35Mm Film Camera Manual Controls

I'm an old-school 35mm film kind of guy, but eventually graduated to digital about 10 years ago. I've found the miniature point & shoots are capable of producing great results for every day shots and when travelling, but, of course, typically lack the ability to be creative. When the Micro Four Third cameras gained more popularity with semi-professionals and serious amatuers, I loved the idea of acquiring a compact camera with manual controls, a relatively large sensor, capable of using interchangeable lenses. Initially, I planned on buying a Panasonic GF-1, but when it was discontined (what a huge blunder that was), I looked more seriously at the Olympus line-up. With the added refinements and new features the E-PL2 offers over the E-PL1, it was a no-brainer. I've had it just a week and am still reading the manual every night -- trying to get a grip on the incredible capabilities of this camera. I'm heading to Honolulu in 3 weeks and can't wait to use it there. The engineers at Olympus have done a magnificent job in terms of style, design, control layout, and overall build quality. Buying the E-PL2 was one of the smartes purchases I've ever made.

What it isn't: it has no manual controls, the lens is intentionally blurry and on the darker side at f/9. What it is: a memory creator, fun and easy to use, point and shoto lomo-esque but better quality. Our baby dropped it a few times and it never broke. Good plastic. I shot using 400 iso film both color and black and white. The flash sometimes is underwhelming so the camera almost begs to play with sunlight. Amazing for sunsets and sunrises. For the price, the Ilford Sprite 35-II is immensely fun to shoot with and an excellent gift for anyone that wants to get into film photography right away.

Great Manual controls. Very tight picture quantity. Film simulations are fantastic considering I used to use fuji film. Combined with the Sigma 18-50 2.8 lens is an awesome combo. Picture quality beats most of my old 'L lenses from Canon. Brings plenty of firepower, no need to compare with other cameras, don't let the art of photography be about specs....

For a manual image advance 35mm film strip or mounted slide scanner it produces great high quality scans. The Silverfast software can produce a usable scan from under exposed or overexposed as well as faded original images

This is a manual lens but as someone who grew up on 35mm film cameras that's not a problem. The unit arrived in pristine condition and I was able to take it for a test drive immediately. Used on a crop sensor Sony A*** made it approximately equivalent to an 18mm FF lens, plenty wide for multiple uses. I'm not a professional but have found the lens to provide a very clean photo with decent, if not perfect, bokeh while keeping the overall photo very clean and crisp, especially towards the center and utilizing the center range of stops.

One the best manual 35mm lens

A shirt pocket camera with auto and manual shutter and aperture controls, it meets every need.

Great battery and I'am using it with an Arriflex 35BL2 35mm film camera.

I like many features of the X-T30 including the manual controls and the Drive function on a dedicated dial. Like many others I frequently pushed the Q button by mistake. I disabled it in the menu system and reconfigured the Fn button to access the Quick menu items. It seems that you can do most anything with this camera, but I think it's too much. This is at the lower end of the X cameras, bought primarily, I suspect, by people relatively new to interchangeable lens camera. If that assumption is accurate, they will get lost in the myriad ways to use and configure this camera. My eyes aren't the best, so I'm grateful for auto focus and focus peaking, but I'm very happy to select shutter speed, ISO, and aperture manually. Not because I'm a professional photographer (definitely not) but because I understand those controls and know how to use them. Once other functions are put in auto mode I have no idea what decisions the electronics have made. Similarly, the very detailed menu system is wonderful for advanced photographers, but most of them will buy X-T3, X-T4, or the newer medium format cameras. Too many choices lead to confusion for amateurs. So the Quick menu is a good idea, but even that requires choices many would rather not make (or don't understand). The last thing I would want Fuji to do is turn this into a point-and-shoot, but I think they would be wise to provide a simplified menu system that most amateurs could navigate without referring to a 300 page manual.

The x100v is pretty much exactly what I expected. A rangefinder style camera with a bright, sharp lens and full manual controls. It’s substantial without being too heavy, feels like it’s made of top notch materials, and performs as expected. If you know Fuji cameras, you’ll be all set. If this is your first “nicer” camera with lots of manual controls, be prepared to spend a lot of time learning this system. The camera warms up quite a bit if you’re snapping shots in quick succession, but I have not experienced any heat warnings or experimented with battery much. Battery life is just ok. Get some spares.