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wanderlost posted:The light meter in my LC-A stopped working this afternoon. I've replaced the batteries and still no luck, so I need a replacement. Try taking it apart, don't really have anything to lose. You can find guides on the internet.
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Jook posted:Did you get one for $7.50 an hour or so ago? If so I tried to snipe you and failed.. That's the one! Does anyone want to buy this XA-2 for 33$ shipped? Ebay link Edit: Camera gone to a goon Sirkus fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Feb 22, 2011 |
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My XA2 arrived today (hello, bandwagon!), complete with a mostly already shot roll of film.  Hopefully it's not kiddie porn Awkward Davies fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Feb 22, 2011 |
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Awkward Davies posted:My XA2 arrived today (hello, bandwagon!), complete with an mostly already shot roll of film. Years ago when I was doing filmmaking, I bought a bunch of rolls and cores and various other supplies. Sure enough there was a homemade B&W porno movie in there shot on 16mm. It's amazing what some people will throw away.
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Seeing as we can't shut up about XA's.
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Sweet, I thought for sure some jerk would snipe me at 230am and steal my new Konica Auto S3 in my sleep, but alas, no one did  Might've over payed a tad, but whatever, it looks sweet.
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I HATE CARS posted:Seeing as we can't shut up about XA's. Is there a photography anime I don't know about?!?!?
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:Is there a photography anime I don't know about?!?!? Lots probably, but I don't know them either. This is from FLCL, she also has an OM.
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Feb 23, 2011 19:25
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You loaded that film so fast!! I...incredible!!
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I know of two animes nominally about photography but they're both bad. (Flag and Speed Grapher) Does anybody know anything about the Canon Sure Shot? I'm looking for something cheap and small I can shove in a bag or coat pocket when an SLR is too bulky to carry around all day, and the Sure Shot seems like the cheapest f/2.8 compact available on ebay.
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What about the Canon AF35ML (Super Sure Shot)? 40mm, f/1.9, $25 buy it now on ebay. And it looks like it's a little bit smaller than the original Sure Shot.
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That might be good too... It looks like the lens and grip stick out a bit more, and it doesn't have the built in lens cover, but f/1.9 would be very useful. fake edit: Apparently it's loud and the AF isn't very good.
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Contax T2 came today. I love MF but it will be great having something I can take with me everywhere & experiment with film a bit more. Woot
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Beastruction posted:That might be good too... It looks like the lens and grip stick out a bit more, and it doesn't have the built in lens cover, but f/1.9 would be very useful. I have several Canon P&S cameras. I can dig them out if you are interested. They would be MUCH cheaper than $25. I'm talking $10 shipped.  I'm currently in love with my Samsung ECX1. It is literally the Porsche of P&S cameras (Porsche designed the camera). Looks totally different but has lots of manual functions and 38-140mm Zoom. Oh did I mention it does Panorama on 35mm film?  Nannypea fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Feb 27, 2011 |
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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.
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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. It's a P&S camera from the 80's with 800 film in it, I'm not quite sure what you were expecting there. Go outside during the day and take some photos.
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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. You can pay to get the meter modified to read a stop faster (can shoot 1600), but for an XA2 I dunno if it'd be worth it.
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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. 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.
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 I'm a big fan of my mju-II, but there is one thing that pisses me off about it, there is no way to permanently turn off the flash, every time I slide the cover open I have to turn it off again. I might consider getting rid of one of my serious cameras in exchange for a contax t3.
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Nannypea posted:I have several Canon P&S cameras. I can dig them out if you are interested. They would be MUCH cheaper than $25. I'm talking $10 shipped. Maybe if there's a fast lens on one of them, but I think I might let the P&S idea wait until I feel like spending enough to get a good one. My DSLR fits well enough in my bag if I don't bring extra books. Reichstag posted:I'm a big fan of my mju-II, but there is one thing that pisses me off about it, there is no way to permanently turn off the flash, every time I slide the cover open I have to turn it off again. I might consider getting rid of one of my serious cameras in exchange for a contax t3. It's too bad you can't hack the firmware on it.
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Electrical tape.
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RizieN posted:Electrical tape. Uh ...
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What, you can't put tape over the flash? (it is a joke)
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Stupid question time, is the A11 flash on an XA at all useful?
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8th-samurai posted: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. I bought 400 speed and I've been shooting in doors. I'm guessing my first role on the XA2 is going to be a total waste.
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:Stupid question time, is the A11 flash on an XA at all useful? Have you read the first page of this thread? But as I said before; I think the added size and weight (and slow recharge) completely negate all of the major positives of the XA. Awkward Davies posted:I bought 400 speed and I've been shooting in doors. I'm guessing my first role on the XA2 is going to be a total waste. If it's not too dark you should be fine, I have shaky as hell hands and if I'm careful then anything above 1/30 turns out fine. Also, I pretty much only shoot 100 – pushed two stops to 400 – indoors and out.
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:Stupid question time, is the A11 flash on an XA at all useful?
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Developed the first roll from my XA2 last night. I screwed up during the developing but I'm very happy with the camera.  
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I really want to get a small P&S film camera after realizing that while I love my DSLR it's loving huge and I don't want to carry it everywhere. Does anyone have any opinions on the Konica Auto S3? I'd rather not spend too much on this as film and developing is already going to be a bitch and I travel a lot and don't want to get it destroyed.
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:I really want to get a small P&S film camera after realizing that while I love my DSLR it's loving huge and I don't want to carry it everywhere. Does anyone have any opinions on the Konica Auto S3? I'd rather not spend too much on this as film and developing is already going to be a bitch and I travel a lot and don't want to get it destroyed. The Konica Auto S3 is not a point and shoot but rather a part of a different family of cameras known as Compact 35mm/compact RF, it was essentially designed to compete with Leica's Leica CL. While the Konica Auto S3 is an exceptional camera and a blast to use (with a really sick rangefinder), it is certainly not the only Compact 35 RF in the world, much as the XA2 is not the only point and shoot. The main difference being there's an Olympus XA2 in every corner of the globe for $60 or less, the Konica Auto S3 is actually somewhat rare and will typically go for $200 or more. Seeing as there's been a real interest in this thread in good compact 35s, i'll probably expand the OP to cover those in more detail in the coming week. That being said, the Konica IS a really nice system, if not for the weird battery issues (it uses obsolete and illegal mercury batteries), is freakishly tiny, and due to its rarity, you will probably have to buy another S3 for parts if you want it repaired.
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 I replied to an ad earlier for the Minilux, which the guy wanted $125 for. I meet him to pick it up, he says, "oh yeah, I have another one you can have too" and pulls out a Leica Mini II. So yeah, um... 
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FasterThanLight posted:
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Got my Konica Auto S3 today, a little more beat up than the ebay guy said it was, but I'm still stoked...now if only I could find a battery for it  Also, for you guys who want to try and bid on this...supposedly a brand new never used or opened Konica Auto S3 original packaging and all; http://cgi.ebay.com/Konica-Auto-S3-35-mm-camera-never-been-used-/250780671630 edit; question "this website says posted:The Konica uses the much maligned PX675 mercury battery that is no longer available in the U.S. An alkaline or silver-oxide 375 battery will also work but the meter will read slightly fast, so you have to compensate using the ISO dial. The meter actually shows the F-Stop...and I control the shutter via a dial on the lens. Is the difference going to be negligible you think? I believe the replacement battery is .2 more volts so...should I shoot at an ISO setting one setting lower than the film's ISO? I mean... its kind of a big step from 800 to 400. The camera is Shutter Priority..so I guess it auto F-Stops for me. So I can either slow the shutter or change the ISO dial...but I don't know how much either way. I'm gonna write down my settings on each shot anyway and see the differences...but I'd like to know for sure. I'm new to real film. RizieN fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Mar 3, 2011 |
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RizieN posted:
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RizieN posted:Got my Konica Auto S3 today, a little more beat up than the ebay guy said it was, but I'm still stoked...now if only I could find a battery for it editt: dorkasaurus, since it's come up a few times, can you please add to the OP that size 675 zinc-air hearing aid batteries are a direct replacement for size 675 mercury cells and that they last about two to three weeks once opened so keep a pack in your camera bag? GWBBQ fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Mar 3, 2011 |
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GWBBQ posted:Use size 675 zinc-air hearing aid batteries, they have the same actual voltage as the mercury batteries. They go bad after a few weeks since they react with air to produce power but you won't fry anything in your camera and your meter will read correctly. Yes, I am going to add that as well as some other info about compact 35s to the OP soon.
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:No gently caress off I'm bidding on the same one Sorry! I'm actually not bidding on it, I just got mine in the mail and I'm STOKED. GWBBQ posted:Use size 675 zinc-air hearing aid batteries, they have the same actual voltage as the mercury batteries. They go bad after a few weeks since they react with air to produce power but you won't fry anything in your camera and your meter will read correctly. Awesome, thanks man!
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Ok! Updated the OP with battery info/35mm compact camera porn.
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