On 2007-06-13 13:20:30 -0400, "Fred Anonymous" <anon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> "WWojtek" <wokulski_SPAM_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:f4p635$3h$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Uzytkownik "Michael Weinstein" <drmike99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> napisal w
>> wiadomosci news:2007061312091216807-
>>>
>>> I use my Vectis S1 setup more than my Olympus OM2/OM10 or my Pentax
5x7
>>> OR EVEN my Kodak 5 megapixel point and shoot.
>>
>> Look at this:
>>
http://www.allegro.pl/item204164600_zestaw_minolta_vectis_s_1_aps_2_obiektywy_okazja_.html
or
http://www.allegro.pl/item203226490_minolta_vectis_s_1_najlepszy_aps_.html
1
>>
>> PLN (zl) = 3$=3,8 Euro=5,5 Pound.
>>
>> It looks nice and is quite cheap.
>>
>>> I bought about 40 rolls of 400-25 on ebay a few months ago, all in
date,
>>> and now in the freezer, along with the last of the Konica 400 my
>>> supermarket sold, all forzen in date, and a 5 pack of fuji 800-40 I
>>> bought from Japan and froze,
>>
>> You have got quite a depot in your freezer.
>> Do you really have in date 800ASA?
>> BTW This must produce some nasty grain on that format.
>>
>> have you ever heard about slide film for APS?
>>
>> Wojtek
>>
>
> Hello Wojtek.
>
> I have used 800ASA print film and I was pleasantly surprised at the
grain.
> It was not too bad.
>
> The 100ASA Fuji slide film was excellent and the results were as good,
to my
> eye, as the 35mm slides I used to shoot.
> I still have some rolls of the slide film and I hope that Fuji still
have
> their lab in Germany to process it.
>
> I agree with the comments about the Vectis S1. Lovely camera with nice,
> light and compact lenses.
> If 400ASA film was still available here in the UK then I would still be
> using the camera.
> On the other hand, I shot over 1,200 pictures on a seven days holiday
last
> January. That would have cost a lot (!) for processing whereas because I
was
> using a Canon EOS350D there was no cost at all.
>
> That was on a holiday. For daily use, I used to carry the Vectis S1 and
a
> couple of lenses. I now carry the EOS350D and two lenses but this is
bulkier
> and heavier than the lovely Vectis S1!
>
> Regards, Ian.
BTW:
There is a very active S1 (and S100) user group on Yahoo. It is quite
active and about the only APS group that I know of that really talks
about picture taking.
Michael
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