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Nikon L35 AF - Point and Shoot 35mm Camera

  So, in May of this year whilst visiting family at Wauchope, I purchased 3 x 35mm Cameras for AU$50.  They were a Graflex 35EL, Olympus Trip 35 and, Nikon L35 AF. Well, the first film I exposed was on the Graflex 35EL. You can see how that turned out  here .  Unfortunately, the Olympus Trip 35 had a sticky shutter problem. I did take that lens apart to try and fix that problem but it is still not opening the shutter wide enough on selected f stops.   The last to test out was the Nikon L35 AF. My wife had owned one of these when we first met and I recall what a great little camera it was and was looking forward to putting this one through its paces. This camera hit the market in 1983. It was Nikons very first autofocus in a compact camera body. It comes with a Nikon 35mm lens with a pretty fast f2.8. For its age, the lens is pretty sharp. Looking into the viewfinder reveals a marked rectangular field that will be the border of your subject, Parallax Compensation marking for close up sh

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