Analog film photography and cameras

It stalled for a while but moving again now!

Good to hear!
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Have you looked at the koni omega rapid or the mamiya universal?
Both are medium format rangefinders that are affordable and have good glass.

(..edited post so there's an image on the top of the page. I shot a SMC Pentax-M 1:1.7 alongside a Nikon 1:1.4 with same film, settings / develeoped in the same tank etc. - long story short I can't tell much of a difference)

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Thanks for your input as well Föhn.

Yes I have seen these. Very nice cameras, but not for me; they're too heavy and bulky in the long run.

At the moment I'm trying to convince myself of giving square format (and mirror inverted focussing, ha) another chance - I do have an old Rolleicord here, with a nice 75mm / 1:3.5 Xenar, it's not exacly slim as it's a classic TLR design - but it's less than 900g which is totally within the limits.
It's just that these "budget Rolleicords" have a really really dim focussing screen - going out with this on a cloudy day in winter you have a hard time telling what's what really).
So might invest in a better screen for this maybe..

Anyone on here upgraded a dim screen with one from Rick ?

A thing with folders is whilst the glass may be ok, the film often doesn't stay flat and sharpness suffers a bit.

Is that a thing with folders, or with huge negatives in general?

I've replaced the screen in my minolta autocord with a maxwell screen. It's a plain screen without a split image or micro prisms, but it works great with the focus magnifier. The screen is bright and it just pops in to focus. Doesn't feel slower then getting a 35mm slr in to focus.

Mores so with folders because opening bellows causes low air pressure, sucking the film away from the backplate. Some cameras suffer more than others.

Ah that makes sense, I had the same question

Ha, yea.. would not have thought of that to be honest
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What about a folding camera e.g. Zeiss Ikon?

They're a bit primative and lenses are a bit slow for handheld use in winter but the glass quality is decent and they're pretty cheap....

After reading up about cheap compact 120 cameras I ended up going down a rabbit hole and just bought one of these for £25. Got one with the f4.5 lens so hopefully with Tri-X pushed 1 or 2 stops it's be fine.
Didn't realise there was so many cheap folders out there.

In the meantime been enjoying my Mamiya C330

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Pinhole on PanF

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Sounds like the same one as me.

I really like the first tree shot

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Did you check :)

Thanks, and yes that's the one. Does lining the red dots up on the aperture and focus rings work well to get hyperfocal distance ? Manual reckons 13ft to infinity.

I can see myself using 800 or 1600ISO film and using it as glorified point and shoot with the dots lined up, and adjusting shutter speed to suit.

It's actually an olympus af-10

£10?

Save it for your Children

I have nicer compacts for that

Think I've found something else now, sorry

Being adopted considered if Yashica T4/5

These are nice. 1st shot is killer.

Thinking of getting into film.......

Anyone got a camera they're looking to sell? (Sorry if this is supposed to be in a different thread) Or recommendations?

Criteria:

Aiming for a more classical look as also want to use it as a prop
Easy to use to ease into film
35mm Lens
Budget around the £30 mark

If you’d like to sell and could post I’ll take t off your hands. No worries if not!