Is This The Weirdest Camera Ever?
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One of the good things about vintage analog is that you can trust the reviews. Like, clearly Lucy's not on the payroll. "I'm kind of dreading using it again" was my favourite line in the video😂
Hahaha 🤣
Fun little fact about this weird camera: they also produced a left handed version, amazingly. These are super rare. The Samurai was the godfather of the ZLRs that eventually became really popular with Olympus.
Wow that is so interesting and cool! This camera just cooler and cooler!!! Thanks for watching
After months of hunting, I finally received my Kyocera Samurai x.40 in the mail today, and holy crap this thing is HUGE, like unreasonably-illogical-what the hack is inside huge! Which I found this as hilarious as the existence of this camera in the first place. I think you put it perfect, it is a novelty item in a collection. As coincidentally enough, I am shooting a golf editorial this Friday, so I am gonna to load it up with a roll from my dwindling supply of Superia 400 and blast away in it's golf mode!
You can actually switch the flash off, it's the mode button on the back
Interesting, I actually love using my X3 and X4. They are some of my favorite cameras in terms of user experience vs results. There is definitely some personality also in the lens formula. And it's a nice reminder that we all have different tastes and desires in terms of photography. :))
I was very interested in your take on the Yashica Samurai. I remember them in 1987 and bought mine in 1991 when they were being dicounted. Over 32 years I have got used to this camera and like what it does. My Samurai is currently loaded with Delta 400 with a deep orange filter on the front. Your review contains exactly what reviewers did back in 1988. I find the Samurai handles better without the screw on hand grip. I also think the autofocus motor is too quick for the phase detection module causing the hunting for focus. Like you I am a half frame enthusiast and use an Olympus pen D regualrly, normally loaded with Porta 160. I am taking my Samurai out later today for some family phographs, I have got used to the focus hunting and once focus is found I wait for the right moment.
In the late 80's and early 90's there was a lot of adventure in camera design. During the 80's it became possible to connect camera parts, systems and controls electronically and use motor located around the camera to make it operate. This freed camera sesign from physically linking controls to internal systems. For a time camera designers took this freedom to design cameras looking like nothing before. The only restriction was the film path, chambers, exposure gate and lens in relationship between each other. Olympus even managed to place a lens up above the direct light path to the film using two mirrors to get the light to the film in the AF-1 Twin. I liked these neew camera designs back then, todau I have a Ricoh Mirai, Yashica Samurai 3.0, Canon Epoca, Olympus AF-1 Twin and Olympus AZ 330. The maufactureres put a lot into these unusual camera designs, all these cameras I have produce high quality reuslt and I like exploring the unusual handling they have.
Just found one with all of its accessories on eBay, im excited, i think its an awesome concert camera, hiking camera, for biking. Just overall looks fun, not looking forward to holding it sideways to get portrait frames but i think it will end up being one of my favorites cameras tbh.
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The images are surprisingly good coming out of this. Idk what I was expecting but I’m pleasantly surprised.✨
Yes that’s how I felt too! Thank you for watching lovely 😊
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I've had mine for 3yrs or so and I love it!
Nice shots!
The size of the Samurai is what surprises me the most. It's really too big and chunky for a half frame camera - especially considering how compact full frame point & shoots were getting back then. My weirdest film camera has to be the Minolta Riva Zoom 105i - probably even chunkier than the Samurai and with automatic zoom. It's also my only non second hand film camera from the past almost 30 years as it was still in the box with everything still wrapped and sealed - new old stock is what the camera store called it.
Literally nothing you could say would stop me buying one of these on sight 😂 just looks so cool!
I've got one of these, badged as a Yashica in the UK but the same otherwise: mine doesn't have that handle/handgrip yours does though. You know you are using old kit when the date display wont go up to today, I think '09 was the longest time they could imagine back then.....
I haven't used it for years but I remember taking it to a gig and being rather disappointed with it's low-light performance, but otherwise it's pretty good for a half-frame.
Thanks for your video, it inspired me to dig out the Samurai, put a new battery in it, listened to it's motorised vibe again ......I might even take a few shots with it......someday .
Awesome review. This is one that I have always wanted to try also, but dreaded the half-frame because most cameras shoot portrait orientation. So knowing that it shoots landscape is a plus. I would recommend looking for the Canon Photura, similar design but a better overall design.
I watched a video where the guy said "this would be a great travel camera." Like hell no dude. It's so massive I find myself not taking it out, just because of how inconvenient it is. I love how weird and goofy it is though.
Never heard the term 'dad cam'. Very interesting bit of gear
Was looking for a half frame and decided to pick up a Fuji TW-3. Has some quirky features; 2 lenses and a continuous mode
It would be my chosen Half Frame if not for the battery issue
I definitely want one of these, just for it's quirky, unique design and form.factor plus it's half frame ability in landscape mode.👍
You had some bangers with this!
maybe this is a dumb question but I bought this camera and just developed film and got full frame prints... not half-frame prints and I'm seeing that your photos are full frame. tips?
I have never seen such camera like this but how to load the film?
My Chinon Geneis iii looks nearly identical to that, but in full-frame. Also, fun to use, but not a serious camera by any means.
You got one!!! Loved Sunny Sixteen’s vid on this. Had never even heard of this camera before… Prices just went 📈💥
I have an early digital camera that looks similar a Kodak DC50Zoom. I haven't tried it. I acquired it somewhere and just have it on my shelf. Not sure how to get the images off it. Anyway, another very interesting review of an interesting older camera.
A bit random, but I learned photography using my father's 35mm half-frame Mercury II viewfinder camera. It was great for color slides. I used it back in 1960's and 70's. Totally manual.
Is this a SLR point and shoot? Just wondering because it is big and if there is a mirror?
I think a few of the Japanese companies experimented with different designs in the late 80s/early 90s. I think I remember an Olympus or Minolta camera that was almost all zoom lens with a grip that looked pretty weird. This looks to be a stills camera styled like a camcorder.
This is the best half frame point&shot camera ever i have!
I have one this 2 years! 10 rolls and zero Offfocus shots - that`s amazing!
Size not so good, but old look - it`s fun!
I make review on my channel, but on russian language
Thank you for this video! 🖤
the canon photura autoboy jet was kinda the same way which it also looked like a camcorder. you should try that one and see how it works. the weirdest camera I ever saw was the evil camera from the goosebumps episode called say cheese and die based off the book where in the tv adaptation it looked like a spaceship and it would take polaroids but in the picture it would predict the future in the photo and it would always be bad. an are you afraid of the dark episode called the tale of the curious camera kinda did the same thing but both episodes were inspired by a twilight zone episode called a most unusual camera. but to be honest with you I always liked the old western cameras from back in the day where you would put the sheet over you and the flash would go off with some kind of powder and then there is the speed graphic cameras from back in the old days with the big flash bulbs that had to be replaced after every shot and they make a loud poof sound when you use them. Joe Pesci uses one in the movie the public eye where he plays a tabloid photographer and takes pictures of crime scenes. good movie if you ask me. I highly recommend it.
Bought this one many years ago and its still working perfectly. MINOLTA FREEDOM ZOOM 105i 35-105mm. Pretty affordable on the ebay market.
The weirdest camera I own is a Minox 35gt, super tiny apparently was the smallest 35mm camera at one point. And the ‘drawbridge’ front is pretty cool I think! Takes a good shot too though 😄
I do not think that Minox 35 GT is weird
Now I travel to London and want to be a bloger. Just with my ZV-E10 and whole set filters from Kase for my life record, good choice?
Hollywood wedding photographer and Canon ambassador Joe Buissink said always read your. If you watch his videos he came up with a way he shoots in P mode for weddings so he never makes a mistake. I've heard a lot of stories of wedding photographers making mistakes at weddings.
I thought I would like the landscape half frame format so I looked for a Samurai. I couldn't find an affordable one, though, so I got a Canon Dial 35. It was kinda fun to shoot but it turned out that I, too, did not the landscape format. The Dial is easy to shoot sideways, though.
I haven't seen anyone reviewing and trying out a 110 camera. Would love to see one.
Eccentric-looking cameras are great for engaging with strangers, for portrait shots. Less intimidating than SLRs for sure
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not the answer i was expecting that is wild. I couldnt find this particular music on his page tho. Both of you would benefit from links in the description )))
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With the mode button you should be able to deactivate the flash, I think
Thank you for doing this review. I’ve been contemplating this camera for years. After watching, I’m going to pass. I really like half frame so I’ll stick to what I currently own. You just saved me $100!
Ever heard of the Konica aiBORG Super Zoom 35mm with 35-105 f3.8-f8.5 mm “Darth Vader” point and shoot camera 😊
On a side note the Olympus C5050 will do half frame but you have to dig into the menus a bit.
?!Really!?
A quick dig through the internet revealed this to be the 2 in 1 function which I've never viewed as a half-frame shooting option but now you've opened my eyes to it.
I do recall other cameras with lots of fancy shooting options among which would have been this 2 in 1 option, but have never paid it any heed
@@himeccms893 you’re right, it’s not exactly half frame but it can make it sorta work. Not quite the same as the Pen. I haven’t used it much.
@@photom3 I think this form of photography is known as a diptych (or something), which explains why I've never seen it as half-frame shooting, which would have been continuous.
@@himeccms893 I haven’t really explored it that much but became intrigued when I saw that Eugene Smith had actually used it for commercial work. I copy stuff so I can try figure out why they used it or at least try.
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My ‘weirdest’ camera is just a vitoret from voigtlander, but when I say vitoret, I don’t mean the vitoret F or M or whatever, just a plain old vitoret. Viewfinder is a basic viewfinder, it has a leaf shutter and is basically total guesswork with no phone to meter on. I love and hate it, I usually carry some grainy b+w like tri x to do occasional old timey landscapes when I am on a shoot
It has the original leather case too which is what drew my eye in the antique shop
I have this camera and I love it!
Maybe I need to give it some more time before I fully decide if it’s for me or not! Thanks for watching
If I saw that out in the wild I would think its a old camcorder from the 80's or 90's.
If there is a light sensor you can cover the light sensor so the flash will be forced to go off.
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SO............. Lose the hand grip and you hands will be able to reach all the buttons and your pinky will stay out the way of the lens. I also understand by the minimalist review that you haven't delved into the cameras menu properly? Which means that you haven't yet experienced its full potential! This camera can do wayyyy more than you've given it credit for! Just learn how to use it!!
Glad u didn't like it! Videos like this keep the prices low, ty for that
Oh, I'm early.
Hey 👋🏻 thanks for tuning in Jason!
Weird camera ... 😂
So weird right!? Thanks for watching!
Its not a great choice for parties, the camera is not good on low light conditions, cant focus sh!t... I ended up selling it for half price I bought it just to get some money that I invested back lol
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