Desmolicious wrote:
Noice! I should reload my Ektar H35 but for the last week or so it has been very grey down here. I like using it in the sunshine with some ProImage 100. Or c200.
I have only put the one roll through it so far... I should do anther & try colour film as well
helimat wrote:
I have only put the one roll through it so far... I should do anther & try colour film as well
Ektar H35 + Kentmere 400
It's a fun little camera but IMO bad for a beginner because unless you know what you are doing - due to experience - it seems very easy to break it loading/unloading.
The price is kinda outta whack too - $50 for essentially an almost disposable camera. I bought a Nikon N80 end of last year for $20.. But it's a new camera, and new costs. Very similar cameras but full frame are about $30. This is where it should be.
It is fun though!
P.s that diptych where the mural is a reflection of the lady is great!
Thank you, @helimat! The Olympus Pen S is not that much more expensive than the Kodak Ektar H35, and you get full manual control of aperture and shutter speed. Way better built, too
dourbalistar wrote:
Thank you, @helimat@! The Olympus Pen S is not that much more expensive than the Kodak Ektar H35, and you get full manual control of aperture and shutter speed. Way better built, too
Being an bit of a gear hoarder, I actually have a Pen FT as well.... I just find it doesn't make it out much as it is basically the same size as my M6, while the H35 fits in a pocket or what have you. But I should definitely get it out & use it, or maybe stop hoarding gear.... 🤔 Hey! There's a Minolta Kit on FB Marketplace... Gotta go
helimat wrote:
Being an bit of a gear hoarder, I actually have a Pen FT as well.... I just find it doesn't make it out much as it is basically the same size as my M6, while the H35 fits in a pocket or what have you. But I should definitely get it out & use it, or maybe stop hoarding gear.... 🤔 Hey! There's a Minolta Kit on FB Marketplace... Gotta go
That is the thing about the H35, it is so compact and light weight that is zero hassle taking it along.
I shot a roll through it yesterday in about an hour. Which leads to an issue with thumb wheel film advance. When you work that sharp, serrated wheel 72 times in an hour, it leaves a mark on your thumb!
Lever advance rules!
Desmolicious wrote:
That is the thing about the H35, it is so compact and light weight that is zero hassle taking it along.
I shot a roll through it yesterday in about an hour. Which leads to an issue with thumb wheel film advance. When you work that sharp, serrated wheel 72 times in an hour, it leaves a mark on your thumb!
Lever advance rules!
The finest art comes from pain! haha. I do like lever advance though. On that note; Pentax 67 II + 75/2.8 AL + Lomo 800
7A 50 1.1 on film because it's been a while. And also this was the first time I was using the 'new' Fuji 200 aka Kodak Gold (which I've never used before).
So.. the 7A vignettes heavily wide open and stopped down to about f4. Really noticeable the closer you focus to infinity. Past that everything looks 'normal'.
Aperture ring feel is a bit gritty. Focus feel is 'ok I guess TM Grainydays'.. But waddya want for $200 used?
Leica M7, 7A 50 1.1, Fojak 200. From wide open, to a bit stopped down, to stopped down.
My final thought on this lens? I'd only use it wide open for specific character effects (dreamy portraiture etc) but not as a general purpose lens. If I'm stopping down, I'd use something much smaller and nicer in feel.
helimat wrote:
Being an bit of a gear hoarder, I actually have a Pen FT as well.... I just find it doesn't make it out much as it is basically the same size as my M6, while the H35 fits in a pocket or what have you. But I should definitely get it out & use it, or maybe stop hoarding gear.... 🤔 Hey! There's a Minolta Kit on FB Marketplace... Gotta go
It's not hoarding. Obviously you need the H35 because it has a built in flash and the Pen FT doesn't.
Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Kentmere Pan 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.
I just find it doesn't make it out much as it is basically the same size as my M6, while the H35 fits in a pocket or what have you. But I should definitely get it out & use it, or maybe stop hoarding gear.... 🤔 Hey! There's a Minolta Kit on FB Marketplace... Gotta go 
