But you get used to it quickly, and apart from the wind lever issue (see below) this camera is a pleasure to use. The dials on the barrel are a little too close together for my taste (a common complaint on this type of camera, even with the oft-hyped Canonet QL17), almost as if they weren’t expecting you to shoot in manual mode. I was verrrry pleased to find that it works in manual mode as well as automatic, as I’m having a dickens of a time resurrecting a couple of my automatic-only rangefinders.
I somehow managed to get this one for a mere $10US in pretty darn good shape. The meter is powered by the same EPX13 mercury battery as was in my Auto S2 (equivalent to the PX625, now the 625KA or equivalent Wein Cell). Here (as on the Auto S2) the 7s is wonderfully usable entirely in manual mode, with the option to do fully automatic mode (minus focussing of course). Reminds me of how the Copal shutter & lens housing is almost identical on the Auto S2 and the Canonet QL19 right down to the typeface used for the numbers. In fact, the quirky leather case is the virtually identical to the one on my Auto S2, and if you remove the bottom thumbscrew the cameras fit in each other’s cases. This camera looks like the Yashica Electro, feels like the Konica Auto S2.
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