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Anon notices what they've taken from us (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

I've yet to find a camera that's both small enough that it isn't a significant presence on my person, while at the same time a quality that it's significantly better than something on a high end smartphone.

You can get some very good SLRs but they're not exactly compact. Plus they're really expensive and because they're bigger more likely to get knocked. I suppose I can get really bougie and get an old compact film camera and then scan the negatives. But I think that would get really expensive.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    i went the film way... i had pentax mx first (about 400g with pancake lens), that was too big so i went with olympus ees2. much faster for quick snaps but still big. even rollei 35s i carry now (as small as it gets) is still a bit too cumbersome to handle if it is inside my backpack...all of these are good solution for a photo walk but not fast enough for quick snaps. so now I'm thinking really small digicam... something fitting inside my pocket or something with rugged design i can use anywhere. any newer compact is going to run circles around even high-end smartphone... but price is a consideration.

    with film the price is not an issue if you enjoy developing it yourself (which i do) and will buy film in bulk. with k400 and d76 i can get to 6-8 cents per picture when shooting half-frame (try dividing a price of a good dslr by the average amount of pics you make with it over its life and you will get pretty close to that).

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