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- From: borrel@dhhalden.no (B|rre Ludvigsen)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Shirt Pocket Cameras
- Message-ID: <borrel.727881553@fenris.dhhalden.no>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 13:19:13 GMT
- References: <1ii7kpINNvu@cronkite.Central.Sun.COM> <3470026@pollux.svale.hp.com> <FREUDENT.93Jan15165252@jan.ultra.nyu.edu> <zlsiida.778@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>
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- zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:
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- >In article <FREUDENT.93Jan15165252@jan.ultra.nyu.edu> freudent@jan.ultra.nyu.edu (Eric Freudenthal) writes:
- >>In article <3470026@pollux.svale.hp.com> dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low) writes:
- >> I know many pro photogs who carry an old XA for fun shooting and they
- >> are not parting when them. In fact they are always on the look out for
- >> a backup XA. If you have the money, the Contax T is very good and extremely
- >> expensive. The Olympus Stylus is what the company is touting as the
- >> XA replacement. It is a very nice "do everything" camera. The really
- >> nice thing about this camera is the lens is covered until you use the
- >> camera. Invaluable if you really intend to carry it in your pocket.
- >>The stylus is pretty-much wonderful. Good lens, autofocus system, and
- >>flash (even fill mode!). And its cheap too - the magazines list it
- >>for about $100. It is tempting me to retire my XA.
-
- >Is this what's known as the mju-1 in UK? where it's around 100sterling -
- >quite a difference from the US price! My wife has one, and I get really
- >annoyed when her shots are better than mine, all my SLR gets me is more
- >flexibility of WHAT I can shoot, not HOW WELL I can shoot it. Oh well,
- >she is an artist (watercolours and all that).
-
- > All creatures will make merry (on pain of death)
- > Dave Budd, MCC, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England (44|0)61-275-6033
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- Why is not the MINOX 35 mentioned? Except for the absence of a builtin
- flash, it's the only tru shirt pocket 35 mm camera I know with decent
- optics.
-
- - Barre Ludvigsen <borrel@dhhalden.no>
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