Recommend me: P&S with Flash and Neckstarp

[Lobo]

Hi,
currently, I use my mju-2 as EDC in my pocket or my bag, it's great. There when i need it, and invisible when not. I also like the option to have a Flash and a selftimer, when its getting dark.

But for the summer I prefer a camera around my neck to have my handy free when walking around. I hate having to hold a camera up to 8 hours in my hands, no matter how small and light it is.

can you recommend me a camera that can be worn with a neckstrap and also has a flash? I need no manual options for this. Also, no matter if Rangefinder or Autofocus.

 

[David Hughes]

Hi,

Many years ago I solved this problem by buying a pair of long boot laces and making a neckstrap with one and a piece of thinner line. Knot them together to form a long loop with the lace and a short loop for the camera. Hang round neck, put camera in shirt pocket.

Regards, David

 

[rayfoxlee]

Ricoh GR1v with a long lanyard - good for the summer, then revert to the wrist strap at other times. Great lens, AI or program, flash, timer, exposure compensation dial, auto exp etc etc. It just works!

 

[Greyscale]

Nikon AF35. Inexpensive and has a great lens and meter.


Edit: that should be Nikon L35AF. Oops.

 

[David_Manning]

Film, right?

Contax T3 with a leather half-case and neckstrap, or naked in a pocket.

 

[Lobo]

i tried the same as you with my olympus, but i looks to odd for me. I think i prefer a camera with two lugs where the strap can be attached. A leather halfcase coule be a solution for some cameras...

Ricoh GR1v with a long lanyard - good for the summer, then revert to the wrist strap at other times. Great lens, AI or program, flash, timer, exposure compensation dial, auto exp etc etc. It just works!

 

[FrankS]

Rollei af35m

http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/Reviews/h_Rollei_AFM_35/a_Rollei_AFM_35.html

 

[Greyscale]

I have a LOT of AF compacts, and not one has two strap lugs. Except for the MASSIVE Canon Zoom XL, which is bigger and heavier than most slr cameras. Small rangefinders like the Minolta Hi-Matic E, yes. Zone focus like the Oly Trip 35, yes. But plastic fantastic, a hinge-side lanyard seems to be almost universal. The older compacts do have two lugs in some cases, but always both at the hinge side, and made for a thin neck strap.

 

[Greyscale]

Here is a perfect one. The Canon A35F rangefinder. Not to be confused with the similarily named Canon AF35. Like a black metal-bodied Canonet 28 with a built in pop-up Canolite flash. This is a very overlooked and under-appreciated camera.

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_A35F

 

[Lobo]

The canon A35F looks like a good one, but i doubt that its easy to find. But i keep an eye on it. The Rollei ist surely more common, but the price... saw some forein bay offers around 250euro.

 

[Greyscale]

They are quite easy to find, ad can often be found for $25 or less on the big auction site.

 

[Lobo]

Seem that the canon weights around 500g. thats a big boy, and almost the same weight as my SLR from Porst.

PS: I have tried my Lexio which we talked about some months ago, from the bay. But boy, its a very strange camera. I put it in a box, and minutes after that it makes wired sounds (turning off?). Not very reliable to me...

 

[twhittle]

How about Konica Hexar AF, absolutely amazing camera!
I only sold mine as I was using my Leica more. The lens really does compete with the 35/ 2 Summicron.

 

[Lobo]

i think a fuji klasse oder rollei afm could fit my needs

 

[nosmok]

Fuji Natura 24 f/1.9 comes with a thin, side-hanging neckstrap, but either of the other 2 Fuji wide p+S's-- the Silvi f/2.8 24-56mm and the Tiara with 28mm-- would be perfectly neck-strappable, as they weigh the same more or less, with a little ingenuity. Fine picture takers all.

--nosmok

 

[leicapixie]

The Olympus Stylus and Infinity series are great. Flash built in, self timer and very small and light. Can carry in a shirt pocket plus neckstrap. Very inexpensive at Goodwill or similar used stores. Found a few for a couple of dollars. The battery cost more!My Rollei 35T way too heavy and no flash or self timer.
The Olympus cameras feel nice and the lens is good.

 

[btgc]

Anything hanging from neck - and especially on a single string - sooner or later will meet on it's way something solid. Those Old Nikons may be sturdy enough for this but with plastic geared compacts you are taking your chances.

 

[Lobo]

btgc thats right. but it also happend to me when i use a handstrap,regulary in the summertime, e.g while i'm taking a bottle with the same hand, where my cameras strap was attached.
Neckstraps are perhaps the best way to take my cameras, when i'm not on a special photoshooting trip(when i dont plan to make photos) and when i dont want to take a camerabag with me.
As a EDC a take the compact mju-2, its perfekt for my daybag or my coatpocket.
When i want to make more serious pictures, its ok to have some hefty gear with me, my SLR is ok, i also have made good pictures with my Kodak Retinette and Retina (They are made here in Southwest Germany, so they appear regulay on fleamarkest for low prices).
But i need something in between these two extremes. 70s Rangefinders are a good balance between weight and imagequality, but a flash is sometimes very usefull.

 

[Greyscale]

Minolta Hi-Matic AF or AF2 or the early Konica C35AF or C35AF2.

 

[oftheherd]

Strange no on has mentioned the Olympus XA; a RF with aperture priority AE, and at least 3 different small flashes to choose from.

I don't know of a more pocketable 35mm camera, with or without flash, but especially without. Its 35mm lens is good as well. Some people have trouble with the RF patch, but on mine at least, it is a question of learning where to position my eye.