Does this camera exist?

littleearth said:
The Contax TVS III does 1/1000 and it's the size of a T3.
I have used the T2, T3 and TVS III, the lens is amazing and tak sharp at 37,5mm and 45mm.
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The lens is great on the TVSIII, but I've never used a P&S camera that missed focus so many times. It's why I got rid of mine (plus that drawbridge flap got annoying as it really slowed down the start up time. Turn camera on, wait for flap to come down. Then wait for lens to extend. Now you can shoot. TVS and TVSII were much better in that regard)
 
Minolta V2?

It has a fixed 50mm lens though so you'd have to put up with that and the 1/2000 doesn't work at all apertures.
 
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Thanks everyone. I've decided to give the T2 another chance and do a couple more rolls with it. If 1/500th will still bother me I'd look into the T3, even tho the price is ridiculous.
 
redimp said:
Well actually I would usually load it with portra 800, and just carry it around, take some pictures indoors, in the morning, evenings, and during a day, but in a bright daylight even completely stopped down the /500th would blink in the T2's finder, indicating it's overexposing.

I thought of manufacturing NDs for the tiny lens on the T2 (I rehouse lenses so it seems not to be a problem) but then attaching-detaching and carrying it around, having to slap it on, that would take effort and time.
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If you want small and fast with a great lens then get a Rollei 35. Mastering scale focusing is easy and once you do it really is the fastest shooting experience. You can find ND filters for the lens as well.
 
I’ve owned several T2s and a T3 over the years, back when they sold for a couple hundred. This in no way offers the same pocketability, but it does offer a much bigger viewfinder, ground glass focusing with electronic assist, matrix metering, and 1/4000, and lens interchange. Among other things. And it’s obtainable in the $100 range; at least that is what my body and lens cost. Both look almost new. Lightweight for an SLR.

Nikon N80/F80 with an AIS 35/2.8. Focuses to 0.3m. Add a $20 dandelion chip to the lens, which enables metering with the manual focus lens.

Option 2, same camera with 40/2 Ultron SLII N pancake (which has a chip already.) But a lot more $$$$.

Alternatively, also for more money, Contax Aria with 45/2.8 Tessar.
 
redimp said:
Thanks everyone. I've decided to give the T2 another chance and do a couple more rolls with it. If 1/500th will still bother me I'd look into the T3, even tho the price is ridiculous.
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T2 max shutter speed 1/500
T3 max shutter speed 1/1200

Rollei QZ35 max shutter speed 1/8000
 
Huss said:
The lens is great on the TVSIII, but I've never used a P&S camera that missed focus so many times. It's why I got rid of mine (plus that drawbridge flap got annoying as it really slowed down the start up time. Turn camera on, wait for flap to come down. Then wait for lens to extend. Now you can shoot. TVS and TVSII were much better in that regard)
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Never missed focus with mine! I think you had a defective camera.
 
redimp said:
Right, but with a non-retractable lens and body that big, Rollei will probably not work as a daily carry-on camera for me.
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It is big boned.

But dang dood, three dials control everything at a touch - shutter speed, aperture ring and focus. Set all to A and it does it for you. Turn just the aperture ring off A, and you are in aperture priority.

Turn just the shutter speed off A, and you are instantly in the magical world of being able to select 16 sec to 1/8000.

Turn aperture and shutter off A - manual exposure. No-one else does it that well.

But it is a coat pocket (or neck strap )camera. Guess that level of goodness is too much to slip into a small pocket.

:)
 
Note that you get only 1 stop over the 1/500 with the 1/1000 and 1/1200 shutters.

I don't see just that one stop would make much difference photographically. Quite a difference on your banking statement.
 
Archlich said:
Note that you get only 1 stop over the 1/500 with the 1/1000 and 1/1200 shutters.

I don't see just that one stop would make much difference photographically. Quite a difference on your banking statement.
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It does if you want to get the correct exposure. Or freeze action. Or shoot slide film.
With the Rollei QZ series, you of course get 4 stops extra.
 
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