I think that the camera in this film was a Kodak Retina - never seen the film myself 
but I read a review of it.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho

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Lähettäjä: Paul Franklin Stregevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Vastaanottaja: 'Pentax-Discuss' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Päivä: 31. joulukuuta 2002 3:33
Aihe: Re: Cheap way into rangefinders


>For most of 2001, I belonged to Cameraquest.com's Classic Rangefinder
>discussion list. I tried various fixed-lens RFs by Yashica, Olympus, and
>Konica. I never tried the Canonet GIII, but it enjoyed one of the most
>devoted (fanatical?) followings for its sharpness and ergonomics. The Web is
>full of information and opinions about it. The black version is quite rare
>and highly sought-after.
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>Some independent movie was even made (fictional) about a young man who
>receives a Canonet GIII as a gift and becomes a celebrated street
>photographer. (I can't remember the movie's title; I think it had only one
>word.) I hear that the movie showed his arms recoiling backward each time he
>pressed the shutter, as though he had just fired a rifle. But then, I lost
>all respect for Hollywood's treatment of photographers when I saw Mighty Joe
>Young: In the beginning of the movie, the pretty primatologist is shooting
>gorillas with what ought to be a very stealthy Leica M3. But the director
>has dubbed in the sound of a mirror-slapping n SLR!
>
>"Raimo Korhonen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>If you want to try your hand at rangefinder photography, here is my trusty
>Canonet G III for sale:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30027&item=1948267251
>&rd=1
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