Your Favorite Pocket (or small) Film Camera?

<p>looking for something light with good IQ... </p>

<p>Voigtländer VF101 rangefinder. Small, rugged, nice 40mm Tessar. Also small-ish and good: Agfa Optima 1535 sensor (excellent viewfinder).</p>

<p>Did we talk IQ in film days?<br>

Olympus XA series.</p>

<p>Folding Kodak Retina. Mine is a IIc</p>

<p>Olympus Stylus Epic (non-zoom model). Called the Mjuii in some markets. Weather-resistant construction as an added bonus.<br>

http://www.photo.net/olympus/mjuII</p>

<p>If you want really small, and a really spectacular lens, think Minox. They are slightly quirky to use,(scale focusing) but are as image capable as any 35mm SLR.</p>

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<p>Nikon AF600</p>

<p>I am partial to the XA's (own 4 and an XA2) but the MJU-II has exceptional IQ for a small camera, many useful features, and is my 2nd favorite small 35mm camera</p>

<p>I still use my little Rollei B35 now and then. Its far from the best at anything but I like it. I learned how to take pictures with it when I was a kid, nothing auto on it so was a good way to start for me.</p>

<p>Canon Sure Shot 103u.<br>

I expect "long gone" now, but was a good in it's day!</p>

<p>I think I have three of the Stylus Epics; I tend to keep one in my coat pocket whenever I go out. Great little lens, and it is relatively fast (2.8) as well.</p>

<p>The small Olys are indeed good. I own several from an early XA to the later Stylus Epics, and love them, but another good one to consider is the Ricoh GR1: <br>

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/secondhand/2nd_hand_cameras_-_top_second_hand_cameras_secondhand_285083.html?offset=&offset=2</p>

<p>Tom M.</p>

<p>Pentax UC-1 / Espio Mini. Nice 32mm fixed length lens.</p>

<p>Film? In the late 80's had a Zenit Lomo which was amazzing quality for the price<br>

Digital? I have the Canon S90 that surprises me at times.</p>

<p>35mm<br>

Another for Canon Sure Shot. It says CAFS on the front of it. Auto everything.<br>

Canon A35F, Manual focus rangefinder, it does auto exposure.<br>

Canonet 28, Manual focus rangefinder, can set aperture and shutter goes to 1/60 if battery dies.<br>

I have these three and they work good for snapshots and street.</p>

<p>120 film<br>

For a slightly bigger pocket and a bit of fun, Agfa Ansco Ready Set Royal. Folder that shoots 120 in 6x9, no focus, no shutter speeds, no aperture, point and shoot. You can Push or Pull process to control exposure, if all shots in same light.</p>

<p>Olympus Stylus Epic</p>

<p>Olympus Stylus Epic. Flares like stink against the sun though-- wish it had a hood.</p>

<p>Minolta MG16 it has the sweetest shutter I ever used on a camera and that includes SLRs. </p>

<p>The old Olympus Trip 35 is good if you don't want too much complication. Metal body and a fine f2.8 lens It has no batteries either. Otherwise the more modern Canon Sureshot series were excellent. For classic style I agree with Yani's suggestion for the Kodak Retina. The II is probably the best user camera.</p>

<p>Contax T2 with a Carl Zeiss 38mm f2.8 lens. Not real light, but great shots.</p>

Oly stylus epic - small, weather resistant, 35mm f2.8 lens, biased towards wide apertures and fast shutters but capable

of doing long exposures too, rugged. Good image quality, but it does flare. Sometimes I would try shading it with my

hand.

<p>I enjoyed my Leica Mini 3 Japanese made camera when I still used film. I wrote a review here on PN can' t turn it up now.. I still have the Mini 3 Can't go wrong with that, price was affordable. I liked it better than the Stylus Epic which I tried, focused more reliably and was fast good lens, and it was about the same size. Might still find one used and in good condition.</p>

<p>Olympus XA4 and Voigtlander Vito B.</p>