35mm half frame users?

[Sirius Glass]

I do not think somebody mentionned it, you have a social group for 1/2 frame : (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

I did not know. I will have to figure out how to join it.

Steve

 

[Sirius Glass]

I did not know. I will have to figure out how to join it.

Steve

It took me about two minutes to figure that out.

 

[j-dogg]

I have a Fujica Half 1.9 I have been tooling around with in one way or another. Its had a roll of 400tx in it forever. Teeny little thing but it's not too bad for an $8 Goodwill score.

 

[rjbuzzclick]

I have two Bell & Howell Dial 35's, a Pen EE-2, A Konica Auto-Reflex, and a Mercury II (which is just slightly larger than half-frame). Half-frame is a lot of fun, but it takes me forever to finish a roll of film.

 

[lacavol]

I have a Tessina I haven't shot in years, got too expensive to get prints made as it's not exactly 1/2 frame. Now that I'm getting into developing I may get it out as I have the loader and numerous cassettes.

 

[pharmboycu]

I'd never even heard of half-fram until I saw this thread! Those Olympus Pen models sounds incredible and definitely something I would want to play around with. Are they incredibly expensive or something that the average person (like me) can afford to get into?

 

[erikg]

They run a range, but pretty affordable. An ee can be had for 30.00 while an ft will run near 300.00. Deals can be found. Love half frame, been shooting them for years.

 

[MattKing]

I'd never even heard of half-fram until I saw this thread! Those Olympus Pen models sounds incredible and definitely something I would want to play around with. Are they incredibly expensive or something that the average person (like me) can afford to get into?

From Craigslist Vancouver - a Pen EE for $29: http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/pml/pho/2621356570.html

 

[abeku]

Another Oly Pen S user here too! Neat little camera.

 

[kraker]

Yet another half frame shooter chiming in. I have a Pen EE for the portrait-oriented half frame shots and a Yashica Samurai X4 for the landscape-oriented shots. I like them both, but honestly, the Pen gets the most use.

Apart from 35mm half frame, I also have a 120 half frame camera; my Bronica RF645 is actually a half frame 6x9 camera.

 

[removed account4]

hi kraker

i just sold my half frame 120 camera ..
the "bencini koroll 120s" absolutely a blast to use ...
sync'd shutter glass meniscus lens .. futuristic die cast aluminum design
like a holga from venus ... still, only 24 frames though, i gotta have at least 72
when i half frame

 

[kraker]

the "bencini koroll 120s" absolutely a blast to use ...

Wow, that's what I get in return for my feeble attempt at a joke.
Interesting! I had never heard of half frame 120 before. GAS attack coming up!

 

[BrianL]

Gee, I never though of the 6.45 format as being hal frame 6x9. I've been shooting half frame 6x9 for some decades with my Bronica ETRS. I seem to learn something new every time I hit this site.

 

[Brac]

I have had a number of half frame cameras over the years but the only two I have retained is a Konica AA35, which I bought new in the 1980's, and a Yashica Samurai half frame SLR, which I got second-hand. I rarely use them but must unearth them & give them another go. There are still labs in the UK who will print from half-frame and even a couple who will scan to CD.

 

[BrianL]

The Konica AA-35 is a nice little camera as it will easily slide into a shirt pocket. Autoexposure is good on it and built in flash. Amazing they got so much in such a think package. Only weak point is the battery door that tends to breakoff.

 

[moki]

I have a little Penti I and always carry it with me when other cameras would be to big, heavy or expensive.
It's rather primitive and needs film in SL-canisters (very hard to find and you have to load them yourself from bulk rolls), but other than that it's pretty nice. The lens is a 3 element Domiplan 30mm/3,5 and the shutter goes from B to 1/125. But don't be fooled by these specs... Stopped down to f/8, it can produce pictures that can be enlarged to 8x12" and still look decently sharp. Of course you have to deal with massive grain, but that's one of the reasons, I love the smaller formats. With the slow shutter, the most used film is Polypan F at 50ASA.

I'd love to have a Pen F, but that's just a dream for the day I have too much money to spare...

I also built a half-frame 120 pinhole camera once... it took 24 3x6cm panoramic pictures on one film. That's one pretty cool format and I really wonder, why none of the "real camera makers" have ever thought of that.