This camera caused a little problem. Look at the photos…

A friend asked me to sell a box of cameras for him, and this was tucked inside. I was immediately drawn to the styling and lovely-looking red button. But that was it. It had no name or markings. Everything had been erased and covered up. I asked my friend what it was, and he said a Miranda. Ooh, I have only tried one before, and a very rough one at that.

But what Miranda was it? Well, by the title of this post, you can see that I figured it out. I searched online for a Miranda with a 1/2000th fastest speed. That led me to this site, which stated that the lack of a self-timer would mean it was the MS-1n. It also stated that it was a rebadged Cosina CT1G. Rereading that post from just 4 years ago, I now know how to fix the issue I wrote about. It was probably a missing mirror stopper washer. Oh well, now I have this much nicer-looking camera to try that is same-same-but-different.

There really isn’t much about it on the net. As mentioned, the top speed is 1/2000th, the winder locks the shutter when flush to the body, no self-timer, takes 2x LR44 batteries, and there is a +/- light meter indication in the viewfinder. That is all I can tell you about this camera from the early 1980s.

As it was a Pentax K mount camera, I attached a 50mm. Then loaded an expired roll of Street Candy 400 and went on a very cold walk around Wycoller. Seriously, it was cold and windy. When I got out of my car, I stepped on a frozen puddle and was almost blown over.

I chose Wycoller for a couple of reasons: the Atom and the walk to the village. There is a bridge in the village that is supposed to be over 1000 years old, the one made of slabs in the photos below. Despite the cold, I loved it. I was so happy to be outside. Here are most of my shots from that walk.

I didn’t quite finish the film, so took the set-up with me on a short cycle ride to a local nature reserve. The next day, the bad weather returned, and so did the rain.

Well, I loved this camera. I loved that it had no name and basic settings. A simple manual camera is really all you need. Fancy, expensive cameras?? Who needs them? Cameras with names to show off?? Who needs them? Not me 🙂

…though it is nice to have choices.