fotorama pc-500
I'm gearing up for some plastic point&shoot fun throughout summer. I'm going to be talking about them on my YouTube channel so subscribe to me there if you're interested . The first is this faux-rugged thing from Japan - the Fotorama PC-500. It's a basic, no frills point and shoot with a decent f/4 38mm focus-free lens. It is fully automatic so you get no creative decisions to make apart from composition and whether or not to use flash. It does however allow you to set the ASA (ISO) of 100, 200 or 400, so I suppose you could push and pull within those settings. The lens itself made of glass, so it's relatively sharp, especially in good light. I enjoyed shooting with the camera mainly because it looks and feels cool in the hands. The shutter release action is a little quirky. That, combined with the fact that the camera is so light, may cause blur when the camera selects a slow shutter speed - and it does often for whatever reason....