Konica C35 courtesy of Kona Markets, Japan via Ebay
Toronto. After my girls were graduated (about 1999), I bought them each a Konica film camera with built-in metering, flash, and 35mm f/2.8 lens. One camera was red; the other blue. Both came with a matching case.
One daughter was using hers to capture scenes in Barcelona when ‘out of the blue’ a thief ran up and snatched the ‘camera’ as it hung from her knapsack. Ironically she had taken the little camera out of its case to be more ready for action leaving the thief only the empty case.
These little cameras saw lots of use over the years – sadly one sans case … Konica made many versions of the C35 over the years including the two beautiful coloured ones that gave my children great pleasure. Visit our fairs or auctions and you may find one for your collection (or use if you are into film technology).
