Price: AROUND £ 100 PLUS £ 18 FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL Over the years I’ve had a few cameras for my fishing photos. The most expensive cost me a fortune and then the following year it was being sold off for less than half price, doesn’t that just hack you off? A couple of years back my better half agreed to treat me to another new one, so long as our daughter could have the old one for school trips, etc. I agreed and became the proud owner of a new SLR supa-doopa camera – and manual! It couldn’t be as difficult to use as the last SLR I had………could it?
Mates of mine were buying digital cameras and taking some cracking pictures, so that seemed to be the favourite way to go. I hastily plied my missus with her favourite tipple (meths) and cooked her a balti to die for. By the end of the evening and with me being in possession of the last full bottle to barter with I got her to agree to me having a digi like the one Rik had – great! Well nearly, I then discovered that not only do I get ripped off with cameras but PC’s too! I would have to have a new PC to go digi. No number of Balti and meth’s nights would get her to agree to that! A chat to other mates confirmed that some of them were taking great pics with compacts so that was the direction I decided to go back down. A quick chat to Graham and I was put on to a couple of potential purchases. Jim Gibbinson uses them. But could I? I called into the local camera shop (the proprietors’ face lit up!) and he had one of the models in stock and put one in front of me for my perusal. “very good lens on that model sir.” But by now I was a seasoned camera buyer. “It’s too small to do anything, that is,” I knowingly exclaimed. “It has built in flash, power wind, red-eye reduction, stand-by flash, permanent flash, remote picture taking capabilities, all weather usage and, of course, that superb lens.
Then the missus, who is boringly picking her toe nails on the counter, pipes up, “YOU should know it’s not the size that matters.” The grin on the proprietor’s face was enough. I bought the camera just to get out of the shop! I got the camera home and settled down for a night reading the instructions. ‘Drop the film in and pull out sufficient film so that it just touches the red mark. Close camera and the film then winds itself on! Slide open front to switch on, press button on back once for red eye reduction, twice for flash when camera thinks it’s needed, twice for permanent flash. The film winds on itself after taking photo. When film is fully exposed it winds itself back.’ What was I gonna do for the rest of the evening? This camera is one of the best bits of fishing-related gear I have purchased for years! Gone is the bulky camera case to be replaced by a Tupperware-type plastic box that holds all the equipment I need for a decent angling shot. Including camera, Gold Label camera adapter, spare battery in film canister and hand held remote control for taking self photos. This in turn fits neatly into a small side pocket on any of my ruckers. Perfick!
Does it take good pictures? Far better than the ‘expensive’ SLR! At least in my hands (on Fishingmagic you will see pics I have taken with it). I have taken self-photos of large eels (no mean task!) with it mounted on a rod rest and the remote, which can be purchased separately making this much easier. I tried the timer but ended up with some hilarious shots with the eels! I have given the camera to my young son and told him to point and fire and all the pictures are great. | ||||
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