Point and shoot price inflation

[KerrKid]

After I read this post I started searching for info on pants with large pockets. Apparently, for women, this is a thing!

Women have pants with real pockets? Please tell my wife.

 

[MattKing]

Women have pants with real pockets? Please tell my wife.

I couldn't believe this when I found it.
https://radianjeans.com/

 

[dontcallmebrave]

Women have pants with real pockets? Please tell my wife.

Old Navy! Well sort of..... Since they re-did all of their sizing many of their womens jeans actually have a full pocket inside but they're stitched in half

$5 amazon thread ripper kit and I have real pockets! lol

 

[MattKing]

Old Navy! Well sort of..... Since they re-did all of their sizing many of their womens jeans actually have a full pocket inside but they're stitched in half

$5 amazon thread ripper kit and I have real pockets! lol

Great 2nd post -- welcome - looks like you will fit in well here

 

[KerrKid]

Old Navy! Well sort of..... Since they re-did all of their sizing many of their womens jeans actually have a full pocket inside but they're stitched in half

$5 amazon thread ripper kit and I have real pockets! lol

Yes. This. Either no pockets, fake pockets, or pockets stitched in half.

 

[KerrKid]

I couldn't believe this when I found it.
https://radianjeans.com/

Strange how they don’t show anything in those pockets. As tight as those pants are, I doubt if you could even shove an XA in one of the pockets.

 

[Huss]

Even an F5 with 24-70 2.8 lens is pocketable. Just wear a kilt.

 

[KerrKid]

I really liked my LA Police Gear Battle Rattle tactical pants for work. They, and most tactical pants, would make perfect camera-toting pants. Plus, they’re butch.

 

[Sirius Glass]

One might do better with cargo pants, although even the small cameras, ignoring cell phones, weight down the pockets too much.

 

[KerrKid]

One might do better with cargo pants, although even the small cameras, ignoring cell phones, weight down the pockets too much.

I personally carried a heavy duty flashlight and all manner of hand tools including 2 cell phones in my pants and never felt weighed down and I did a bunch of monkey work in attics.

Carrying an XA or two plus extra film and batteries would be a breeze.

I’ve been looking at point and shoot camera prices on eBay. The word is out on anything with a Zeiss or Leica lens.

There are still some secrets out there in the RF and ZF world, but I’m worried that suddenly those will be all the rage, too.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I personally carried a heavy duty flashlight and all manner of hand tools including 2 cell phones in my pants and never felt weighed down and I did a bunch of monkey work in attics.

Carrying an XA or two plus extra film and batteries would be a breeze.

I’ve been looking at point and shoot camera prices on eBay. The word is out on anything with a Zeiss or Leica lens.

There are still some secrets out there in the RF and ZF world, but I’m worried that suddenly those will be all the rage, too.

Then you need an early version Leica with a panache lens.

 

[KerrKid]

Then you need an early version Leica with a panache lens.

Doesn't everyone?

 

[Cinema]

the olympus infinity jr can be had real cheap, good iq (if you find the xa any good, as some apparently do, it's comparable)

 

[cooltouch]

The Olympus XA is a capable camera. It's probably not a Leica that fits in your pocket, but that is ok. It has gotten some static on Photrio for being overpriced (relative to, I dunno, a 35mm SLR or fixed-lens rangefinder), but even after recent increases in camera prices, it's not that expensive. I think it's still a lot less than currently fashionable AF P+S like the Stylus or Yashica T4, much less boutique P+S like the Contax. (Checks ebay: recently sold XA maybe $130-180, XA2 around $100-120, T4 around $400-600 yikes.)

I find it a little odd that the XA2 and XA3 are nearly as in demand as the XA, as they were always quite lesser siblings. Fun to use but not the same. None of these have AF, so perhaps less attractive to people coming from digital cameras, but also less electronics and mechanics to fail. And the XA's have no shutter lag. I despise shutter lag, IMO the worst issue of most P+S.

Whether or not the Oly XA series is considered overpriced based on its capabilities, consider another Oly: the Trip 35. Talk about a bare-bones shooter. But look at its prices these days, especially the black ones. Several years ago, I bought a guy's Oly OM outfit and he tossed a black Trip 35 in with the mix. I sold all the OM gear, but kept the Trip 35 out of curiosity. So I put a few rolls of B&W through it -- good old Plus X Pan, which I had a brick of the stuff I'd kept frozen, but was slowly working through. Despite the camera's almost total lack of controls, the photos it took were quite good. Well exposed, and sharp. Somewhere around then I also looked up the price of the Trip 35 and found out that the black ones were selling for a healthy premium. Which, strange for me, made me want to keep it even more. Glad I dd -- it's a great, no-frills, compact shooter.

 

[serouscam]

I bought the best cameras I could afford Nikon, Graflex Model D, Peacemaker Speed Graphic. Then I found a Jobo processor to develop the film. Next I found a 4"x5" Chromega Dichroic II 5D-XL enlarger and started buying enlarger lenses that I could afford. With every purchase, I had to wait until I had the money to take the next step. One has to pace themselves and not spend more than they can afford.

No such thing, there is no Model D, it is called Series D

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

No such thing, there is no Model D, it is called Series D

Why are you posting same thing in multiple threads??

 

[Sirius Glass]

No such thing, there is no Model D, it is called Series D

Why are you posting same thing in multiple threads??

Definitely a one trick pony with nothing else to say.