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<p>I use a Contour Roam 3 on my bicycle helmet.<br>

Here's the episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_kah2mWiw<div></div>

<p>The Yashica Electro is the camera that got me into photography. I've owned others, but that photo of the Electro got me choked up.</p>

<p>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byt6Rrp-cSezcVB4aTFfaGdOS1E/view?usp=sharing<br> Excuse me if I underestimate your photography skill level, but I want to male sure you can enjoy your camera. No insult inteded.<br> Here is a link to the manual for the XA. If what you have is the actual XA rather than the XA2 or XA4 (although they may be similar) then you select the aperture you'd like and the camera selects the shutter speed for a correct exposure. The needle tells you what shutter speed is selected. It's an aperture priority camera meaning you select the aperture and the camera does the rest. BUt if you wanted a fast shutter to capture action, you'd use the widest aperture possible (smaller f number). If you wanted a longer shutter to blur the action, then use the smallest aperture possible (larger f number). Have fun!</p>

Kenko 180* (technically a lens filter as it mounts on an existing lens) A 500mm parabolic mirror lens (constant f8...can't remember the brand) A Vivitar Series 1 70-210 constant aperture zoom with macro. You'd have to refocus after zooming in or out, but it worked well for portraits as the zoom had the same wide aperture as the close up. And that reminds me. Based on what I read about the Vivitar Qdos telephoto lens with built-in anaglyph filter, I made one using a Yashica Electro35 and its F-1.7 lens which I disassembled, placing inside of it a half red-half cyan filter I made from a pair of red/blue cardboard glasses, and then reassembling it. It worked!...as long as you enjoy all your photos taken with a wide open aperture, blurry backgrounds, and your subject close to the camera.

I haven't shot with a Pen but I have handled a few. Even the lesser Pens have a solid, quality feel compared to the Chaika. It they were cars of the late 1960s period, the Pens would be nice Audis or Volvos, the Chaika would be a Trabant or other eastern block car.

I have two. My original plan was to twin them on a bar for stereo photography, but I never got around to it, and my Stereo Realist was much easier. Back in the late 90s I liked the small size, and got a smug satisfaction from being able to accurately estimate focus and exposure in my head. The lenses on mine are sharp, but the photos come out a little grainy due to the half-frame format, although not as grainy when compared to my 16mm and 110 cameras. The shutter is quiet, but feels like a thin, springy safety pin is part of the mechanism. I even managed to find a nuetral density filter that fit. Choosing the aperture is a little difficult due to its design and placement. But I like mechanical things, and these cameras are so basic and straight forward that I found them irresistible.

Very true!

Mass...the original image stabilization technology.<div></div>

Cool! I had been wanting to reload a 126 cartridge and try an old 126 camera or two. I have slit and reloaded 110 cartridges and used backing paper. I disabled the sprocket finder on the cameras. Some will cock the shutter without them...some will not. I also have wound s35mm film onto 828 rolls with backing paper. Your venture may lead me to try 126 yet. Nice results.

Excellent! I would love to try out those lenses, especially the 28mm.

<p>Nice job! What about the bellows? Light leaks?</p>

<p>Holy cats! Very nice!</p>

<p>Sweet! I have had a couple of XAs and was wary of the XA2, but your photos are terrific!</p>

<p>Not to be flip, but any SLR with an uncoupled meter that is battery dependent, just remove the battery. I have a Yashica FX-3, and a Chinon LC-M and a Vivitar SL 220. Any of those will work with no battery which disables the meter; and because it is uncoupled, the camera still works. But not my Minolta X-GM. Although it has a full-manual mode, it still needs a battery for the shutter (If I remember correctly).</p>