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>Then there is the AE-1 which is reliant on the electronics to work in order to fire and lots of those are kicking the bucket as we speak etc.
The reason AE-1's have the positive reputation they have is because they last so well. There are two cameras that are *generally* recommended to students, one is the AE1, the other the Spotmatic. If you want something mechanical to compete with the AE1, the answer is the Spotmatic. There are millions of them, they're basically all the same except for the ES, and most importantly, they're actually really well made with tight tolerances with an extremely long and tested development history that goes back to the original AP. There's heaps of spare parts and they're cheap. These Konicas are none of those things, and you would need some kind of social media psyop to turn public opinion otherwise. Konica made cheap cameras for poor people who didn't really care. They also use a stupid lens mount that's hard to find glass for, compared the M42 which has heaps and heaps of glass, including stuff like the helios. In conclusion, shutup.

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