Film Reviews

I've been coveting one of these cameras for a while, but at close to the $2K mark, it's a little steep, so I settled for a Fuji model GSW690 III, a great camera itself, which I bought used for about half that. Even cooler, the image size is twice that of the Contax, since it's a 6 x 9 cm negative rather than 6 x 4.5. Like the Carl Zeiss lens on the Contax, it also has a very sharp lens. Still, if someone gave me one of these as a gift, I wouldn't complain.

Another reason I like the the medium format in this Contax is that digital won't be able to touch it soon. I've calculated that the typical 35 mm negative has about 20 to 40 million pixels of information. With digital cameras now achieving 10-14 megapixels, they've reached the lower end of the my estimate for film.

However, my Fuji 6 x 9 cm has 8 times the area of a normal 35 mm negative, which translates into about 250 megapixels, which digital cameras are unlikely to achieve soon, at least in the next few years. Maybe 10 years, I'd believe that. In the meantime, I'll stick with a great medium-format film camera like the Contax or my Fuji.

This is the new version of the EOS Rebel 2000 (they called it "K2" instead of "2K", I suppose in order to avoid giving the impression that the camera is 4 years out of date, which it is not).

It is simply a great camera at a great price. It works as well as any 35mm camera on the market, has a reasonably fast winder, and best of all it takes all of the huge variety of EF Canon lenses. It is actually very light, so you can carry it around without fatigue, or you can bulk it up by adding the extended grip (which gives it a very nice feel).

The zoom lenses are a little slow. I recommend that you get the body only, and start with the 50mm f/2.8 MKII lens, which is a steal at about $70. Together, they make an outstanding, affordable, high-quality package for those of us who still love film more than digital.

This is the new version of the EOS Rebel 2000 (they called it "K2" instead of "2K", I suppose in order to avoid giving the impression that the camera is 4 years out of date, which it is not).

It is simply a great camera at a great price. It works as well as any 35mm camera on the market, has a reasonably fast winder, and best of all it takes all of the huge variety of EF Canon lenses. It is actually very light, so you can carry it around without fatigue, or you can bulk it up by adding the extended grip (which gives it a very nice feel).

The zoom lenses are a little slow. I recommend that you get the body only, and start with the 50mm f/2.8 MKII lens, which is a steal at about $70. Together, they make an outstanding, affordable, high-quality package for those of us who still love film more than digital.

In the past I purchased a SanDisk Ultra CF card because I was told the speed was much faster then the standard CF cards. So, I paid the premium and got the Ultra card and it works great.

Recently, I needed to purchase another CF card and thought I would save some money and buy the EP Memory 512MB CF card. (...)

After receiving the card I immediately installed the card to see if I made a mistake. After using the CF card I could not see and difference in how either card worked. I am not saying that the Ultra is not faster, I am just saying, I could not tell.

If you are a novice like me with digital cameras, you really do not need to spend the extra money for a faster card.

This batch of fujifilm uses Ricoh technology for their dvd's!!! If you're unfamiliar to the different brands of dvd's out there, then let me inform you that Ricoh is the best brand there is out there (CMC is good too; Memorex uses this). I've successfully written at 2x, 4x, 6x, and yes, even 8x speeds!!! Of course this isn't recommended for a 4x writable dvd, but I'm just saying this to tell you these are quality dvd's. Pay a little extra for these and you'll save money in the end by not burning a lot of coasters. These dvd's use the blue dye, which indicates good longevity. The end

I've used about 10 of these with my NEC1100A DVD+R/W and haven't had any problems yet.

This camera takes great and clear pictures. my photographs look crisp and professinal. it is compact buy powerful. while in japan i was able to get some brown and white film and the pictures shocked and amazed me they were so breath taking. just wow!...one thing though...there is no zoom. :(

I performed extensive tests (about 2 rolls each) of Fuji and Kodak APS films at 100, 200, and 400 ASA, using a Canon ELPH camera (the original aspherical zoom lens model). I shot a variety of outdoor scenes in a variety of lighting conditions (e.g. downtown skyscraper architectural with bright clear blue sunny skies, flowers and trees with both bright sun and shade, rock close-ups in overcast). I shot a few indoor locations, without a flash at ASA 400, with flash for the others. I examined the results for color, range, clarity and grain. Here's what I saw:

For ASA 100, Kodak kicked butt. Clearly better color rendition, and much, much tighter grain and better detail in all the bright lighting situations, especially with panorama print.

For ASA 400, I was pleasantly surprised that Fuji really outperformed the Kodak film. Fuji had vibrant blues and was good all across to the reds. Kodak felt washed out on the blue side, weirdly. Also surprising was that Fuji had tighter grain in bright conditions; they both looked grainy of course in lower light, but the Fuji somehow felt smoother or less chunky in the blown-up panorama prints. It also seemed to have better tonal range in both light and dark settings.

Frankly, neither of the ASA 200 films seemed acceptable to me for outdoor shots; indoors with flash, both were OK and Kodak was maybe better color. Outside, they both felt lower contrast/saturation, subsequently cramped color, didn't have the tight grain of the 100, and didn't work as well in low light and indoors (without flash) as the 400. Just seemed not worth it compared to the two options.

Thinking of buying a camera? How about buying more than a camera? Well I can tell you that the Fuji 60AF Autofocus 35mm Camera, is a lot more than a camera. In fact, I consider it more of a phenomenon. All the exellent features it provides makes the camera incredible. It is so easy to take pictures with this camera unlike others that you have to hit various buttons to make it work. Not only that, the pictures that anyone takes are astounding. My friends four year old son took 4 or 5 pictures with this thing and we all expected those pictures to come out looking very fuzzy. Not only were they not fuzzy, they were beautiful. If you want a good camera, get something else, but if you are looking for an excellent camera, you have come to the right place.