Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a point 'n shoot I use a hockey puck called the Konica Big Mini 301 I bought in Japan. I checked it out when I saw that Araki Nobuyoshi used one to capture the expressions of children on the street. His work was blown up big for an exhibition and also published in, I think, Nippon Camera and I was impressed. I kid you not, this camera has been dropped and (accidentally) drop kicked(!); it's slid across waxed floors into waiting walls, it's been stepped on. It's still ticking. I load it with Neopan 1600 Presto b&w -- it has a curve that looks like Tri-X and you get two extra stops, which helps with the f/3.5 lens. Bruce Feldman On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Noel H. Charchuk wrote: > > Although tecnically not a point and shoot, I use an Olympus Trip 35 from > the late 70's. You have to set focus at one of four distances, head, > head&torso, full body or mountains. Highly technical, huh? Exposure > automatically selects aperture, but you can override and select from 2.8 > on up. I feel the lens is excellent, and I don't worry about dropping it > in a lake of river or off a mountain as I have 2, the last one I bought > used for $20. Note this system definitly would avoid the focus lock > concern so many of you have mentioned, and noise is absolutly minimal. > A low tech solution, crude but effective!!! > Noel > > >