Compact cameras for parties

The Pronea S is an APS SLR. If you know where to get fresh 800 speed APS film please let me know.

You can buy fresh 800 and 1600 superia from any of the Japanese retailers. Bic camera or Yodobashi. Even Amazon Japan.


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Ericdan, did you see that he has a camera with APS film?

trythis said:

Olympus stylus non zoom

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Agreed. I bought an Olympus stylus for $3 at a garage sale and as long as you put good film in it, it's an amazing little shooter. Very compact and great auto-exposure in most situations.

If you want to pm me, I can send you some images of pictures that I've taken with it.

ericdan said:

You can buy fresh 800 and 1600 superia from any of the Japanese retailers. Bic camera or Yodobashi. Even Amazon Japan.

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You can buy Superia 800 in the US in just about any Wal-Mart.

For a party camera may I suggest an Olympus Sure Shot with tracing paper taped over the flash.

dynachrome said:

My favorite party camera used to be my Nikon Pronea S with a 20-60 zoom and with Fuji 800 speed color print film. At the wide end just about everything was in focus. The built-in flash didn't quite cover the lens as the 20mm setting but in a small space the light bounced around enough to make it work. When the 800 speed film became unavailable in the U.S. I ordered it from Japan. Now I can't get it from that source either.

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B&H still has 800 it's just not available all the time.

bvy said:

You can buy Superia 800 in the US in just about any Wal-Mart.

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And I thought german drugstores where still a good source for films... No 800 films.

If you like the XA II, then the Olympus Stylus would be perfect for you. It is a tiny bit smaller than the XA and has a built in flash that it insists on wanting to use, even when you don't need a flash. There were two versions of the 35mm (non-zoom) lens, f3.5 and an f2.8. Both of them are great cameras.

Outside the US the camera was sold as the Olympus Micro, designated with mu, the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet and international symbol for "micro". For some reason Olympus felt the need to add the phonetic pronunciation, rendered as "[mju:]", which has been incorrectly perpetuated in common parlance as the name of the camera (much like referring to the camera's sliding dust barrier as a "clamshell"). Thankfully, when the name was ported over to the line of electrical cameras they dropped the awkward addition.

thuggins said:

Outside the US the camera was sold as the Olympus Micro, designated with mu, the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet and international symbol for "micro". For some reason Olympus felt the need to add the phonetic pronunciation, rendered as "[mju:]", which has been incorrectly perpetuated in common parlance as the name of the camera.

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In Germany one would pronounce "µ" as "mikro" when used ad prefix, BUT as "mü" when used alone as substitute for a unit. Thus Olympus were not quite incorrect in their designation.

I never heard this camera being referred to as "Micro".

cliveh said:

For a party camera may I suggest an Olympus Sure Shot with tracing paper taped over the flash.

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Tracing paper. Now that's a good idea.

My favorite compact is the Minox GL although I no longer trust it.

be careful when buying automatic point shoot cameras because some of them will only have capability for 100,200 and 400 speed films and NOT 800 if thats what you're planning on using.