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Sounds like some problem with the electronics?
Did it get wet by chance?
Other than that I have no idea, mine never behaved like that.
Did the focus indication light up with the shots that came out dodgy?I think I'd just get another one of them in good condition as you seem to like it and are used to it.
Of course there's a lot of other nice point and shoots in that price range.
I did buy a lot of them and kept the three I liked best. I think one has to hold them in ones hand, and shoot a roll with them to decide whether it suits.
If I could only have one (sub £100) I think I'd take a Nikon L35AF, or if "pocketability" mattered much an Olympus Mju-II.
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Question for the LFGSS film photography hive-mind...
I've just got back from my honeymoon in Thailand and had 8 rolls of film developed — I took my trusty Pentax Espio Mini with me which I normally swear by but sadly this time it let me down. I took a mix of Portra 400, Vista 200, and Ektar 100. Whilst the majority of the shots I am happy with, about a 3rd of them came out completely, well, weird or completely out of focus which I've never had an issue with before. It's not a scanning/developing issue I don't think because it was only a few photos per roll that were dodgy. I could definitely feel there was something wrong with the camera though because it kept rewinding itself a few frames and misbehaving in other ways (which according to Google is a common problem with these cameras). Here are a few examples, the last one being how the majority of the photos came out...
My question is, it's going to cost more than the camera did originally to repair it so I'm looking to replace it with something similar but different, so what should I replace it with? Ideally looking for something sub—£100.
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