Desmolicious wrote:
Is that recent? It is 88° here today.
Yes, in the last three days. We are more than ready for spring, but March is still winter here; it doesn't usually get reliably springlike until mid to late April and we've had snow flurries as late as mid-May in some years. We're in the whiplash period: we had sunny, warm weather for a day, then an ice storm the next day. It's going to snow most of the day tomorrow, then nearly 60°F with rain on Monday; Tuesday night it drops to 3°F. All par for the course; the saying hereabouts is "if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes."
Tina Kino wrote:
Nice shots, really like the tones in these.
Also I've never heard of that camera before, just looked it up - amazing 😀 Would love to shoot a roll with one of these!
Thanks; I developed it in Rodinal at 1:50 for 13 minutes. As is the case with several of my cameras, I got this one based on recommendations from Huss (Desmolicious)!
The lens is excellent (Fujinon 28mm f/3.5) and the camera is totally weatherproof and rugged. I mostly use it as my foul-weather camera, although it's also perfect for travel. To me it's the film equivalent of a Leica Q without the price tag. The batteries last for years: I've taken more than 1,000 photos with mine and the battery indicator still reads full. So far it's been one of my most reliable film cameras and it's still very affordable!
Tina Kino wrote:
..just had a look on eBay - sadly there's only offerings from Japan, and not exactly cheap either!
For what it's worth I do already have a (fairly) rugged point-and-shoot I'm happy with (a Yashica T3) - but would love one with a 28mm lens..
Ah, maybe they've gotten more expensive; I got mine for US $90 two years ago, mint condition in the original box and manual. The camera was never sold outside of Japan and I got mine (along with most of my other film cameras and lenses) from an eBay seller in Japan. The manual is only in Japanese but I was able to use my scanner with optical character recognition and then Google translate to get the instructions for the functions I was curious about. It's a great camera.
bjhurley wrote:
The camera was never sold outside of Japan
..ah.. kinda had a hunch that this was the case 👍
I got mine (along with most of my other film cameras and lenses) from an eBay seller in Japan
If you don't mind would you share the name of the seller (pm me if you like) -
I'm not opposed to ordering from Japan, but I did read about a lot of disappointing experiences so am kinda wary to be frank.
