lee_osborne1

<p>Excellent! I love my Pronea S, and until the summer I was using it a lot. I had a Pronea 600i for a while as well, which was my main camera - laugh all you like, but it's a very capable machine and took some wonderful shots. However, I sold it when I acquired my first DSLR, a Pentax K-m. I chose this because I had a lot of older Pentax lenses, and Pentax DSLRs have amazing backwards compatibility with them.<br>

The Pronea S is still with me, but I've not used it for a while - it needs fresh batteries for a start, but having seen these shots, I'm keen to get some and start shooting with it again. I've still got a lot of APS film in my fridge, including loads of Kodak B&W Plus, which is lovely stuff.<br>

I really like the 16:9 format, and I wish someone would produce a DSLR that could shoot it natively. I've taken a few lovely panoramas with the Pronea S as well, two of which - Hebridean beach scenes - are framed in my bedroom.<br>

Some of my APS photography can be seen on my website at <a href="http://www.primitiveimages.co.uk">http://www.primitiveimages.co.uk</a> .</p>

<p>I just bought a K-m (K2000) three weeks ago, and it's still running just fine on the lithium batteries that came in the box! Admittedly my use of it is not particularly intensive, but it's shot several hundred images already.<br>

I hate proprietary batteries - the fact that this thing takes AAs was a major incentive to buy.<br>

Lee</p>

I was thinking of getting one of these, but I'm really not sure it's worth the expense. I just picked up an old Polaroid Colorpack 82 for three pounds in a charity shop, and it's a much cheaper way of getting Polaroid images, that still have a toycam look about them.

See my first results here - http://www.livejournal.com/users/splee/235153.html

But...if a Holgaroid back came along at the right price, I'd snap one up. I do like my Holga a lot, and the immediacy of it would be wonderful.