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Less Expensive Point & Shoot Cameras
Don't sink your paycheck into a Yashica T4 when you could have one of these instead: Pentax Espio 140V Fuji DL-150 Olympus Stylus Zoom 140 Add more recs below!
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@theclack
Jan 30, 2024
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@theclack
rysndrs I've had good luck with these! ⬆️
Feb 13, 2024
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@mitra
woof. i’m on my third minolta cle body (always get the warranty).
Jan 30, 2024
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@theclack
nicetomitra True! At the end of the day, we're in the business of aging equipment that's bound to break at some point. I guess it's just a matter of minimizing the financial damage (aka my Yashica T4 that lasted about 6 months)
Jan 30, 2024
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@mitra
theclack I have friends who have a lot of luck with flea market finds. and truly they shoot close to the quality of a contax t3, minus the features that you don’t really need from a point and shoot if you have a manual camera - I may as well run through 5 of them for the price of the contax.
Jan 30, 2024
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@theclack
nicetomitra I'd say you could pick most of these up for $50-150 but admittedly, you might have to search a bit on eBay or ShopGoodwill.com to get under that threshold. Sorry about the Epics - they take such good photos!
Jan 30, 2024
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Several people I know swear by the Olympus XA, and it's one of the smallest ones out there. All of the Olympus Stylus series ones are great imo, but some are more expensive than others. I have the Olympus Stylus Zoom 140 which seems to be pretty cheap and reliable. A friend of mine has the Olympus Infinity Stylus that we both love. Honorable mentions: Pentax Espio 140V and the Fuji DL-150
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@theclack
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Olympus XA1 + flash
It’ll run you ~$100 but I love this point and shoot, and it doesn’t require batteries! But film is expensive. I’d recommend sticking to Kentmere B&W. Digital is 100% cheaper but I don’t have good inexpensive suggestions. I go all in on the highend 😅 You could always try to find my first ever camera: the Kodak MC3
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@lucius
Feb 11, 2024
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if u want a point and shoot the olympus stylus is cheap and pretty good as well as easy to find.
i also like nikon l35af. yashica t’s are great. Look for things with carl zeiss lenses
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@tcsilk
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