Yesterday, curiosity got the best of me, so I went out with the W.A.C.K. (A.K.A Weird Arse Canon Kamera) for a first roll.
For those who haven't seen the recently acquired thread, it's a Canon EX Auto, which was a 1 year production run with a really weird lens mount and even weirder ergonomics. So this is going to be a bit of a review at the same time.
The camera definitely needs some getting used to. On the plus side, it is all mechanical. So, if it were to get a proper CLA, it would be pretty much OK on all speeds. But considering that the grease in this thing is older than I am, lets not expect too much.
The aperture around the rewind crank, while needing a lot of getting used to, is strangely not that horrible. But changing the lenses is definitely a real pain in the wazoo! And since they all share the same focusing mount, mounting the telephoto on it seriously affects the focus smoothness and the balance of the whole camera. With all that weight acting as a lever on the mount (and the telephoto IS heavy), it makes hand holding a bit of a chore.
The lenses are quite surprising as they don't appear to have strong correction and a strong coating. Most of the pictures here were taken with the 125mm.
In order, the pictures shown were taken with the 125mm, 35mm, 125mm, 50mm.
Film was Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal 1:50.
