Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
The first time you use one of these things it's a little like getting a car and finding it has the clutch on the right, the brake on the left and the accelerator in the middle! 
Neat little camera though ... when I had mine I used a Weincell in it and the meter was pretty accurate.
Neat little camera though ... when I had mine I used a Weincell in it and the meter was pretty accurate.
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Darkhorse
pointed and shot
I shot another roll today at a place I go to when I can't think of anything else to shoot. I just wanted to use the 35S, and test its mettle lest it join me in Paris later this year.
One thing I notieced immediately today: I had a lot of coffee and I think I was a bit jittery. I need to hold the camera in a way that doesn't make me turn the camera to one side while I'm depressing the shutter button. Pretty much every shot here needed to be straightened to a certain extent. Luckily the lens is so sharp that this sort of cropping is pretty much inconsequential.
Another thing is that I can't print any of these up because, much to my dismay, each shot had what looked like a pubic hair in them. Of course it's not, it just looked like the same curly hair in the same part of the frame. I looked at the empty roll later on to see that there were some threads from the felt that were quite long. I'll have to really look for this going forward. It must be because that the design of the camera is so compact that these sorts of aberrations can be dragged into the film gate. The thread was photoshopped out.
I've gotten used to the winder on the left. Focusing closer is still a challenge, but at ISO 400 in the bright California sun, going up to ƒ16 helps a lot.
Still using the light meter off and on. You can't tell by the photos but it was very crowded. I just wanted to get out of there by the time I finished the roll.
One thing I notieced immediately today: I had a lot of coffee and I think I was a bit jittery. I need to hold the camera in a way that doesn't make me turn the camera to one side while I'm depressing the shutter button. Pretty much every shot here needed to be straightened to a certain extent. Luckily the lens is so sharp that this sort of cropping is pretty much inconsequential.
Another thing is that I can't print any of these up because, much to my dismay, each shot had what looked like a pubic hair in them. Of course it's not, it just looked like the same curly hair in the same part of the frame. I looked at the empty roll later on to see that there were some threads from the felt that were quite long. I'll have to really look for this going forward. It must be because that the design of the camera is so compact that these sorts of aberrations can be dragged into the film gate. The thread was photoshopped out.
I've gotten used to the winder on the left. Focusing closer is still a challenge, but at ISO 400 in the bright California sun, going up to ƒ16 helps a lot.
Still using the light meter off and on. You can't tell by the photos but it was very crowded. I just wanted to get out of there by the time I finished the roll.
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Darkhorse
pointed and shot
The black 35 S looks handsome next to my Canon S90. I think carrying both those cameras would cover the photographic bases phenomenally. The s90 could be used as a lightmeter in stead of the one I have as well.