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Decided that now the Lomo is clearly a bust and the company are just awful to deal with a Kodak Snapic is probably a reasonable and much cheaper alternative. The H35N I really liked using even though it's ridiculously basic. Snapic has motor wind which I'm a sucker for.

Olympus compact I got is fixed focus and motor wind too so it will be interesting to see how the two of them compare. Both are quite wide angle too.
 
srichards said:
Decided that now the Lomo is clearly a bust and the company are just awful to deal with a Kodak Snapic is probably a reasonable and much cheaper alternative. The H35N I really liked using even though it's ridiculously basic. Snapic has motor wind which I'm a sucker for.

Olympus compact I got is fixed focus and motor wind too so it will be interesting to see how the two of them compare. Both are quite wide angle too.
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Or a Pentax Espio. I've been very impressed with the results from mine.
 
Snapic has just arrived. Decently boxed. For a cheapish plastic camera it actually feels reasonably made. Nice little fuzzy pouch to keep it in as well.

Positive impression so far. Will let it warm up a bit then bung some batteries in and load up some Wolfen. Just need it to stop pishing down!

Forgotten the Wolfen has slightly over sized cartridges so they take more of a shove to get them to 'snap' into position. Seems to have loaded ok though. Other film canisters just drop in and snap in more easily.
 
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Interesting camera, I like the two step focus range. I have several so called auto focus plastic P&S cams and discovered that the auto-focus steps are as simple as "near or far", and yet most worked well enough for me.
 
There's a good review with tech specs of the snapic here:

www.analog.cafe

Kodak Snapic A1 Film Camera Review & User Guide

What I like about the new Kodak Snapic A1 is that it’s cheaper than all the new point-and-shoot options and smaller than all of them. It’s also a well-made camera. Yes, it’s plastic, and it mimics the highly regarded Ricogh GR1/R1 in shape only. But despite its limitations, it can take excellent...
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Hi-Matic first roll done. If the results are good then it's going to be a go to camera. I continually forget the red light that shows distance focussed on isn't a warning to use flash... Nice to use though. Size and weight of the MC-A kind of but no manual anything. Wind on feels so much smoother than the MC-A. It's got an idiot window in the back that shows you it's loaded properly and roughly where you are in the roll as well as a frame counter on top.

Second roll through the possibly dodgy Olympus. That sounds slower and slower by the end of the roll and I don't think it can keep up due to wanting flash so much. Was a bit warmer than the last time it was out. Rewound the roll and near the end it sounded like it had lost traction on the film and was free wheeling a bit. That's on the naughty shelf for now.
 
Olympus is definitely weird. Seems soft in the middle with sharper corners then the exact opposite. Had about two photos on the entire roll that were ok. Worse than the plastic lens cameras I've used!
 
Years ago I had a Dynax 7 and it died with aperture failure. Always wanted another but thought the failure mode was totally unrepairable but it looks like Ali express do a gear wheel you can use instead of the one that fails inside the camera. The 7000 I have also has aperture failure so I wonder if it's repairable in the same way?? I ended up with a second 7000 as I managed to forget and leave batteries in so it ruined the battery holder. Original 7000 now has aperture failure anyway :rolleyes:

Dynax/Alpha 7 Aperture Repair: Easy Mode - Dyxum - Page 1

The problem:Minolta chose a very poor material/manufacturing process for the aperture drive gear which...
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Annoyed to find the Nikon LF35AF2 has a duff flash. It pops up but never charges up.

In dead league: 2 minoltas, 1 canon
Dodgy : 2 Nikons - both bothersome battery doors that cause power issues randomly.
Working fine: several other minoltas, Trip, Agfas, Voigtlander (taped up for flappy back issue) 2 new kodaks and the Pentax 17.
Naughty shelf: B200, reto pano and olympus XB thing that is so bad you may as well use a milk bottle bottom for a lens to get better results.

Getting decent used cameras seems to involve having a number of dodgy frogs before you find a prince. There's too many new frogs too.
 
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