https://scottlocklear.com/canon-canonet-giii-ql17-camera-review/ documentary and editorial photographer Sat, 08 Nov 2025 02:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://scottlocklear.com/canon-canonet-giii-ql17-camera-review/#comment-36 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 22:42:02 +0000 https://scottlocklear.com/?p=1698#comment-36 The lens on mine is nice, but only over f/2.8, so Leica quality it ain’t. Also, the camera locks up if the metered exposure is out of range, which for me has been a problem more often than I’d like. I’d much rather get an under/overexposed shot than none at all. Not a problem in manual mode, but the fiddly controls don’t make that a great experience. That said, despite the limitations, I’ve got plenty of decent photos out of mine. Better street photography machine than a phone any day of the week.

]]> https://scottlocklear.com/canon-canonet-giii-ql17-camera-review/#comment-35 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:25:06 +0000 https://scottlocklear.com/?p=1698#comment-35 Fine review, nice camera but, in spite of all it has, it completely misses the street photography philosophy. Why ? Try expose “the decisive moment” and you`ll see. Triggering the shutter takes ages and if you try to “hurry” it, 99% chances are to shake the camera and mess everything. The Olympus XA 1 marvel comes in mind but for my coffee addicted fingers it is way too sensitive so, a battered Barnack Leica or even a tuned Zorky (first serial) is far better at that. Both lack automated exposure but real street photographers always “know” the right exposure… Anyway, the Canonet`s meter with a CdS is not only awkward to use but way too slow in picking the right exposure. Nothing to say about the 5 blades (5 !) diaphragm of the otherwise good glass… So, sorry Canon but for street (silver) photography, while dreaming of a Konica Hexar AF, I`d pick a Leica II-III, a Minolta CL (with dead meter…) or even a battered Zorki / FED… Decisive moments are fot them

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