Chinon Handyzoom 5001  type_Darkroom Accessories manual focus wide angle lens

manual focus wide angle lens for Nikon F mount

The GR III is a unique little camera with the form factor of a point-and-shoot and the real capability and image quality of a big camera

Pushes (and pulls) well

Notable features include a 1/2000 top speed

Chinon Handyzoom 5001 &nbsptype_Darkroom Accessories manual focus wide angle lensI have no idea what Chinon was thinking when they designed the Handyzoom 5001, except maybe "people seem to like that new Handycam thing." This is an unusual, bulky point and shoot with a camcorder style sideways grip, 35 70mm zoom lens (with buttons on the base?) and an "Auto Programmed Zoom" function that operates the zoom function automatically based on some unknown criteria (I can't imagine that late 80s AI was doing much in the way of