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• Thread starter Noah_
• Start date 22 Feb 2014

Noah_

Messages 1,038 Name Ashly Edit My Images No I just wondered, has anyone else on here had much experience with this camera? Had it since about 2009 as I purchased it for my traditional photography college course after briefly shooting on a borrowed one from high school. On my first day of college our lecturers were checking which equipment we had bought would be suitable to the course & I was surprised that not one of them had come across my Phenix DC303K before. It was perfectly suited to the course. I still shoot on it & can't generally fault it for my intents & purposes but has anyone else shot on one of these, what were your thoughts? I'd love to know! Cheers. I'm passionate, not professional.

Mr Bump

From under the bridge

Messages 10,167 Name Sophia Edit My Images Yes had to look it up it looks like a Pentax type Clone Specs Centre weighted TTL metering LED exposure display in the viewfinder ISO film speed to 3200 Shutter speeds of B to 1/2000th Flash sync. 1/125th or slower Mechanical copal metal shutter 10-second mechanical self-timer Uses 10L14 batteries Included accessories: 50mm f1.7 lens with 52mm filter thread FREE leather look case worth £10 OP

Noah_

Messages 1,038 Name Ashly Edit My Images No Yeah I think it pretty much is, everyone has to look it up so I wondered whether anyone else on here has actually shot on one. I have the body & three Phenix lenses that all came as a bundle from an ex student studying an identical course I'd applied for at the time. It saw me through my two year course & hasn't ever failed me. It just occurred to me I've never come across another... Curious. I bought the entire bundle for £12. Last edited: 22 Feb 2014 I'm passionate, not professional.

Mr Bump

From under the bridge

Messages 10,167 Name Sophia Edit My Images Yes wow thats bargain, post up some pics taken with it. OP

Noah_

Messages 1,038 Name Ashly Edit My Images No These are currently the only shabby prints I have on this Macbook I'm afraid. Phenix DC303K loaded with Ilford HP5 400. Printed in the darkroom in 2010 on Ilford MG paper (without first cleaning my negs apparently, I'm ashamed to discover) & scanned with whichever the college had then, memory fails me. I was just 17! 50mm 1.7 24mm 2.8 Last edited: 23 Feb 2014 I'm passionate, not professional.

freecom2

Messages 5,326 Edit My Images No Yeah I've come across them before, they were produced in the last few years and marketed in the UK via Firstcall Photographic. They appear to be loosely based on a basic Pentax design, with modern features such as a faster maximum shutter speed. They seem perfectly alright SLRs, although they obviously don't have the pedigree or heritage of the traditional camera manufacturers - but who cares for £12 really? OP

Noah_

Messages 1,038 Name Ashly Edit My Images No

freecom2 said: Yeah I've come across them before, they were produced in the last few years and marketed in the UK via Firstcall Photographic. They appear to be loosely based on a basic Pentax design, with modern features such as a faster maximum shutter speed. They seem perfectly alright SLRs, although they obviously don't have the pedigree or heritage of the traditional camera manufacturers - but who cares for £12 really? Click to expand...

Exactly haha. Thanks I didn't actually know that bit of background information. I just wanted something manual to learn on & have so far ended up keeping it. I'm passionate, not professional.

Musicman

Messages 9,314 Name Rob Telford Edit My Images No

Mr Bump said: had to look it up it looks like a Pentax type Clone Click to expand...

It looks rather like one of many SLRs made by Cosina for other manufacturers, all basically the same design based on bodies like the Cosina CSM, with only small detail differences aside from the mount. just a few examples of basically the same camera... Yashica FX-3 Olympus OM 2000 Konica TC-X Kalimar K90 Cosina manufactured the Canon T60, a cheap FD body launched after the EOS system arrived and the last manual focus SLR Canon sold. You can see the family resemblance. Canon T60 by cybertect, on Flickr Once you get to spot Cosina DNA, you can see how it was adapted for the Voightlander Bessa R series rangefinders... flickr

RaglanSurf

Messages 11,382 Name Nick Edit My Images Yes As others have said it has the Pentax pedigree but the main reason you don't see many of them is that I think they were about £150/160 new with a 50mm lens and that buys a helluva lot secondhand camera. You could pick up a very useable Nikon/Canon/Olympus kit for that amount of money. Flickr The forum's lament: "Modern technology has given us the internet and with it access to nearly all the knowledge in the world and some people choose to use it to argue with strangers." OP

Noah_

Messages 1,038 Name Ashly Edit My Images No These are all valid points. My shabby work above isn't intended to reflect on the camera's capabilities, more my own incapabilities haha. But you get the gist of what it can do. If it hadn't been as cheap as it was I probably would have looked further afield as I'm usually one of those ignorant brand buyers but it's served my purposes & all my film work has been to better understand the relationship between camera & light, those photographs were part of that journey. That Canon camera has identical controls to my Phenix! I'm passionate, not professional.

Musicman

Messages 9,314 Name Rob Telford Edit My Images No

RaglanSurf said: As others have said it has the Pentax pedigree but the main reason you don't see many of them is that I think they were about £150/160 new with a 50mm lens and that buys a helluva lot secondhand camera. You could pick up a very useable Nikon/Canon/Olympus kit for that amount of money. Click to expand...

FWIW, the launch price in 2005 was £89.99 http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/538396/new-film-based-slrs-buck-digital-trend http://www.ephotozine.com/article/phenix-dc303k-launched-2365 Last edited: 23 Feb 2014 flickr

Mr Bump

From under the bridge

Messages 10,167 Name Sophia Edit My Images Yes Pics look good

freecom2

Messages 5,326 Edit My Images No The other reason why you probably don't see a lot of them around is because it was a film camera marketed in the digital age! You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link

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