Olympus 35SP or XA

[vrgard]

All excellent points and comments, Trius! And yes, if picture taking ability trumps size/ease of use with ski gloves, then the game starts to get much more interesting. Particularly if one is concerned about battery dependency in cold climates. If so, then another camera to consider would be the Canonet QL17 GIII which can be run in full manual mode, has a large enough shutter release button, has a nice focusing lever hanging off the lens, includes a faster 1.7 lens, is still relatively small, etc., etc. As you said, things have livened up considerably when some of the constraints are eliminated.

-Randy

 

[shutterfiend]

Trius, that "was" my original agenda. However, I'll have to confess that GAS has been occluding my reasoning. In the last month or so, I might have had a few momentary lapses of reason. I might or might not have bid on and won the following items:

Yashica Electro 35 cc (too big for ski jacket)
Yashica GSN with auxiliary lenses
Yashica Lynx 14E
Olympus OM-2n with Zuiko 50/1.4 and 24/2.8

I might or might not have received these equipment at the office to avoid suspicion. I plead temporary insanity for my action. I was under the influence of a strong evil force at the time. I'm still under. Marriage counseling seems eminent.

 

[vrgard]

Shutterfiend, you have truly become a member of this little asylum we call the rangefinderforum. Welcome to the madness and enjoy the GAS that you might, or might not, have experienced!

-Randy

 

[Trius]

I'll have to confess that GAS has been occluding my reasoning.

joe: Is there anyway we can get this posted in the RFF banner as the official slogan?

ROTFLMAO .... yes, I confess I too have had stuff delivered to a different address...

Earl

 

[shutterfiend]

Thanks for understanding. I feel strangely liberated. "Hi, my name is Kal, I'm a ..."

I'm sorry if this post took a different turn but it helped me a lot. Thanks again.

 

[shutterfiend]

Just another stupid question about the Stylus Epic. Is it possible to lock focus by half depressing the shutter? I like the narrow DOF feature. I'm thinking candid action shots of cartwheels.

 

[Xmas]

My name is Noel & I have not bought a camera today, yesterday 10x 58m rolls of APX400, 100x 10x8" chlorobromides, ... hic.

But if you are a downhill person please keep the camera in a jacket hip pocket rather than a rib job, coughing with broken ribs is hard, a flatter XA only costs $, same with a hoss, hence the cowboys slow draw rigs.

Noel

 

[vrgard]

Just another stupid question about the Stylus Epic. Is it possible to lock focus by half depressing the shutter? I like the narrow DOF feature. I'm thinking candid action shots of cartwheels.

Yep, it sure is. Here's a scan of the page from the Stylus manual explaining this feature:

 

[shutterfiend]

Noel, I'm not really sure what those things are (at least one of them is film, I think) but they all sound desirable!

Yet another Texan reference! I think I might have to find pants with pockets on the sides.

Thanks