2nd try with the Canon ML

The Canon AF 35 ML has a 40mm lens with a fast aperture of f1.9, so it is suitable for night shots. This time I loaded the camera with a 400 ASA Kodak colour film

I did not like the results. The camera cannot focus near, all objects around 1 meter are out of focus. Flash gave me red eye pictures, and night street shots were underexposed.

I took some nice pictures in the street

and some underexposed at night

indoors was a bit better

Canon EOS iX, an EOS with smaller film?

This is a camera I got for 5 euros at Ebay, body only. It is a rather ordinary EOS camera that takes the smaller APS film. So, what is the reason to by an EOS camera that takes smaller and lower quality APS film? That is what customers thought and the EOS iX was a total sales failure.

The camera takes all EF lenses and there is a crop factor of 1.5 to the focal length, thus the 50mm becomes 75mm with this camera.

I've put an Exaktar 55mm/f1.7 with an M42 to EOS adapter on the camera. The lens is fast for night and indoor shots, and sharp too. Film was a Fuji 200 ASA expired in 2008. I got some nice and sharp pictures, the exposure system is accurate and the lens is of good quality thus bypassing the smaller film disadvantage.
Some samples

Kodak Vest Pocket, another failure.

Kodak Vest Pocket from the time of World War I.

I like this camera very much. I gave it another try with a 160 ASA Bluefire film, 127 format.

I thought that the light leaks in the previous film came from the bottom door that was unlocking but it proved that light comes in from the film window that is too transparent. 

As the camera was stored in a pouch only the indoor shots were exposed properly, the outdoor ones were burned from the amount of light sneaking in from the film view window.

I hope I will be more successful when I cover up the film window in the back. 

More from the Pentax Pino

The Pentax Pino is a simple to use snapshot camera, no focusing is needed.

                       

Here are some more samples from this simple plastic camera.

 

Konica EU mini

I found this camera at a stall, it gets turned on but there is a problem with advancing the film. I must find some time to repair it. It is a small and nice looking camera.

Chinon 35EE, more

This is a nice camera, black, small, automatic but with display of the settings in the viewfinder, and the f 2.7 aperture permits some low light shooting, there is a B setting also for night photos.

Some more samples

 a triptych

Pentax Pino 35, plastic, simple but good

I found this camera in the flea market. It is a simple snapshot all-plastic camera.

Needs no focusing, as long the subject is further than 1.5 meters. The lens has a focal length of 38mm and maximum aperture of f3.8. The shutter speed is fixed 1/125th.
There are markings on the lens, Clear sun, Cloudy sun Cloudy, - and a - again, I believe these correspond to f16, f11, f8, f5.6 and f3.8.

The camera needs two AA batteries to operate the flash. By pressing half way the shutter, if a red led turns on then flash is required. Then the lens shoud be positioned to a flash distance marked on the camera, bust, two persons, distant. This alters the aperture to accomodate the loss of light.

I put a film inside but the winding mechanism had a problem, too much advance, I ended up with 15 exposures instead of the usual 38.

I played a bit with the aperture settings, the pictures came out nice and sharp.