The Funabashi Shopping Street in Nara offers a nostalgic journey through time, capturing the authentic, heartwarming charm of a bygone era.
Minolta MC 50mm 1.7 × GFX50SⅡ
Minolta MC 50mm 1.7はGFXを使う前から家にあって、妻が昔minolta X700につけていたものなのですが、X700が壊れてからずっと使ってませんでした。
Nikon にマウントして使うこともできたのですが、ずっと使わずじまいで、10年ぐらい寝てました。
GFX購入後に使ってみると小さくて軽い割には写りも良くて出番が多くなってきたレンズなのです。
GFXで使うと結構すっきりした描写なのに、ノスタルジックな雰囲気がでるので結構気に入っていて、船橋商店街みたいに過疎っている所もいいのですけど、ごちゃごちゃした所でもすっきり撮れるんじゃないかなと思います。
こういう小さくてよく写るレンズは持っていて損なしですね。
作りは少し簡素な感じのレンズなのですが、よく写るので、さすがMinoltaって感じます。
メルカリで見たら2,000～3,000円ぐらいでありますね…なんでそんなに安いの？
Rediscovering the Minolta MC 50mm f/1.7 on the GFX 50S II
I’ve had this Minolta MC 50mm f/1.7 at home for years—it was originally my wife’s, paired with her old Minolta X-700 (which, sadly, no longer functions). For a decade, it just sat on the shelf, unused. But after finally putting it to use, I was blown away by how compact and lightweight it is, and more importantly, by the quality of its output. It has quickly become one of my most-used lenses.
On the GFX 50S II, it delivers a remarkably clean, crisp rendering while still maintaining that nostalgic vintage soul. I love it for shooting in quiet, fading places like the Funabashi Shopping Street, but I think it’s equally capable of capturing clarity even in cluttered, busy environments. A lens this small and sharp is an absolute keeper.
I checked the prices on Mercari, and you can find them for around 2,000–3,000 yen… honestly, why is it so cheap?
ノスタルジー感漂う船橋商店街から近鉄奈良
近鉄奈良駅から少し離れているので、結構時間が止まっているというか昭和感のなつかしさ染みる商店街。成長が止まった街とかは、オールドレンズで撮影するとなんか寂しい時が止まった情景が写ります。なんというか詩的な感じの写りで。
このレンズも確か1970年前半あたりのものだったと思いますが、この商店街が栄えていたのはもう少し前の時代なのですが、時代は近いもの同士。
世情が反映する時代って面白いですね、レンズもそういうの引き継いでるように感じるので、同じ時代のレンズで撮影などすると面白いかもしれません。
■外部リンク：奈良県立図書館 過去奈良駅周辺 写真一覧 奈良
https://www.library.pref.nara.jp/supporter/naraweb/oomiyadoori.html
From Nostalgic Alleys to Kintetsu-Nara
This lens of mine likely dates back to the early 1970s. While the shopping street’s golden age was perhaps a bit earlier, they are nonetheless children of the same era. It is fascinating how the spirit of the times is woven into everything—how the social climate of the day leaves its mark on both a city’s landscape and the glass of Located a bit away from Kintetsu-Nara Station, this shopping street feels as though time has stood still, steeped in the nostalgic warmth of the Showa era. When you capture these “places where growth has ceased” with a vintage lens, you are not just taking a photo—you are capturing a scene where time itself feels like it has fallen into a quiet, poignant slumber. It results in something truly poetic.
This lens of mine likely dates back to the early 1970s. While the shopping street’s golden age was perhaps a bit earlier, they are nonetheless children of the same era. It is fascinating how the spirit of the times is woven into everything—how the social climate of the day leaves its mark on both a city’s landscape and the glass of a lens. There is something deeply compelling about pairing a street with a lens born from its own time; it feels as though they are continuing a conversation that began decades ago.lens. There is something deeply compelling about pairing a street with a lens born from its own time; it feels as though they are continuing a conversation that began decades ago.
船橋商店街
かつて1969年まで、この近くには近鉄奈良線の「油阪駅」という駅がありました。当時は140軒以上もの店が並ぶ賑やかな駅前商店街だったそうです。
駅が地下化されて油阪駅が廃止されたことで、街の「成長のベクトル」が変わり、結果として昭和の面影がそのまま保存されたような、独特のノスタルジックな景観が残りました。
Funabashi Shopping Street
Until 1969, the Kintetsu Nara Line’s Aburazaka Station stood nearby. At its peak, this was a vibrant station-front shopping district lined with over 140 shops. Following the relocation of the station underground and the subsequent closure of Aburazaka Station, the trajectory of the area’s growth shifted. As a result, the neighborhood was spared from rapid modernization, leaving behind a unique, nostalgic landscape that preserves the atmosphere of the Showa era as if time itself had been frozen.。
