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Neon Star on Film

Kodak Portra 800

Kodak Ektar 100

Fried donut machine in action at the Fair. Nikon FM2n Kodak Portra 800, 50mm f/1.2 lens.

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Beach on Kodak Ektar 100 film. Nikon FM2n with Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 lens.

Relax... you're here LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA BEACH

Power lines on Ilford HP5 Plus 400

Power lines on Ilford HP5 Plus, Nikon F6 with Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D Fisheye lens.

FLOWERS ON FILM

Kodak Gold 200

Nikon Lite Touch AF top view of the LCD screen.

Nikon Lite Touch AF back view. I painted an outline on the view finder and placed a red sticker below it to help my eye find it when pulled up to my face. The viewfinder is super tiny.

Nikon Lite Touch AF size comparison with two 35mm film boxes.

Nikon Lite Touch AF photo while eatting pizza at Miami's Best Pizza.

Nikon Lite Touch AF photographed out the window of a car.

Photo of PDQ fried chicken taken with the Nikon Lite Touch AF with its wide 28mm focal length. Lomography Color Negative 100 film.

No flash photo of Messer Chups in Chicago, IL with the Nikon Lite Touch AF on Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 film.

Panoramma mode of the Nikon Lite Touch AF turned on. Thou the switch wasnt all the way so you can see the edges of it on the left.

Nikon Lite Touch AF works great with Backlit Black and White film too.

Kiki Valdes artwork on Ilford HP5 400 film on the Nikon Lite Touch AF .

Nikon Lite Touch AF Review

The every day carry point & shoot film camera

This is a fantastic camera and exactly the camera I want to take with me everywhere. I own a few cameras (F6, FM2n, F80s) with awesome lens but I was looking to add a small everyday camera to enhance my iPhone photography. I found this for about 100 bucks on eBay.

Pros

Small and Light Weight

This is the smallest film camera I have seen or ever used. I’d say it even smaller than most disposable 35mm film cameras. Disposable are lighter but this one isn’t much heavier. Plus it has a flash!

Thin profile

The lens is retracted when the camera is off. Nothing pokes out so it easily slides into my pocket.

Fixed 28mm

This is a perfect focal length for just about any situation. Indoor, outside, at a desk or table. In the city or out in nature. Even in a car or an elevator. I always prefer it than my iPhone for photos. Unless it’s an immediately needed photo for reference like a parking space # or whatever.

Cons

Tiny viewfinder

The viewfinder is so tiny it’s almost unusable. Sometimes I can’t even find it when I pull up the camera to my face. I painted a white outline on the viewfinder and put a red sticker below it to help my eye find it. The view inside the viewfinder is so tiny its almost pointless to compose. I find myself not bothering to use the viewfinder. I mostly point and shoot off the cuff, that could be a pro feature thou.

Mushy trigger button

The tigger is really mushy. I’ve found it best to use 1 of 2 strategies. Option 1) Press the tigger down so hard with my finger I slightly vibrate the camera from the resistance. Option 2) Which I find works better, but a lot slower is pushing the trigger down til I feel slight resistance and hold… About 1 second later the camera is like OH OK and fires the shot. Slow but it works and no shakes. 'Nikon Mushy Touch AF' might be a better name for this camera.

LCD Screen

Has no illumination so it’s impossible to see at night.

The Nikon Lite Touch AF (also knows as AF600) has a few other cool features such as Panorama Setting, Slow Flash, Pause Film Rewind, Two Shot Self-Timer and more. Check out the manual

conclusion

Sample Photos Taken with the Nikon Lite Touch AF camera