Kyocera Samarai
Aug 23, 2018 20:35:41 #
I’ve been watching eBay auctions for the Kyocera Samarai X3.0 which is s late vintage (1980s or 1990s) 35mm half-frame film camera with a 25-75mm zoom and moderate automation. Anyone have any experience with one of these?
Aug 24, 2018 07:59:23 #
drmike99 wrote:
I’ve been watching eBay auctions for the Kyocera Samarai X3.0 which is s late vintage (1980s or 1990s) 35mm half-frame film camera with a 25-75mm zoom and moderate automation. Anyone have any experience with one of these?
That's a strange-looking camera.
Aug 24, 2018 08:27:19 #
Aug 24, 2018 11:07:49 #
Aug 27, 2018 23:14:01 #
Well I caved in and bid on it. Not really bid— it was buy it now. According to tracking Japan Post has it at the Tokyo airport ready to fly here. We'll see. TheDarkroom in San Clemente (great processing) has a $10 surplus for half frame. Not unreasonable since I'll be getting 72 scans. We'll see how it turns out. Looks like it could be a pretty good carry around snapshooter.
Aug 28, 2018 00:14:08 #
Aug 28, 2018 01:21:23 #
Sep 10, 2018 12:41:29 #
Well, the Samurai arrived in good shape from Japan and I downloaded the manual for it and as soon as we get some sunshine I am loading it with a 72-exposure roll of Ektar so Darkroom in San Clemente get ready! (Yes 72-exposure — it’s a ½ frame camera).
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