Question about this type of Camera?

[Taylor Campbell]

I found an old film camera that my parents bought back in the old days. It is an Olympus iS-10 SUPER DLX GlASS ASPHERICAL LENS has a 28-110 HIGH-POWER TWIN FLASH with a 28-110 HIGH RESOLUTION 4x ZOOM.

I wanted to know if this is a good camera and would it work well for storm chasing and at what value would you place this camera today. I was told they purchased it for about $1500.

 

[Chris C Sanner]

I found an old film camera that my parents bought back in the old days. It is an Olympus iS-10 SUPER DLX GlASS ASPHERICAL LENS has a 28-110 HIGH-POWER TWIN FLASH with a 28-110 HIGH RESOLUTION 4x ZOOM.

I wanted to know if this is a good camera and would it work well for storm chasing and at what value would you place this camera today. I was told they purchased it for about $1500.

IF you have a low budget, and can actually find good film...then maybe. I'd think you'd get similar value out of a cheap digital camera and the workflow would be much more convenient for chasing. There's a reason film is now almost completely out

As for value, it's worth no more than $50-$100 nowadays, at least according to the sellers on eBay

 

[Greg Campbell]

I don't know squat about the camera. At first glance, I'd say it's slightly lacking at the wide angle end. That's not to say it won't produce perfectly useful images. For chasing, I'd suggest you try a roll or two of Kodak's new Ektar 100 print film. It has good dynamic range, fine grain, and slightly bumped color response. It will cost a buck or two more per roll, but is the most modern negative emulsion on the market and will look significantly better than most 'standard' consumer films. Get the film developed, but don't have any prints made. Instead, have the lab scan the images to a CD. The cost will be modest, and the scans will be good enough for web use and small prints. Any killer images can be scanned at a higher resolution, tweaked, and printed to 12x18 or even more.

Check e-bay for the camera's real-world value. (It looks like Chris did just that.) I doubt it will fetch much more that $50. Film bodies, particularly point+shoot or ZLR designs like yours, depreciate almost as much as their digital cousins.

 

[Darren Addy]

In the last 30 days this camera has been selling on eBay for between $10 and $25.
What owners think of it here:
http://www.photographyreview.com/ca...oint-and-shoot/olympus/PRD_84572_3108crx.aspx

I'm an old school film shooter, but I still can't advocate stormchasing with ONLY a film camera in TwentyTen. You could probably find a nice point & shoot in a local pawn shop for $75 that would give you 5+ megapixels and image quality close to what you'd get with your iS-10 (and the added convenience and film/processing savings of digital).