madNbad wrote:
Too big. I wanted something that was about the same size as the Retina IIa.
Yeah, I hear you on that. The Work Record is about the same size as my Leica M2-R, albeit a lot lighter.
I'm still half-looking for a small, fast, quiet film camera that I can put in the back pocket of my trousers like I could with the Ricoh FF-1 (which died late last year). I thought my Canon Demi EE 17 would fit the bill, but its meter died after three rolls (I now use it with a low-profile cold shoe meter) but it was bigger and heavier than I expected and not trousers-pocketable anyway.
I keep missing photo opportunities when I'm out and about because by the time I fish my camera out of the bag, the moment is gone. I don't like wearing a camera around my neck, so it goes in a pocket or my daypack. A few days ago I saw a bicycle rider wearing ski goggles, with his poodle in a trailer behind him wearing the same ski goggles, and I thought ah, here's Montréal's version of Desmolicious! I should have whipped out my phone but for Huss's sake I wanted to capture it on film and I was too slow.
The Fuji is autofocus, auto-exposure and fits in a coat pocket, but its winding motor makes noise; the Ricoh was dead quiet as is my Canon Demi. Out on the street the Fuji's noise is not objectionable but I can't use it in quiet places without turning heads.
madNbad wrote:
In 2015 I bought an Olympus Stylus 38-120 for five USD at a Goodwill Store. There were several listed on eBay and all were priced between $175 to $225. One listing was for an Olympus Muji that was missing the window in the slot to view the film cassette and the seller was still asking a hundred dollars for it. Even the Samsungs and Pentaxes that used to be a bargain have spiked in price, There are plenty of bargain cameras out there but I wasn’t interested in searching. I wasn’t even planning on buying a camera but the LC Wide is small, light and easy to carry. Plus it should be fun to use....Show more →
Please, by all means, enjoy your LC Wide 🙂
I was merely pointing out that I don't agree with the statement that "$299 is a lot cheaper than most of the thirty year old P&S's".
It's only the severly hyped models like the Olympus Mju-II or Yashica T4 etc. that go for 300 or more on a regular basis.
There are still gems out there for much less than that, plenty with a 35mm of course, and also awesome wide angle options like a Ricoh R1 (near-mint for 200) whose lens runs circles around the Lomo 💁♂️
That looks nice, seems like you have beautiful nature (and climate) there @OregonSun 🙂
Can't say the same about Berlin, at least not right now 😅
Had a camera with me again every day again this week, snow is gone for now (now's it's raining instead), still mostly shades of grey all around - started to take some pictures of torn advertising posters because that frankly looked more interesting than everything else I saw this week, haha.
..spent a lot of time in my new darkroom actually, so here's one of the first prints, from an old picture of kale I took on a veggie market in Berlin years ago 🙃
bjhurley wrote:
Yeah, I hear you on that. The Work Record is about the same size as my Leica M2-R, albeit a lot lighter.
I'm still half-looking for a small, fast, quiet film camera that I can put in the back pocket of my trousers like I could with the Ricoh FF-1 (which died late last year). I thought my Canon Demi EE 17 would fit the bill, but its meter died after three rolls (I now use it with a low-profile cold shoe meter) but it was bigger and heavier than I expected and not trousers-pocketable anyway.
I keep missing photo opportunities when I'm out and about because by the time I fish my camera out of the bag, the moment is gone. I don't like wearing a camera around my neck, so it goes in a pocket or my daypack. A few days ago I saw a bicycle rider wearing ski goggles, with his poodle in a trailer behind him wearing the same ski goggles, and I thought ah, here's Montréal's version of Desmolicious! I should have whipped out my phone but for Huss's sake I wanted to capture it on film and I was too slow.
The Fuji is autofocus, auto-exposure and fits in a coat pocket, but its winding motor makes noise; the Ricoh was dead quiet as is my Canon Demi. Out on the street the Fuji's noise is not objectionable but I can't use it in quiet places without turning heads.
This started because of the Holga. Since my cataract surgery it's been difficult to read the frame numbers through the red window but by holding a small flashlight at a shallow angle, the numbers are lit well enough to advance to the correct frame. I also started carrying a small roll of paper tape for those times when you get to the end of the roll and the sealer is missing. Added a small Leatherman Tool, a Bauch & Lomb folding magnifier plus a two meter tape measure. All of would fit in my jacket pocket. I began to ponder what to do in warmer weather. When we were in Paris, I was using my wife's Baggallini satchel as a primary way to carry things around. It was light weight, has a bunch of pockets and they are ubiquitous enough to not be recognized as a target for theft.
The bag I bought is small but has a number of pockets and will hold a number of items. Last week I met with @_jim_ and I took the Retina with me. The bag wasn't too heavy and will be fine for those times when I want to take the Kodak but if I wanted to leave a a film camera in the bag, something lighter was a priority.
I hadn't looked at P&S for a while and wasn't too surprised that the eBay sellers thinking the film camera boom was still booming. Plus, not real thrilled about buying a thirty year old camera that relies on increasingly fragile electronics.
When Huss posted about the LC Wide, I did some research and found they are still in production and available. The price was a bit higher than the Muji or some of the other fixed lens 90's P&S but we're a generation away from the 90's.
The camera should arrive mid week. B&H has a pretty good return policy if it breaks the first time out. Plus it kept me from buying a Brooks Veriwide.
Also that pinhole Ektar shot is amazing @bjhurley !
This is shot straight on 120 film, yes? How long does it need to be exposed in this scenario, if I may ask?
Tina Kino wrote:
Also that pinhole Ektar shot is amazing @bjhurley@ !
This is shot straight on 120 film, yes? How long does it need to be exposed in this scenario, if I may ask?
Thanks, yes straight on 120 film! I don't keep track of times anymore but I didn't have an ND filter on the camera (it was late in the day) so I'm guessing it was only a few seconds, maybe 5 or 6. Winter is a very bright time here with snow on the ground and if I'm taking pinhole photos during the day (even if it's cloudy out) I always have to use filters otherwise the exposure is less than a second. Since these cameras have hand-operated shutters it's hard to be precise with anything shorter than a second so I always try to make it a few seconds or a few minutes long.
I've been shooting so much B&W film that a bit of colour provides some relief! It's been a long, cold winter and we still have more than a month of it left. It doesn't really start feeling like spring here until mid April.
Thanks for elaborating @bjhurley - it's been ages that I shot pinhole (and never on film, only directly on (bw) paper, and on polaroid), I thought times must be really short with colour negative - but of course, with some nd filters it's easy to bring it to less hectic shutter times 🙂
I've been shooting so much B&W film that a bit of colour provides some relief! It's been a long, cold winter and we still have more than a month of it left. It doesn't really start feeling like spring here until mid April.
Ha, I hear you! It's very much the same here in Berlin 😅
We had the coldest January in 15 years here, and like two sunny days in all of Feb, so people are quite worn down, haha.
..spent a lot of time in my new darkroom actually, so here's one of the first prints, from an old picture of kale I took on a veggie market in Berlin years ago 🙃
Eigener Anbau? In Berlin?? Das gibt's doch gar nicht!
