35mm point and shoot megathread (or "watch my friends drink")

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8th-snype: Aug 28, 2005; My office is in the front room of a run-down 12 megapixel sensor but the rent suits me and the landlord doesn't ask many questions.

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Jook posted:

Got my XA2 - looks to be in near perfect condition. Shot a roll of 800, paid near 12 bucks to have it developed and the images to be put on CD, cried in the car as I went through the prints and found 1 maybe 2 shots that weren't horrible blurry messes.

Granted everything was shot at night/at a concert and it took me a few shots to realize that I needed to wait and listen for the shutter before moving but still I didn't think I'd be so bad.

Film is very humbling. I love taking a pile of film to the lab riiiight up until the point I'm in the parking lot squinting at negs that I was sure were perfect. I learn something from every bad frame.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2011 13:46

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 10:58

8th-snype: Aug 28, 2005; My office is in the front room of a run-down 12 megapixel sensor but the rent suits me and the landlord doesn't ask many questions.

Dorkroom Short Fiction Champion 2012; Young Orc

Just don't underexpose Reala too much or it's a bitch to scan.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2011 04:00

8th-snype: Aug 28, 2005; My office is in the front room of a run-down 12 megapixel sensor but the rent suits me and the landlord doesn't ask many questions.

Dorkroom Short Fiction Champion 2012; Young Orc

Paragon8 posted:

ah I was under the impression that the yashica t3 was pretty much auto only. That's good to know! It's hard finding any manual info on it

Trick the DX sensor with electrical tape to block off contacts or by scraping the paint off to expose them. I do that to push Tri-X in my Olympus Stylus.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2012 10:08

8th-snype: Aug 28, 2005; My office is in the front room of a run-down 12 megapixel sensor but the rent suits me and the landlord doesn't ask many questions.

Dorkroom Short Fiction Champion 2012; Young Orc

eggsovereasy posted:

XA came out in 1979!

For what it's worth, I hate my XA. Only time I get a photo in focus is luck. The rangefinder patch is so dim I can barely see it, even on a bright sunny day.

Put a sharpie dot on the viewfinder to increase the contrast of the rangefinder patch.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2012 08:55

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