cameras you were fond of
camera you were fond of now fit to be a paperweight
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My second ever camera - a Kodak Instamatic 100....a leap up from the Brownie 127 (which took some great B & W shots, and got me into developing and printing my own..).
127 film is still around - though rare - but I believe the Instamatic cartridges are well gone, along with its "flashcubes" so this qualifies as a paperweight...!
Every film camera since is still useable (35mm and 120) so no paperweight duties yet..
127 film is still around - though rare - but I believe the Instamatic cartridges are well gone, along with its "flashcubes" so this qualifies as a paperweight...!
Every film camera since is still useable (35mm and 120) so no paperweight duties yet..
Carl Zeiss Werra Mat 35mm Camera this was my first serious camera after a Brownie in about 1957
My last film camera, a Canon EOS 1000fN - wonderful little machine. I still have it but it lives in a box now. Also my recent Nikon D7000; I PX'ed it for a Panasonic G80 + lenses for reduced weight. I loved the Nikon but it was getting too heavy for long Alpine walks. Still getting used to the G80 but so far I'm impressed.
I once had a twin lens reflex Yashicamat. It had a great lens and some of my best film images were captured with it. I part exchanged it for a Practika Nova - big mistake.
I had an OM1. A delight to use, everything felt silky smooth, the film wind on lever was effortlessl as was the shutter release. Totally over engineered. The 50mm f1.8 Zuiko lens was the same, manual focus was sublime, and razor sharp.
Cheers
Alan
Cheers
Alan
Canon AE-1 - feels right in the hand, everything where it should be. Took it to the Arctic in winter and it performed faultlessly with no special preparation. Still have it, works well and I will never sell it because my brother bought it new when it first came on the market. He died, too young, in 1978.
I'm currently using a Dynax 7000i I've been loaned. I'm actually on a second [new!] roll of film as the one that was in the camera came out a bit... rosy. It had been in the camera for god knows how many years. I had it developed and scanned to disc which taught me I need to scan the next one in myself at more than the paltry 6mp that Max Spielmann still uses.
I had wanted to shoot some film with a fully manual camera, but the Voigtalnder I'd bought in a charity shop turned out to be completely kaput. This Minolta doesn't really fulfil that criteria because it's remarkably [for its vintage] virtually auto-everything. I've not used the P mode but shot mainly in aperture priority. I'm wondering what sort of effective resolution and dynamic range I'll get out of it. It's quite a nice feeling camera and a lot of [mostly young!] people seem to think it's 'cool'. I wonder if there's some sort of equivalent of a 'vinyl' revival' thing going on at present with film? Seems to be news of certain film stocks being brought back into production...
I had wanted to shoot some film with a fully manual camera, but the Voigtalnder I'd bought in a charity shop turned out to be completely kaput. This Minolta doesn't really fulfil that criteria because it's remarkably [for its vintage] virtually auto-everything. I've not used the P mode but shot mainly in aperture priority. I'm wondering what sort of effective resolution and dynamic range I'll get out of it. It's quite a nice feeling camera and a lot of [mostly young!] people seem to think it's 'cool'. I wonder if there's some sort of equivalent of a 'vinyl' revival' thing going on at present with film? Seems to be news of certain film stocks being brought back into production...
