The 35mm half frame is back
Jun 3, 2022 13:00:59 #
There is this new Kodak Ektar H35 half frame camera announced recently. It would save on the cost of film.
Jun 3, 2022 14:05:08 #
Jun 3, 2022 20:28:14 #
BebuLamar wrote:
There is this new Kodak Ektar H35 half frame camera announced recently. It would save on the cost of film.
It has a fixed shutter speed of 1/100 sec, and a 22mm lens with a fixed f/9.5 aperture, pretty limiting.
Jun 3, 2022 22:30:07 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
It has a fixed shutter speed of 1/100 sec, and a 22mm lens with a fixed f/9.5 aperture, pretty limiting.
The lens is plastic too so it's really pretty close to those disposable cameras.
Jun 4, 2022 02:35:35 #
I owned a Mercury II half frame years ago. Oddly interesting design and took decent pictures. This one? Maybe not.
Jun 4, 2022 06:41:56 #
I still have a Canyon half frame that I bought when I was stationed in Germany back in 1964. Used the hell out of that camera, bet it still works just fine.
Jun 4, 2022 08:22:13 #
kmielen
Loc: Eastern NC
JohnSwanda wrote:
It has a fixed shutter speed of 1/100 sec, and a 22mm lens with a fixed f/9.5 aperture, pretty limiting.
As a former Kodak QA manager, I hate to see the name EKTAR on this camera.
Jun 4, 2022 09:08:35 #
My first camera was a $0.98 half frame. I was about 10 at the time.
This Kodak is cheap, but I don't want to go back to buying and developing film. If they could produce that same body in digital for the same price, that could be a winner - not half frame, though.
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This Kodak is cheap, but I don't want to go back to buying and developing film. If they could produce that same body in digital for the same price, that could be a winner - not half frame, though.
https://www.uniquephoto.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/categoryID/7F164980-B575-4953-977B-54C927A92151/productID/C86ADB01-BAC9-443C-B1B4-56A4E4E407BD/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=paid_search_google_pla&scid=scplpREC08&sc_intid=REC08&gclid=Cj0KCQjwheyUBhD-ARIsAHJNM-PQtQFh9gnqoDgKK67PYqe2UkgMjlt0WVoEAcoJsDG1SLSWbzq82WIaAu_HEALw_wcB
Jun 4, 2022 09:16:17 #
kmielen wrote:
As a former Kodak QA manager, I hate to see the name EKTAR on this camera.
Why?
Jun 4, 2022 09:43:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
My first camera was a $0.98 half frame. I was abo... (show quote)
Why not??? The APS-C is really about half frame size.
Jun 4, 2022 12:49:13 #
Laramie wrote:
I owned a Mercury II half frame years ago. Oddly interesting design and took decent pictures. This one? Maybe not.
I have a Yashica (Kyocera) Samurai ½ frame. Auto exposure, auto focus, takes really good pictures. Here’s one from a few years ago.
Jun 4, 2022 14:50:49 #
photocraft
Loc: Wyoming
BebuLamar wrote:
There is this new Kodak Ektar H35 half frame camera announced recently. It would save on the cost of film.
My one caveat: be careful with your camera setup. I was on a European tour many years ago where one of the group had a half-frame camera. It wasn't until well into the tour that he realized that he had forgotten to load film into the camera. Needless to say, it was devastating that he had "lost" 72 photographs that would never be recovered.
Jun 4, 2022 15:18:05 #
I had an Olympus Pen half-frame camera that I used as a backup camera for my pro-work, and it was terrific. The images were sharp and I could carry it in my back pocket.
Jun 4, 2022 15:30:07 #
kmielen
Loc: Eastern NC
Architect1776 wrote:
Why?
EKTAR (at least when I was there) was a semi-professional, ultra-fine grain, color negative film. Coating structure was different from KODACOLOR (including the use of T-grains) which resulted in better sharpness.
Going back even further, EKTAR was the name used for Kodak's higher end lenses from the 30's to the 60's.
For both reasons, the name is inappropriate for this camera, IMHO.
Jun 4, 2022 15:38:13 #
kmielen wrote:
EKTAR (at least when I was there) was a semi-professional, ultra-fine grain, color negative film.
Those of us (well, at least one of us) who are “STILL there” can reassure you that Ektar is still around and definitely Kodak’s professional color negative film.
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