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Post by zou on Sept 8, 2023 20:05:11 GMT
Purely hypothetically, and just for fun, what's your pick as ultimate point and shoot film compact?
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Post by andy on Sept 8, 2023 20:22:32 GMT
Leica C3?
Should probably ask my mum if she still has her C11 (aps film) and suggest selling it if so.
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Post by gray1720 on Sept 8, 2023 20:29:19 GMT
How point and shoot do you go? If a Trip 35 counts, gotta be the Trip. More P&S than that? Kodak No2 Model F Brownie.
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Post by zou on Sept 8, 2023 20:54:06 GMT
How point and shoot do you go? If a Trip 35 counts, gotta be the Trip. More P&S than that? Kodak No2 Model F Brownie. I was thinking the Trip/Pens were probably right up there, but could certainly make an argument for the Brownie. In my mind I was thinking either focus-free or AF, with automatic exposure rather than a fixed shutter speed. The Olys have a nice system, and then there's premium AE/AF stuff like the Contaxes. The GR series has to be a contender too, if a bit fragile. |
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Post by peterob on Sept 8, 2023 21:33:05 GMT
It got lost but I had (edit: circa 2004) a Fuji somethingorother with a 24 mm lens. I liked it.
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Post by peterba on Sept 8, 2023 22:07:41 GMT
Purely hypothetically, and just for fun, what's your pick as ultimate point and shoot film compact?
Fun, and simply point, and then shoot..... XA2.
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Post by zou on Sept 8, 2023 22:21:00 GMT
It got lost but I had (edit: circa 2004) a Fuji somethingorother with a 24 mm lens. I liked it. Klasse? |
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Post by martinl on Sept 8, 2023 23:51:15 GMT
How point and shoot do you go? If a Trip 35 counts, gotta be the Trip. More P&S than that? Kodak No2 Model F Brownie. I was thinking the Trip/Pens were probably right up there, but could certainly make an argument for the Brownie. In my mind I was thinking either focus-free or AF, with automatic exposure rather than a fixed shutter speed. The Olys have a nice system, and then there's premium AE/AF stuff like the Contaxes. The GR series has to be a contender too, if a bit fragile. The Contax G series are aperture priority or manual exposure so a bit difficult to use in a pure P&S fashion. As for the Contax T2 I have one and it no longer works, but that doesn't worry me as much as it could: as the world's hippest camera, supposedly, even for spares/repairs it sells for as much as £300. Besides, rumour has it developments in 3D printing will make more cameras fixable. I was only thinking yesterday about the ultimate film P&S, here's an odd choice but a good one for those with a lot of EOS kit. Take a good lens like the EF 35mm F2, or the EF STM 40mm F2.8, and stick it on the EOS 850, which will set you back a tenner on eBay. Simply add one of your EOS flashguns and you have the perfect party camera but with faultless image quality. Canon had the piss ripped out of them for releasing this camera in 1988, but in retrospect it was ahead of its time. Shooting the party in black and white? It gets even easier, the almost identical EOS 750 has a built in flash that's safe to use for monochrome where red-eye isn't an issue. |
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Post by gray1720 on Sept 9, 2023 6:58:28 GMT
Purely hypothetically, and just for fun, what's your pick as ultimate point and shoot film compact?
Fun, and simply point, and then shoot..... XA2.
I did think about the XA2 (and I'm currently trying my new XA) but I find I often have to hunt the shutter release. |
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Post by peterob on Sept 9, 2023 7:37:02 GMT
It got lost but I had (edit: circa 2004) a Fuji somethingorother with a 24 mm lens. I liked it. Klasse? That means nothing to me. I was mostly using a 6x6 and bought a pocket sized 35 mm camera for when I was away on business. All I remember is that it was light, silver and maybe had a sliding cover for the lens. I only used it a few times, lent it out to someone and it got lost, which vexed me. I have a positive memory of it. More so than the ubiquitous Olympus trip which I also had at some point in the distant past. |
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Post by nickr on Sept 9, 2023 7:57:05 GMT
I was thinking the Trip/Pens were probably right up there, but could certainly make an argument for the Brownie. In my mind I was thinking either focus-free or AF, with automatic exposure rather than a fixed shutter speed. The Olys have a nice system, and then there's premium AE/AF stuff like the Contaxes. The GR series has to be a contender too, if a bit fragile. The Contax G series are aperture priority or manual exposure so a bit difficult to use in a pure P&S fashion. As for the Contax T2 I have one and it no longer works, but that doesn't worry me as much as it could: as the world's hippest camera, supposedly, even for spares/repairs it sells for as much as £300. Besides, rumour has it developments in 3D printing will make more cameras fixable. I was only thinking yesterday about the ultimate film P&S, here's an odd choice but a good one for those with a lot of EOS kit. Take a good lens like the EF 35mm F2, or the EF STM 40mm F2.8, and stick it on the EOS 850, which will set you back a tenner on eBay. Simply add one of your EOS flashguns and you have the perfect party camera but with faultless image quality. Canon had the piss ripped out of them for releasing this camera in 1988, but in retrospect it was ahead of its time. Shooting the party in black and white? It gets even easier, the almost identical EOS 750 has a built in flash that's safe to use for monochrome where red-eye isn't an issue. I actually bought an 850 the other week. Yes, cost me a tenner - but came with another 100 and a 1000 for that price... I wouldn't say the 850 was ahead of it's time - more the opposite. It was the low water mark for entry-level SLRs, virtually no control whatsoever- except the depth of field mode. But build quality is remarkably good. Yes, it's plastic, but feels very solid and well-made. They went to the opposite extreme with it's replacement, the 1000 - full control, but somewhat creaky build. And every Canon ILC since has had full control. Anyway, the 850 is a bit of fun, need to find the power zoom lens to go with it. |
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Post by nickr on Sept 9, 2023 8:05:38 GMT
That means nothing to me. I was mostly using a 6x6 and bought a pocket sized 35 mm camera for when I was away on business. All I remember is that it was light, silver and maybe had a sliding cover for the lens. I only used it a few times, lent it out to someone and it got lost, which vexed me. I have a positive memory of it. More so than the ubiquitous Olympus trip which I also had at some point in the distant past. Sounds like the DL Super Mini, although that's a 28mm lens. For a pure point and shoot, I think it's the best I've ever used - an outstanding lens, and a very accurate meter. Like a really high-end Mju II, which is another fave of mine. The XA I love for it's full control, Yashica T is quite nice, but foe control and pocketability, a Rollei 35 - the S has such a great lens. |
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Post by zou on Sept 9, 2023 8:07:40 GMT
That means nothing to me. I was mostly using a 6x6 and bought a pocket sized 35 mm camera for when I was away on business. All I remember is that it was light, silver and maybe had a sliding cover for the lens. I only used it a few times, lent it out to someone and it got lost, which vexed me. I have a positive memory of it. More so than the ubiquitous Olympus trip which I also had at some point in the distant past. Just checked, the Klasse had either 28mm or 38mm depending on the model, so definitely not that. Edit, I must have been thinking of the Natura, but it's not exactly as you described so maybe Nick is right. |
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Post by MJB on Sept 9, 2023 8:09:56 GMT
Kodak Instamatic
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Post by davem399 on Sept 9, 2023 8:13:22 GMT
Many years ago before digital, mine was a Canon MC10. A small autofocus film compact with a 35mm lens and clip-on flash. It was the small size that appealed as I was regularly packing all my clothes and other stuff for 4 months away and my SLR and a lens or two would have taken up valuable suitcase space.
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