$1.99 Thrift Store Nikon

[FrankS]

Just a 1980s AF One Touch with 35mm f2.8 lens. It's a second generation model with integrated lens cover, and AA batteries. Feels nice and solid in the hand. I've loaded it with $1 supermarket colour neg film to try it out. Results eventually. I really need another camera :bang: but it seemed so nice.

 

[nico]

just 1$ and 99 cent ... no reason to leave the camera taking dust on the shop shelves!
Don't forget to post the results, please!
ciao,

 

[Spleenrippa]

It's like rescuing kitties from the SPCA... Only better!

 

[FrankS]

It's just like this one: http://www.d2gallery.com/cameras/nikon-l35af2.html

 

[pesphoto]

nice find Frank. We always can use one more camera.... 🙂

 

[amateriat]

I had bought the first version of this camera for my mother when it was released. She rarely used it, but I borrowed it for a trip to France in 1992 (I had sold all my other camera gear the year before...this was the no-photos sabbatical I've mentioned here from time to time). I used that little camera within an inch of its life, and it gave me back remarkably good photos. A little spartan living can be good for the photographic soul (so to speak) sometimes.


- Barrett

 

[FrankS]

I've read that one can over-ride the auto pop up flash simply by holding it down in dim light, and that the longest shutter speed is 3 seconds. Can't find a good spec sheet on it though.

 

[amateriat]

I've read that one can over-ride the auto pop up flash simply by holding it down in dim light, and that the longest shutter speed is 3 seconds. Can't find a good spec sheet on it though.

Near as I can recall: yes, this is possible, based on the night photos I took of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Since the camera also has manual ASA/ISO film-speed setting controls, you can dial in any amount of exposure compensation desired. And, the lens is awfully good.

Paris, September 1992.

(Technical: Nikon AF135. Film: unrecorded.)

I shot a grab-bag of whatever film I could find in Paris at the time, mostly Kodak and Agfa, both negative and slide; I'll try and look it up. The scan dates from 2005, possibly before I got hold of my Minolta DS 5400 (meaning this was scanned with a Minolta DS 2900). Scan isn't terrible, but with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, I could do better.


- Barrett

 

[Gary E]

If someone dropped you off in Paris with a Kodak Brownie and some film, you're gonna tell me you're not going to take photos? Photographers take photos period. That was a great deal on a Nikon camera. I can't even buy a cup of coffee here with $1.99. Well a large anyway...

 

[amateriat]

If someone dropped you off in Paris with a Kodak Brownie and some film, you're gonna tell me you're not going to take photos? Photographers take photos period. That was a great deal on a Nikon camera. I can't even buy a cup of coffee here with $1.99. Well a large anyway...

Well, his Nikon cost a couple of Lincolns, but when I bought that first-generation Nikon for my Mom, it was brand-new, and I recall parting with a couple of Franklins, and not getting much change back...


- Barrett

 

[camera.bear]

FrankS,

Congrats on the L35AF2. It will most likely be my next Nikon. These are well made cameras. This weekend I'll be finishing test rolls in the Nikon L35AF and Lite Touch AF cameras that I recently got. Look forward to seeing your pics as well.

The L35AF has the auto pop up flash as well and I've read the same thing about overriding it but have not tried it yet. Let us know if you try and what the results are.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Recently I've been using a Nikon AF600 with 28mm/f3.5 lens.

It's really compact and very easy to slip into a jeans pocket all day.

It looks almost identical to the Lite Touch AF in the photos in the previous post above.

 

[camera.bear]

Recently I've been using a Nikon AF600 with 28mm/f3.5 lens.

It's really compact and very easy to slip into a jeans pocket all day.

It looks almost identical to the Lite Touch AF in the photos in the previous post above.

Jon,

The AF600 was called the Lite Touch in the U.S. market and there were two versions I think. Panoramic and Date Back. Mine is a Panoramic version. Here is a link to some pics.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71278&highlight=nikon+lite+touch

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Yep.

Nice photos.

That's the same camera and lens.

Pitxu gave it to me.

 

[Warren T.]

I'm not sure of the other models, but on my L35AF, the reverse also works. If you want to use flash for daylight fill, simply cover the sensor with your hand to cause the flash to activate and pop up.

--Warren

The L35AF has the auto pop up flash as well and I've read the same thing about overriding it but have not tried it yet. Let us know if you try and what the results are.