A friend lent me this point and shoot to try out. It's too simple! While the images came out OK, there was no feedback from the camera that focus had been achieved. No lens movement . . . only a green light in the tiny viewfinder that gave an indication it was OK to shoot.
lifeandmylens wrote:
Thanks Rusty. I think it's a neat film for night time, like in my mind of an old gas station with the lights on or something. For my current life where I'm stuck mostly indoors with young kids most of the time I'll probably stick to Portra 400/800. I just wanted to try it for Christmas lights, but it was so cold that night I barely took any pictures. But here's a few snaps from that roll. Oh and no light leaks!
Yea man- I like the frames just not the colors of that film for inside portraits.- Porta would have turned out so much better IMO.
I just put a roll through at a Blazers game- Just waiting on the lab to develop it. Thanks for sharing-
A friend lent me this point and shoot to try out. It's too simple! While the images came out OK, there was no feedback from the camera that focus had been achieved. No lens movement . . . only a green light in the tiny viewfinder that gave an indication it was OK to shoot.
I have found that the longer the zoom range is with P&S cameras, the not as great the IQ. And subject to camera distance can often really make a difference - some were designed more to be used up to mid distance i.e for snaps of your family and friends. These look good but the tell tale re sharpness is the numbers on the license plate and house.
But the reality is to not expect too much from them - they are for happy snapping when you do not have your serious gear w you, or for when you want to be able to hand over the camera to someone else w/o needing to explain what to do.
These pics are a little underexposed because in conditions like this I really should have used fresh ISO 400 film at 400.
Matter of fact, P&S cameras work best w ISO 400 film unless you are only taking pics in blazing beach side sunshine.
Which I usually do...
Desmolicious wrote:
Samsung AF Slim Zoom, Press 400 @ 100
These pics are a little underexposed because in conditions like this I really should have used fresh ISO 400 film at 400.
Matter of fact, P&S cameras work best w ISO 400 film unless you are only taking pics in blazing beach side sunshine.
Which I usually do...
madNbad wrote:
I like the surreal effect of the clock floating in grainy space.
Thanks! It is this clock to give you an idea about size/distance. It was pitch black, the clock was not self illuminated (but it looks like it should be), the flash on the Samsung is very small, and ISO 100 so it was a bit of a reach!
Desmolicious wrote:
I have found that the longer the zoom range is with P&S cameras, the not as great the IQ. And subject to camera distance can often really make a difference - some were designed more to be used up to mid distance i.e for snaps of your family and friends. These look good but the tell tale re sharpness is the numbers on the license plate and house.
But the reality is to not expect too much from them - they are for happy snapping when you do not have your serious gear w you, or for when you want to be able to hand over the camera to someone else w/o needing to explain what to do....Show more →
Most definitely agree! This was fun to borrow a friends point and shoot for the experience (or lack thereof). I'll likely get a point and shoot but I'll focus on a single focal length rather than a zoom. I've been looking but the prices are insane for some of these cameras . . .
rji2goleez wrote:
Most definitely agree! This was fun to borrow a friends point and shoot for the experience (or lack thereof). I'll likely get a point and shoot but I'll focus on a single focal length rather than a zoom. I've been looking but the prices are insane for some of these cameras . . .
Right now the smart money is on single focal length cameras like the Fuji Work Record (sweet 28mm lens), Nikon Lite Touch AF/AF 600 (tiny, again sweet 28mm lens). I say that because that is what I have .
But all kidding aside, they are great and still affordable because they haven't caught on yet like the trendy ones. Outside that, a short zoom P&S. Like 2x range tops. It is nutty that an Olympus Stylus/Mju is worth more money than a Nikon F3.. or F100. Purely driven by social media.
edit - just saw that the Nikon has become pricey.... did I mention the Samsung AF Slim Zoom? $20-$30, snap focus function (presets focus so you take pics w zero lag) etc. Love mine. Oh look, another pic I took with it!
Seeing the P&S prices continue to climb, I bought this Olympus Stylus Epic 170 at a Goodwill in the spring of 2017. Maybe not everyones favorite but it was eight dollars and worked great:
Tried to give it away on another forum but no one claimed it so it went back to Goodwill.
Just for fun, the photo was taken with an originally $6000 dollar Nikon D2x that I bought for $150.
Some more Polaroid Instant Lab prints. The first one here started life as a film photo, shot on Minolta XD with Portra 400. The others were digital, printed to Polaroid. I think I got a bad batch of film as everything has a really strong, dark green cast; when I have time I'll get some more from another shop and compare. But my expectations from Polaroid i-Type film were low to begin with; nothing here bothers me. Polaroid in this size is all about feeling, not image quality. Not sure what caused the dark band on the right of the last one, maybe dirty rollers on the printer, but once I get more film I'll print that one again as it works beautifully in Polaroid.
