 1980s with the advent of autofocus cameras. Unexpectedly, after Kyocera took over, they brought back this historically significant and classic name for a mass-market, fully automatic compact camera. Since the camera body didn’t indicate the lens specifications, I looked it up online — it has a 34mm focal length and an f/4.5 aperture, which were pretty standard specs for consumer-grade cameras of that era (similar to those from Konica, Nikon, etc.).

偶然在購物網站上發現一台 Yashica Electro 35 AF-mini 自動對焦傻瓜相機，讓我非常驚訝。原以為 Yashica 的 Electro 35 系列早在 1980 年代自動對焦相機問世後便已劃下句點，沒想到在 Kyocera 接手後，竟將這個具有歷史意義的經典名稱重新應用在大眾化全自動便攜相機上。由於這台相機的機身並未標示出鏡頭的規格，上網查了一下，焦距為34mm，光圈是f4.5，大概是當時這類大眾化相機的基本規格(同時期Konica、Nikon ...)。





Recently, traditional film cameras have become trendy among young people. My daughter jumped on the bandwagon and asked if I had a suitable camera she could try out. I handed her the Yashica Electro 35 AF-mini that I had acquired some time ago, loaded it with Kodak ISO 400 film, and it ended up accompanying her on trips to Chiayi and Kyoto, Japan. She came back with some pretty nice travel photos (nowadays, we scan the film and upload digital files). Back in the days when this camera was new, film only cost about a quarter of what it does now. Thinking back, I’m grateful I got to experience that golden era of traveling abroad with a dozen rolls of film and coming home with so many tangible memories

最近年輕人開始流行起傳統底片相機，女兒也趕流行，問我是否有合適的相機可以給她玩一玩。這台入手一陣子的Yashica Electro 35 AF-mini 後來就裝了柯達400度底片，陪女兒去了嘉義和日本京都旅遊，拍了一些還不錯的旅遊相片回來(現在都掃描底片上傳數位檔了)。在這台相機的年代，底片的價格只要現在價格的1/4，想一想，還好我有經歷過帶著一打底片出國旅遊的黃金年代，留下了許多實體回憶。


Yashica Electro AF-mini, 34mm f4.5, Kodak UltraMax 400


Yashica Electro AF-mini, 34mm f4.5, Kodak UltraMax 400