I kept reading about all of the Trip 35 love and wanted to see what the hype was about. Also, my wife is not a photography nut and leans more toward the "I just want to take pictures" side rather than the other more technical side.
So, with both of those ideas floating around in my head I bought a silver one off of ebay; it was fully reconditioned down to the chassis. Cleaned, adjusted and collimated. I was willing to pay extra for that peace of mind because I didn't want to mess with a camera, I wanted to shoot with it.
Well color me very pleasantly surprised! We took possession of it yesterday and while we were out running errands and having lunch we shot a roll just to make sure that all was well.
Yikes..this thing really gets the exposures spot on and even though it's a zone focuser, it seems to nail the focus much of the time. We only had two pictures out of 32 that were obviously out of focus and that was due to user inexperience.
What a great user experience for a vacation snap shooter. Sometimes I just want to take pictures and not futz with apertures or shutter speeds...I just want to capture memories...and this beast does it in spades!
I also snagged a rare black one for me from the Tripman.uk. That's not here yet but if it's anything like this one I'll be one happy camper.
PS: I generally shoot black and white but I'm going to run a bunch of color through both cameras next year when I visit my mom way across the country in CA. I found a place online that will develop C-41 and provide 4x6 or 3.5x5 prints for about $4.25 a roll. (Including shipping) I've used them before and they do print real wet process prints, no inkjet here.
The address is:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-film-1...e-with-Index-Print-of-each-roll-/111253164951
here are two samples:
So, with both of those ideas floating around in my head I bought a silver one off of ebay; it was fully reconditioned down to the chassis. Cleaned, adjusted and collimated. I was willing to pay extra for that peace of mind because I didn't want to mess with a camera, I wanted to shoot with it.
Well color me very pleasantly surprised! We took possession of it yesterday and while we were out running errands and having lunch we shot a roll just to make sure that all was well.
Yikes..this thing really gets the exposures spot on and even though it's a zone focuser, it seems to nail the focus much of the time. We only had two pictures out of 32 that were obviously out of focus and that was due to user inexperience.
What a great user experience for a vacation snap shooter. Sometimes I just want to take pictures and not futz with apertures or shutter speeds...I just want to capture memories...and this beast does it in spades!
I also snagged a rare black one for me from the Tripman.uk. That's not here yet but if it's anything like this one I'll be one happy camper.
PS: I generally shoot black and white but I'm going to run a bunch of color through both cameras next year when I visit my mom way across the country in CA. I found a place online that will develop C-41 and provide 4x6 or 3.5x5 prints for about $4.25 a roll. (Including shipping) I've used them before and they do print real wet process prints, no inkjet here.
The address is:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/35mm-film-1...e-with-Index-Print-of-each-roll-/111253164951
here are two samples: