'best' pocket camera?

[back alley]

first shot with lx3, taken through a thick glass window…

[/url]11.28.14.lx3.snow scene by back alley images, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Aristophanes]

balancing price and ability to produce excellent images...add pocketability to the mix...
something to carry 24/7...

I use the Ricoh GR.

Phenomenal camera.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

I'm down to carrying a Minox 35ML, Olympus XA2 or XA3.
Everything else is too large, too heavy or too complicated.

Chris

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

how do you guys hold your iphones?

… to avoid blur?

Joe, the real question is how do you trigger the "shutter"?
- Poke the "button" in the Camera app screen (awkward, jitters everything).
- Touch one of the volume buttons (better).
- Hit the remote (e.g. Muku Shuttr gizmo) in your other hand (better yet).

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Panasonic LX series are very good.

 

[Paolo Bonello]

… to avoid blur?

Joe, the real question is how do you trigger the "shutter"?
- Poke the "button" in the Camera app screen (awkward, jitters everything).
- Touch one of the volume buttons (better).
- Hit the remote (e.g. Muku Shuttr gizmo) in your other hand (better yet).

I believe you can use the volume button on your iPhone headphones cord.

BTW: My best pocket camera, well my only truly pocketable camera, I've got this little fuji Tiara with the sharpest little lens on it. The sort of camera I would take for Sunday afternoon drinks by Sydney Harbour at an outdoor venue or perhaps to a flea market or craft fair or a car show. I almost exclusively shoot Fuji colour film on it for a few reasons but mainly because that's the sweet spot for this camera.

 

[jamin-b]

Fuji Tiara (28mm) or Fuji Tiara Zoom (28-56mm). Features a great lens, fill flash or no flash settings, quickload and even programmable zone distance. All in the size of a pack of cigarettes and less than 250g.

 

[Paolo Bonello]

Fuji Tiara (28mm) or Fuji Tiara Zoom (28-56mm). Features a great lens, fill flash or no flash settings, quickload and even programmable zone distance. All in the size of a pack of cigarettes and less than 250g.

I have the 28mm.

 

[Harryo1962]

I've had great success with the Olympus Stylus.

 

[undercharged]

Baby Bessa perhaps. I've got a nice '38 exhibit of a 6x4.5 version with a hinged yellow filter still in place. Great for taking sharp B&W images stopped down.

 

[kxl]

These days, my daily camera is the Sony A7R with a Sony 16-50mm, to get an FOV equivalent to 24-75mm.

Yes I'm crippling the A7R to 15mp, OSS doesn't work and this is not the greatest lens in the world but it makes for a compact kit.

After all the best camera is the one you have with you.

 

[maggieo]

Ricoh GR or the iPhone 6 in a pinch.

 

[GarageBoy]

What are the film point and shoots with the shortest shutter lag? The olympus Mju was just too slow for me

My LX7, which isn't that fast, is a rocket ship in comparison

Digital- I nominate an NEX with the 16-50

 

[rjbuzzclick]

What are the film point and shoots with the shortest shutter lag? The olympus Mju was just too slow for me

Shutter lag is one of my biggest complaints with P&S cameras. The Contax T2 is pretty good in this regard, but expensive. If you can work with zone focussing, the Olympus XA2 has no shutter lag at all.

 

[Bill Clark]

I carry my cell phone in my pocket and I can make pictures and do video with it.

 

[Michael Markey]

One of the Richo GR cameras.

 

[Godfrey]

I recently acquired an Olympus Pen-D E-PL7. Fitted with Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 lens, its very handy and fits in my vest pocket easily. Same for with the M.Zuiko 14-42/3.5-5.6 EZ lens (along with automatic lens cap), albeit it's a bit heavier than I like in my pocket.

However, it's MOST pocketable when fitted with the Body Cap Lens 15mm f/8 or Body Cap Lens 9mm f/8 Fish-eye. These lenses weigh nothing and are vary thin, manual focus, only f/8 available. The focusing mechanism incorporates a lens cap so the lens is protected when you slip it into your pocket. Example:

Olympus E-PL7 + Body Cap Lens 9mm f/8 Fish-eye
ISO 200 @ f/8 @ 1/200​

Fun stuff! 🙂

G

 

[eric rose]

Panasonic GX1 with Panni 20mm lens. For film Rollei 35.

 

[Fuchs]

Sony RX100 (any Mk) or Contax T3

 

[konicaman]

If digital and really pocketable, I would say the Panasonic LF1. A nice little camera. Wrote a small review on my (not too well maintained) blog:
https://konicaman.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/panasonic-lf1-review/