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Ah, well. Continually amazed by the Stylus Epic, though — shot from the other week: 
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I think the Yashica T4 Zoom has a pretty close MFD (19 inches?) and zooms to 70mm. It's hard to do closeup framing with anything besides an SLR, though. Oh, and a cheap T4Z is like $350. ... I was bidding on a totally sick T4 Zoom that had been wired into a camouflaged plastic box with an IR motion sensor and got pretty psyched to do some candid wildlife film photography with it, but my alarm to place a final bid didn't go off and someone else got it for $42. Which is a shame, because I would have offered at least 50. For a yashica t4 zoom!! Edit: My Stylus Infinity (which I bought at a swap meet for $20) apparently just stopped focusing about halfway through it's first roll. The sequence for making an exposure goes: press shutter button -> lens extends to correct distance for focus -> shutter fires. Mine is apparently just extending to the same middle-distance focus every time, no matter what. It's weird. There's nothing blocking the AF sensors. I gave my XA2 to a friend, so I'm currently without a good 35mm P&S. I did pick up a Fuji medium format point and shoot, though, and it's been great. SMERSH Mouth fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Dec 22, 2016 |
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new job means new camera equipment. Got a Stylus Epic or under $100 on ebay, and this gives me a chance to try it against my fleet of Stylus Infinitys to see if those 2/3s of a stop makes any difference. Hopefully I'll reach a point where my posts get less gear related, i havent had anything to develop in weeks
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Dec 23, 2016 23:17
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Understanding posted:new job means new camera equipment. Got a Stylus Epic or under $100 on ebay, and this gives me a chance to try it against my fleet of Stylus Infinitys to see if those 2/3s of a stop makes any difference. It's not just the increase in aperture, the lens is much much sharper. It rivals any boutique point and shoot: GR1v, Yashica T4, Contax T3, etc. I suspect it's due to the fourth aspherical plastic element. Disappointed that it's been catching on and tripled in price in the last few years.
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Literally the only issue I have with it is how fiddly the back buttons are for flash and spot. I have some Sugru on them so they're not so flush on the body, but it still sucks not having any sort of tactile feedback so I can tell which mode I'm on without having to look down at the screen. Had this been a dial, I'm pretty sure this would be the perfect P&S. edit: I guess exposure comp too, but hey, it is a P&S after all.
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Got a GR-1 for Christmas, so I'm pretty excited about making GBS threads up this thread a bunch in the new year.
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Was the XA sharper than the Stylus infinity? What about the Epic? I always thought my xa2 was pretty sharp, and was generally impressed with the acutance and detail reproduction of high contrast black & white film run through the 2's f/3.5. Some say it's sharper than the original, though. I have a developed roll from my infinity but can't be arsed to make high-definition scans from it. Half the shots aren't even in focus. There's an OG XA on my local CL, but I'm not sure it's the 35mm P&S I want to live with. If the Stylus Epic is sharper, I might hold out for one. Those contaxes are sexy, but my dream compact is the GR21. Too bad there are lots of better ways I could think to spend $1200.
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Anyone have a case they like? I'd like to protect my new Gr-1, rather than just throwing it loose in my bag.
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SMERSH Mouth posted:Was the XA sharper than the Stylus infinity? What about the Epic? I have all three. On paper the XA will be better because it has more elements in the lens, followed by the Epic, then the Infinity. I was shooting today with my Epic, and I'm a little disappointed with how slow it can be. The epic (or at least mine) needs a fraction more time between shots than I'm used to, so I take one photo, get ready to take another and miss it because it's still doing it's thing. I still want to put my Infinity and my Epic head-to-head to see if there are actually any differences, because it seems a lot of people want to puff this camera up to be hot poo poo. It's good, but it's not an end all be all, especially since it wasn't that high-end compared to what's available at the time.
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I found an Olympus Stylus Epic DLX 35mm 2.8 in it's original holster at a thrift store for $10. I don't plan on shooting film but might in the future so I took it with. The battery was dated 2013 and totally dead. I put in a new battery and it's still got half a roll of unexposed film. I'm going to finish the roll and see if the pictures I take come out to test the camera. Seeing as half the roll will be random found footage that will probably be junk what is the cheapest place that does developing? As I understand it most retail stores pulled their machines in the last few years. Though walgreens website says that they still develop in store if listed as having a photolab. my turn in the barrel fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Dec 31, 2016 |
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my turn in the barrel posted:I found an Olympus Stylus Epic DLX 35mm 2.8 in it's original holster at a thrift store for $10. I don't plan on shooting film but might in the future so I took it with. Find your local photo shop, if not, Walgreens or whatever.
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Whelp, my second Infinty shat the bed last night, the lens was coming out with a really crunchy sound out of nowhere. I'll probably take it apart to take a look at it. It just sucks cause it's my nicer of the two.
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Going through my first few ricoh gr1 rolls.  santa monica sunset by spike mccue, on Flickr  AK thinking about livng in LA by spike mccue, on Flickr  Rainy Day LA Colors by spike mccue, on Flickr  CA Colors (Ricoh GR-1 test rolls) by spike mccue, on Flickr
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 Terminals by _oe _o_e_, on Flickr I wish scanning didnt take so needlessly long.
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Well my Stylus Infinity just rewound after 7 shots while I was on vacation and not willing to gently caress with it so I'm pretty annoyed.
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My epic did that after 8 shots on the second to last roll. It was a 36 frame roll. Was super pissed.
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Can't you put it back in and shoot with the lens covered until you are past the last exposed frame?
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Helen Highwater posted:Can't you put it back in and shoot with the lens covered until you are past the last exposed frame? That's my plan but I didn't have a leader retriever with me on vacation so that I could reload the roll. I even brought a spare CR123 and everything.
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voodoorootbeer posted:That's my plan but I didn't have a leader retriever with me on vacation so that I could reload the roll. I even brought a spare CR123 and everything. Double sided tape and a piece of film or something thin.
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I need to find where I put the photos I took on my Ricoh 35FM. I bought it for like $32 shipped off eBay and took it to Atlanta. I love the little thing and it takes the best hipster photos.
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you mean contemporary conformist photos
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the last two posts are bad
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ansel autisms posted:you mean contemporary conformist photos Carles is dead
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carles lives on in our hearts
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i've gone full lomo and shot a roll of long expired color film in my dodgy Stylus Epic:  
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man i am so much happier now that i got the fixed lens stylus epic  00000018 by Ben Wilcox, on Flickr 00000015 by Ben Wilcox, on Flickrk-zed posted:i've gone full lomo and shot a roll of long expired color film in my dodgy Stylus Epic: Dig this a lot 
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Bought an Olympus Stylus Zoom DLX and Pentax IQZoom 835 at a charity sale this weekend. Don't need them both, so assuming they both work (still haven't tested but they look brand new), which one should I keep?
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mactheknife posted:Bought an Olympus Stylus Zoom DLX and Pentax IQZoom 835 at a charity sale this weekend. Don't need them both, so assuming they both work (still haven't tested but they look brand new), which one should I keep? The Stylus Zoom has more reach and is rain/splash proof. I have the fixed 35mm f/2.8 version now but I still use it from time to time and have always been pretty happy with it.  E: I'm assuming you mean this one. "Stylus Zoom" means quite a few similarly-named models unfortunately. E2: If you mean the black body with the 35-70mm zoom, I know that's still splash/rain proof as well. DJExile fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Mar 13, 2017 |
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 These two guys here are what I picked up. Should have put this in my first post, sorry.
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Honestly, I'd just keep whichever one you want. I think the only advantage the oly has is weather sealing, but lord knows what condition that's in after it's been around for so long. They both look pretty portable.
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After a cursory look up I was leaning towards the Pentax because it'll fit in a pocket easier, but wanted some other opinions just to see. Thanks!
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I have a Nikon Action Touch that I I've been shooting with for the last few months. Yesterday while changing a role of film, the camera stopped being able to wind the roll to the next frame. When there is no film in the camera, the shutter will fire, the film counter will advance and the auto winder appears to work, but when I put in a roll of film it dies. Is this just a sign that the motor inside is toast? Or is this something which can get repaired?
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hi liter posted:I have a Nikon Action Touch that I I've been shooting with for the last few months. Yesterday while changing a role of film, the camera stopped being able to wind the roll to the next frame. That sounds like a bad motor, yeah. I'd poke around and see if a shop near you can get a look at it, those are pretty fun cameras E: I have no idea what they run for though
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If it's a motor/PCB issue, you're likely better off chucking it in the trash and buying a new one, rather than getting it repaired. Cost of labor & parts (even if they were widely available, which I'm going to assume they're not) wouldn't make it feasible considering they're selling for like $70 on eBay.
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