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Title: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: Jeff Warden on May 25, 2019, 06:30:13 PM

Hi all,

I'm doing a little project that involves two or more people exposing a roll of film two or more times in the same camera. I need an inexpensive point and shoot that has the ability to leave the leader out when it rewinds the film so it can be reused.

Any suggestions? I'm thinking $50 or less.

Thanks!

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: Indofunk on May 25, 2019, 07:38:06 PM

You want my XA for $50? It's not exactly point-and-shoot, but as long as the people who are going to use it know how to zone focus (the rangefinder patch is borderline unusable) and use aperture priority, it'll be fine. Another quirk about this particular one is that sometimes it fires when the shutter is cocked and the clamshell is closed, so the easy way to avoid that is not to advance the film until right before you take a picture.

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: Francois on May 25, 2019, 09:13:43 PM

Ever thought of anything plastic fantastic?
Vivitar anything comes to mind.

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: hookstrapped on May 25, 2019, 10:25:43 PM

http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9828.0 (http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9828.0)

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: MiguelCampano on May 26, 2019, 02:22:18 AM

Satish's XA, or, check out Webbcam on 12th and Vine, they had some pretty decent looking Olympus/Fuji P&S when I stopped by today.

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: EarlJam on May 26, 2019, 04:12:01 AM

I came across an old Rangefinder Forum thread on this topic: https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-146069.html (https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-146069.html)

Auto-rewind cameras that leave the leader out include: Nikon TW2AF and L135AF, and Pentax PC-333. All of these seem to be in the $10 range currently.

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: cs1 on May 26, 2019, 07:35:08 AM

I'd also go for any of the Konica C35 series or some other 38mm f/2.8 camera.

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: Jeff Warden on May 28, 2019, 09:32:14 PM

Hi everyone, thanks for the suggestions!  Miguel, I'm going to start by checking out that store. You've mentioned it before but I've never been there.  Thanks!

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: Jeff Warden on May 29, 2019, 08:02:38 PM

The place Miguel suggested was great. They had stacks of boxes of brand new cameras. I got this camera and two fresh AA batteries for $33.00. Brand NEW from the '90s!

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47960501012_3e9138165a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g5772S)

Title: Re: point and shoot suggestions?
Post by: Francois on May 29, 2019, 09:54:53 PM

Simple and reliable. Can't beat that.