Rentavet sent me one of these little cameras. I had seen them before in the Goodwill stores, but never thought of buying one because they looked like they would fall apart if you put film in them, which somewhat defeats the purpose.
Then they got trendy, and you can't find them anywhere but on eBay. It has a 22mm lens, and that's it. Nothing else to get in the way of taking a very wide angle shot, like autofocus, autowind, or even a flash. It is easily pocketable, and doesn't weigh much at all, even with film. This one does have a little problem that needs attention when loading film, as the back catch hangs up, and you have to manually reset it to get the door to stay closed.
Other than that, the only thing else to think about is what direction the light is coming from, and keeping your fingers from the front of the camera. And using 400 speed film; out-of-date (2004) Fuji Superia X-TRA in this case.
Decent color rendition, even with the old film.
Roanoke River View 2 by
br1078phot, on Flickr
Had to fix the sky in this one as it was blown out.
Roanoke County Rec Center by
br1078phot, on Flickr
Took this one by sticking the camera out the sunroof of my truck.
House On The Hill by
br1078phot, on Flickr
I took some shots with this at the car show, and it's not for any kind of action, as I tended to pound the shutter release too hard, with the resultant shake in the images. So it needs to be gently squeezed. I'm sure if I carried this around with me, it would break in a short while.
It's not the look I like, as I'm not a big fan of 400 speed films, though there have been some improvements recently, like in the Portra series. But then I wouldn't run that through this camera. And I'm not part of the trendy crowd, so it doesn't appeal to me in that sense either. And if I need some wide angle shots, I can always put my Nikkor AF20 on the N90s for a few frames.
But it's a cute little thing, so I'll keep it.
PF
