P&S with fast focus and ability to shoot fast film?

[tuanvinh2000]

I'm considering a P&S for the rainy days where i can't hold an umbrella and manual focus. Any recommendation for quick street shooting and works with ISO 1600 film? In my mind right now there is only the Hexar AF. But i wonder what's other cheaper options? Olympus mju/Konica Big Mini/Konica Pop? I'm so lost with these PS.

 

[Skulls Road]

Ricoh GR1?

 

[Greyscale]

Ricoh FF90/FF70 works with ISO 1600 film. I wouldn't consider the GR1 cheap.

But the fastest would probably be the Olympus XA3. Manual ISO setting up to ISO 1600, a relatively fast lens, and nothing is faster for street use than a scale-focus camera.

 

[f16sunshine]

mju/ii is a great choice. Yashica has some as well. The T4/5 gets the attention but, earlier models are also good.
Nikon has a few as well.
No limit of p7s film models out there. Many are better than expected.

 

[sevo]

The best bet might be the last two or three generations of Fujifilm P&S - at least the original Natura and the Silvi had special low light exposure programs to gracefully handle Fuji's 1600 films in available light situations.

 

[tuanvinh2000]

mju/ii is a great choice. Yashica has some as well. The T4/5 gets the attention but, earlier models are also good.
Nikon has a few as well.
No limit of p7s film models out there. Many are better than expected.

Exactly why i'm so lost. I do think i need some sort of controls at least Aperture, the point shoot and hope isn't what im looking for. I guess AF + AP is my requirement.

 

[John Bragg]

Mju ii is a good choice. Ok so it is program exposure only, but it works like a charm, and is weather proofed and has a fast sharp lens with less tendency to vignette than the XA or other similar models.

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

An AF P&S with A priority sounds like the Contax Tix but that's APS. The other 35mm ones in their range may offer "A" but I've not used one and can't comment.

Aperture priority on a P&S is very unusual. The Olympus XA has it but is a CRF and only takes up to ASA 800 film, which many people think is very fast, especially with the f/2.8 lens.

Regards, David

 

[Frontman]

A less expensive option than the Konica Hexar is the Konica Wide 28. It has the same AF system as the Hexar, but has a wider, 28mm f/3.5 lens. The lens is actually very good, being 8 elements. The Wide 28 has DX coding, and will work with film speeds up to ASA 3200.

The Wide 28 is a construction or worksite camera. It is roughly the same size as a Hexar AF, but is constructed of ABS plastic, with protective glass in front of the lens, and special seals to keep out water and dust. The camera has a built-in flash, but this can be disabled easily. There are no manual controls, but the camera has focus and exposure lock.

 

[btgc]

What one considers fast AF and fast film....

 

[Frank Petronio]

Such a camera would be like a Jumbo Shrimp, an oxymoron... none has ever existed, at least a good one without so many compromises and caveats that you can't use it as you imagine.

However, cough, cough... a Olympus Stylus is cheap, water resistant, sharp, and reliable if you can tolerate full auto and wide latitude film. Or a Nikon N80 (very inexpensive and not too large). Might have a look at the classifieds ;-p

 

[tuanvinh2000]

found a stylus mju 2 for $40 locally is that too much?
i saw the other thread showing how to override the ISO to 1600 on DX coding.

 

[Keith]

Not cheap but the best camera I've ever used of this type is the Ricoh GR1V. In program mode it doesn't falter and it's ability to sense when fill flash was needed quite amazed me in the short time I owned one. If that camera had had a 35mm lens I'd still have it!

 

[btgc]

found a stylus mju 2 for $40 locally is that too much?

it depends...if normally you can get it for not less than $60 then grab it.
but it's little overhyped...many cameras of that age, even if lens is little slower (by one stop) and speed range don't extend to 2sec at slowest, still can deliver fantastic results at decent light conditions, for a tiny fraction if price.

But sometimes, we just go full throttle and buy most hyped, most expensive, most rare etc. stuff to know if pics suck then there's nothing to blame.