Desmolicious wrote:
ok, one legit criticism of the Camp Snap. Why is the vf a blurry bulbous blob? My $25 Reto Ultra Wide and Slim has a crystal clear vf in comparison.
Makes using it more challenging! What doesn’t kill you…
Nice triptych. I think the photos look pretty good after some editing and resizing. They are meant for social media posts and maybe 4x6 walmart prints.
genjy wrote:
Nice triptych. I think the photos look pretty good after some editing and resizing. They are meant for social media posts and maybe 4x6 walmart prints.
According to this, from 8mp you can print up to 10x8
Desmolicious wrote:
I would say that the Camp Snap is the closest to a film camera feel out of any digital camera.
Because it is just as cr@ppily made as a cheapo single use film camera, and it looks and feels exactly like one.
ok, to be fair, it's not exactly cr@ppily made, it feels as it should given the design brief. And the colours available are fun. The lens on it is way better than on any disposable camera, and it does have AE based on variable ISO and shutter speeds. Aperture seems fixed at 2.8 (makes sense as there is no moving aperture mechanism) whereas metadata now shows the top shutter speed to be 1/2000. And judging by frozen drops of water when I took snaps of Riley playing in the ocean, that seems correct.
I am enjoying it and I think the biggest compliment I can give it is as primarily a film shooter - I still way prefer using a film p&s or zone focus camera like my Konica C35 EF3 (if I'm not using fancy film cameras) - these Camp Snaps are a blast and already I have taken way more pics with mine than I have with my Leica M10r or Nikon Z7 in the past few months!
Any criticisms have to be balanced out with the $65 new price tag, the really fun experience and the fact that this is exactly what the creators have said it is, and what it's intended purpose is. I just wish it did not occasionally blow highlights to completely blank white with yellowish borders - film would never do that. But again - $65 digital camera.
This camera being super light weight plastic with no moving parts will I'm sure survive a fall much better than my Leicas, or Nikons (baring the Nikonos tank), or Minoltas etc. Your smartphone WILL take much better pics, but I've never enjoyed using a phone to take pics, it just doesn't feel right to me. And frankly isn't fun. The Camp Snap feels like you are using a 'camera' and again the lack of screen is a bonus because you don't keep clicking away, reviewing what you just took, and it is fun to see what happened when you download them later....Show more →
Yeah, I have some older digital pocket P&Ses (e.g. Casio stuff) and while I love the lo-fi output, it still feels like shooting digital. Camp Snap has that film experience of not really knowing what the photos look like.
