Drw:
I have two of those cameras. The XA2, IMHO, is one of the best film cameras for
cycling. Leave the focus on the default setting and your shots will be in focus
90% of the time. Go to the infinity setting if you stop to take a picture of
the landscape. Pretty rugged, and the clamshell
The 35rc was claimed. Now I have 3
An xa-2 point and shoot. A 35rc which is likely as manual as I’ll go. a
pen-ee2, which is a half frame camera I’m excited about.
All are olympus’ so I guess I’m an Olympus person? Not by design, more that All
4 were bought under my 200$ budget.
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I'm tempted by your offer, but already doing pretty well with my current
line-up (I use 2 Olympus Stylus Epics, a Canon AE-1, and a digital Canon
5D). You said you now have 4 cameras--I'm curious what the others are!
Is the 35RC a must-have? I would take it off your hands if nobody else
Thought I’d try to pay it back a little. All the recommendations are great. I
now have 4 cameras, where I had none a while back. I “ somehow” ended up with 2
Olympus 35RC’s.
I’m offering one up for free+shipping cost.
The bad
-The light meter is no good (told it’s a 100$ fix)
-both anchor
I'd recommend looking at the Canonet QL17 GIII. It's firmly in budget, well
built, often referred to as a poor man's Leica. It's a rangefinder with a
fixed lens but it's quick and sharp - f1.7!! What makes it perfect for the
bike though is that it's smaller than an SLR (or a Leica actually),
Way back when, I worked in a retail camera shop. We sold a bunch of
different lines of cameras. When stuff went to electronic shutters, many
got increasingly unreliable.
Had a series of Olympus OM1/OM1n cameras. Agree with John's observation.
Those things were bombproof, reliable, small and
Thanks, Isaac. We're diggin' *all* the pix you get.
The XA is a great camera for the reasons you mention. I also like the XA2,
which doesn't require focusing and produces very fine photos, too.
Speaking of photos, I need to get a better one of your contest poster on
our humble web site.
I’ll chime in with another recommendation for the Olympus XA (thanks a million
to John Bennett for turning me onto this little gem a few years ago). The XA is
aperture priority, has a sharp lens, and although the rangefinder patch can be
difficult to focus in low light, the lens is so wide that
I’ll chime in with another recommendation for the Olympus XA (thanks a million
to John Bennett for turning me onto this little gem a few years ago). The XA is
aperture priority, has a sharp lens, and although the rangefinder patch can be
difficult to focus in low light, the lens is so wide that
I have a old Mamiya C3, and can confirm it is tank-like in build and
weight. I love using it, but it is laughably heavy.
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 8:50:43 PM UTC-4, David Bivins wrote:
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> I have taken a Yashica-Mat (twin lens reflex aka TLR) on my bike. It's a
> little awkward because
I remember I had a Yashica-Mat in Vietnam. Can't remember what happened
to it, but it really didn't hold a candle to a Rollei. For certain
jobs, there was nothing like a 6x6 TLR. But, IMHO riding along on a
bike isn't one of those jobs - any more than it would be for a Graflex.
On 8/19/19
I took these shots with my old (35mm version) Holga and Ilford Delta 400
film:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B03WRv9FCAf/
John at Rivelo in Portland
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 3:18:13 PM UTC-7, David Bivins wrote:
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> If you're OK with interesting but never stellar results, a Holga, or a
>
If you're OK with interesting but never stellar results, a Holga, or a
Diana, is a lot of fun. But you'll never take a "straight" high-quality
photo with it. The limitations are what make the plastic cameras fun, of
course.
You might look into the many, many Fuji/Fujica/Fujifilm medium format
Following. I'm in the market for a 120-film camera. Considering just a
Holga (cheap, lightweight, packable).
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Back when I was into film photography, I liked my Canon G-III QL17
rangefinder. Sort of a budget Leica. Good optics, full manual and shutter
priority modes, easy to load, nice ghost-image focus system, the meter
works with filters, sturdy. Made for discontinued PX625 mercury batteries,
but you
Another way to approach this is to think about the lenses you might need,
and the ratings of said lenses ... then figure out the camera body that
allows you to do what you want with those lenses. Kinda like the old days
when you bought record *albums*, and (should have) paid more attention to
Oh! All this has jogged my memory (and camera collection): you should
definitely consider adding to your now growing collection (n+1, just like
bikes) of cameras the Yashica Electro 35. There are various models, but you
should look for the GSN or GTN (one is chrome, the other black). They are
old.
Speaking of development. Does everyone go online now? If so, who do people like?
Also, just to update, I picked up an Olympus xa2, because I could wrap my head
around that and it’s price most immediately. It was on eBay but it’s got a good
return policy and good seller feedback.
I’m interested
Now you got me shopping for an OM-1N. Since I was a teen I've wanted a
nikon Fm2. Year or two ago I bought 6 rolls of kodak b/w film that's been
sitting in my fridge because of this forum :p. Cost to develop and print
gave me pause.
On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 9:14:14 PM UTC-7, Drw
Interestingly, I found myself wondering the same thing and for similar
reasons. Upon further consideration I kind of found myself swinging back
to the manual side of the equation and ended up recently selling some
camera equipment I already had, possibly something I'll come to regret
THE best camera is the Olympus OM-1n.
The "n" is the upgraded version of the original OM-1. Well worth seeking
out.
Great lenses available. Start with a 50mm (the one most people paired it
with). Then branch out to a wide (28mm) and save up for an 85mm (perfect
for portraits).
The camera
I shoot a lot of film using a few Rolleiflex cameras and a slew of Pentax
35mm stuff. I personally think the MeSuper and the Super Program or even
just the Program cameras with a fixed focal length lens of your choosing
make a really great, small setup for automatic exposure/manual focus stuff.
My favorite film camera to carry on the bike or cross country skiing was
the Rollei 35S. The Zeiss Sonnar lens is terrific. The camera weighs next
to nothing, and takes up very little space.
Peter White
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 11:54 AM Drw wrote:
> Wormhole indeed. Thanks for all the
Wormhole indeed. Thanks for all the suggestions. Fun looking at all this pretty
stuff. I guess I should’ve specified a budget, which is in the <200$ range.
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Oh yeah, and check out some Forest Hill Film Lab
videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbDG7XYhdWuSrRvhMcFxSeQ
Grant has mentioned him in a Blahg post or two. He does some vintage camera
reviews that are pretty cool. He also has good videos on shooting basics.
Also, reviews for dys:
You're going down a mini-wormhole here! There are plenty of opinions out
there... There are Olympus people, Canon people, Minolta people, Petri
people, Hasselblad people, etc. Depending on year, all of these companies
made cameras that excelled in ways and potentially fell short in others.
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