I recently completed a bucket list item! I rode a bicycle across the entire USA following the Adventure Cycle Association Southern Tier route from St. Augustine, FL to San Diego, CA. OF COURSE, I took a couple of cameras. One digital, a Panasonic Lumix G7 and a film point & shoot, Olympus Infinity Stylus.
The Stylus was the perfect choice for the trip. Not only is it reliable and delivers fairly good quality, but it has the following:
- Very good flash that can be overridden
- Sliding film cover that turns the camera on and off
- Excellent battery life (easy to obtain, 123A size)
- 35mm f/3.5 lens
- Very compact and stealthy
I shot about 25 rolls over the 55 day trek. I took all my color film I had in inventory and purchased a couple of packs along the way. I shot Fujicolor 200 & 400, Kodak Portra 160, 400 & 800, Kodak 200 and several B&W rolls. I also brought one roll of Dubblefilm Jelly.
My plan was just to take snapshots. Just capture scenes along the route versus doing any specific genre like street photography, landscapes, etc. Essentially, I took photos of anything that caught my fancy when I was on a break or when finished riding for the day.
I'm just now starting to home develop the film so will be posting images over the next few posts. Here are some images from the 1st 3 developed rolls.
Bottomline, I'm really happy with my choice to bring the Stylus as my film camera option (and trust me I have lots of cameras to choose from).
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Florida - Fujicolor 200 |
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Florida - Fujicolor 200 |
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Florida - Fujicolor 200 |
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Florida - Kodak 200 |
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Florida - Kodak 200 |
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Florida - Kodak 200 |
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Florida - Kodak 200 |
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El Paso, TX - Dubblefilm Jelly |
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El Paso, TX - Dubblefilm Jelly |
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El Paso, TX - Dubblefilm Jelly |