bjhurley wrote:
@Desmolicious@, once again I have followed your advice on a camera and once again I'm glad that I did. Count me among the satisfied owners of a Samsung AF-Slim (not the zoom, the one with the fixed 35mm lens).
Earlier this year I got rid of all my SLRs and their lenses (two Minoltas and a Nikon, and a bunch of lenses for each), but then realized too late that now I have no way to do closer-focus shots on 35mm. My Mamiya C330 can do very close-up shots but it's tedious and you have to do exposure compensation as you extend the bellows.
Then I remembered that the AF-Slim has "macro" capabilities, allowing it to focus about 12 inches away, which is probably all I need. I found one at a decent price, tested, from a Canadian seller on eBay. It arrived this morning and I put a roll of Tri-X through it. I'm a happy camper. Thank you!
Excellent! It is a noisy little thing, amusingly so in that p&S way, but the results speak for themselves. Thankfully influencers have not found out about it so the prices are reasonable. It does a way better job than my Olympus Stylus/Mju ever did. (First version, I never tried the second version).
Cloud75 wrote:
@louear@ excellent. How did you set up for the stitch in the first Pen y Fan shot? I've been wanting to try something similar, but ideally keeping the movement in a single plane as much as is possible.
Apologies for late reply, there is about 40% of a frame width overlap between the two shots. Hand held, and stitched in Lightroom. Might have been lucky with the alignment.
Desmolicious wrote:
Excellent! It is a noisy little thing, amusingly so in that p&S way, but the results speak for themselves. Thankfully influencers have not found out about it so the prices are reasonable. It does a way better job than my Olympus Stylus/Mju ever did. (First version, I never tried the second version).
It's not actually as noisy as I feared; it certainly does screech but it's not objectionable. Certainly not discreet though.
