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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15679
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:34 pm Post subject: AF compact with wide lens and manual film speed setting |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Hi folks
I'm looking for an AF compact with a wide lens (35mm is okay but would prefer wider) and it must have the ability to set the film speed manually, not this stupid DX coding auto-only most seem to have which renders the camera useless to me as I use bulk film hand-loaded into reusable canisters.
It must have a very good lens too of course.
So what do people know of that would suit? _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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eddieitman
Joined: 12 Apr 2011 Posts: 1246 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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eddieitman wrote:
Yashica T series i would look at
A T4 is a cracking camera look on flickr and see some samples _________________ My web site www.digital-darkroom.weebly.com
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15679
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Cheers Eddie.
Only thing that puts me off one of those is the price they fetch, but the lenses are very good. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Nesster
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 5883 Location: NJ, USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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Nesster wrote:
..and I can't remember if the T4 allows override of ASA... Basically, there are the very early AF P&S cameras such as the Ricoh FF-3 which came before DX... and once DX took off, you'd have to find one that permits the override AND has a wide angle lens. _________________ -Jussi
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Nesster
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 5883 Location: NJ, USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nesster wrote:
Here's a nifty overview of quite a few models... doesn't easily show which ones you can set ISO manually.
The two Ricoh FF's I have on the other thread default to ISO 100 when there is no DX coding.
http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/35mmwide/wide3.html _________________ -Jussi
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3460 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
Ricoh GR1v _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15679
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
Oh I'd love a GR1, sadly they aren't cheap. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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skida
Joined: 02 Mar 2012 Posts: 1826 Location: North East England
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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skida wrote:
If you could compromise with zone focussing I would suggest an Olympus XA2. Cheap and reputed to be brilliant. |
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29545 Location: West Emilia
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
I would dump the autofocus feature especially if you are going for a superwide such as 24mm of full frame film.
It's much more effective to set focus manually to hyperfocal. At 24mm nearly everything is always in focus. _________________ Orio, Administrator
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iangreenhalgh1
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
I had an XA2, good camera. I have other compacts, Konica C35 being my fave, I just want an AF one for fast shooting.
Good point Orio, do you know of any compacts with 24mm? Most AF ones seem to be 35mm with a few having 28mm.
I shot two rolls with my Hexanon 24mm today and you are right, focussing is pretty much unnecessary
I do love 24mm on film, perhaps my favourite FL for use on film. 28 is good too though. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Katastrofo
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 10405 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim, f11, 1/125sec only. You will have to adjust your eyes and standards, the lens
is plastic. Olympus XA4 is 28mm with MFD of 1 foot, zone focus. They run about $150 on up, over here. |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7788 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
skida wrote: |
If you could compromise with zone focussing I would suggest an Olympus XA2. Cheap and reputed to be brilliant. |
I have an XA-2 with it's nifty screw on flash on the side, and it's a great little camera , a proper point and shoot 'stealth' camera. I walked away from one, with flash, earlier this week in a charity shop for £2. They're everywhere, the camera fair was awash with them.
Apparently the earlier XA was better in that it had slightly more control, but the XA-2 is good as long as you remember to set the distance to the pictogram thingies on the camera.
I've also got a Samsung Vega 140s that's supposed to be very good - Scneider kreznach 38-140 autofocus lens and a few basic camera settings. It won 'Compact of the year' whenever it was new, but I've never tried it. I might try it if I've still got it, it might have gone in a box of stuff _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
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Minolfan
Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3438 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:12 am Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
Nesster wrote: |
..and I can't remember if the T4 allows override of ASA |
Yashica T3 and T4 have auto DX
Olympus XA4 is very nice, but no AF. |
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Selenium_27
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 118 Location: Strasbourg, France
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:43 am Post subject: |
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Selenium_27 wrote:
The canon AF35M is very cheap all plastic so you don't fear for it.
It's what I take going festivals or "dirty" parties..
Very noisy and the ISO setting not going above 1000 but great results (canon lens). _________________ M42 Lenses : Zenit 100/1.5 (nice !!) Super-Takumar 1.4/50, Cyclop 1.5/85, Super-Takumar 2.8/105, Tair 2.8/135, Quinar 2.8/135, Super-Takumar 4/200 /// Used with : Spotmatic, Some Zenits,..
K lenses K 3.5/18, K 3.5/28, M 1.4/50 /// Used with : Pentax LX
M39 : Heliar 4.5/15, Ultron 1.7/35, Wartime CZJ Sonnar 1.5/50, Color Skopar 2.5/50 /// Used With : Voigtlander Bessa R2A, Zorki 1
P6 : CZJ Flektogon 4/50, Mir 3.5/65 CZJ Biometar 2.8/120 /// Used with : Kiev 60
Bronica bayonet : Nikkor 4/40, Nikkor 2.8/75, 4/200-- S2A currently down..
Minolta Rokkor 1.7/50, Rokkor 2.8/24 /// Used with SRT 101, XE-5 (so cute !!)
Other Bodies : Many plate folders, Gnoflex (Japanese 6x6 TLR, 3.5/75), Robin MKII (24x28, very rare and compact, 2.8/40), Rollei 35B (Triotar 3.4/40), Vito CL, Vitessa 500 (24x36 rangefinder, tessar)
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philslizzy
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
Can't you get DX stickers for reloadable film cannisters? I'm sure I saw a sheet of them in different ASA's (sorry... ISO's) You could use any camera then |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7788 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
Did you try that UNNICA compact rangefinder thing I gave you Ian ? I didn't try it, but it didn't look a bad little thing. _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me.
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