What is the best, sharpest fixed-focus, non-zoom compact camera ever?
Apr 19, 2021 14:26:09 #
I had an Olympus 35SP camera that took great slides. It had a sort of auto aperture adjuster with a built in light meter with a needle capture to set the aperture. Bought it in 1970 for $80 and sold it some 40+ years later for $110!
Apr 19, 2021 15:03:29 #
radiojohn wrote:
An odd question, but an area I find interesting. Regardless of resolution, what is the best compact camera with a non-AF, non-Zoom lens you have seen?
I have had luck with an early 5 MP Kodak (made by Chinon) and a "PaperShoot" with a Largan lens.
Zone focus or fixed focus included.
Thanks!
I have had luck with an early 5 MP Kodak (made by Chinon) and a "PaperShoot" with a Largan lens.
Zone focus or fixed focus included.
Thanks!
My first reaction is, "Who cares?"
My second reaction is, "Film or digital?"
Then I ask, "Why fixed focus?"
Next I ask, "Do you mean fixed focal length, or manual focus? There's a conflict between your Post Title and the body of your first comment."
My flip answer is an Instamatic 104.
My current answer would be, "Get a smartphone."
I did use a Canon ELPH Junior APS film camera at one point. It was tiny, and pretty darned good. I won it in a contest at a trade show. It was fixed focal length, but AF with focus lock option.
In the 1970s, the Rollei 35 was a good choice.
Apr 19, 2021 15:41:06 #
User ID wrote:
. br Shown with pancake zoom, but sharp primes abo... (show quote)
What's "tortured death" all about? Is it a pack of cigarettes?
Apr 19, 2021 16:19:09 #
jaymatt wrote:
There is no such “best” animal.
Acoarst there is. AAMOF I’ve got a variety of them.
Apr 19, 2021 16:20:59 #
srg wrote:
What's "tortured death" all about? Is it a pack of cigarettes?
Must be some pravda from der kommissar of peoples illnesses.
Apr 19, 2021 16:50:26 #
Abo wrote:
If you mean a compact camera with a fixed lens, I'm running the Fujifilm X100 series up the flagpole...
if you mean a compact camera with any (changeable) prime,
I'm sticking with Fujifilm X-Trans cameras with an XF 35mm
if you mean a compact camera with any (changeable) prime,
I'm sticking with Fujifilm X-Trans cameras with an XF 35mm
Good luck looking through the viewfinder of X100 I had one for a week before I sold it for a Canon M50, again this is my preference.
Apr 20, 2021 10:46:06 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
radiojohn wrote:
An odd question, but an area I find interesting. Regardless of resolution, what is the best compact camera with a non-AF, non-Zoom lens you have seen?
I have had luck with an early 5 MP Kodak (made by Chinon) and a "PaperShoot" with a Largan lens.
Zone focus or fixed focus included.
Thanks!
I have had luck with an early 5 MP Kodak (made by Chinon) and a "PaperShoot" with a Largan lens.
Zone focus or fixed focus included.
Thanks!
O believe my best two image performing small cameras were:
An Iskra II
A later Zenobia
OK, so the Iskra wasn't all that small. Compared to the larger folders I had, it was.
The lens was very sharp, the camera was easy, the pics were great.
The Zenobia was my carry around point and shoot for years. Pocket size.
Probably where my f8 fetish came from. 200 120 film at f8 and a little Sunny16- i got the shot.
Apr 22, 2021 15:53:43 #
The Yashica T4 Super had a Zeiss 35mm f/3.5 Tessar. Really excellent, especially at the price. The Nikon L35Af was no slouch either. The Contax T2/T3 may outshine both of these.
Apr 23, 2021 03:36:38 #
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Apr 25, 2021 18:26:54 #
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What is the best compact camera with a non-AF, non-Zoom lens you have seen?
Olympus XA
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