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What's your favorite camera to film with?

Whats a good FILM camera brand?

  • i usually use digital and i have a nikon d40 so i'm kinda a die hard nikon fan lol sigma lenses are nice as well anyways i am taking a photography class learning about film and i have to have a film camera i don't i'm buying one off ebay but i don't know what brand to get all i know is i need a 35mm film camera lens size doesnt matter too much.. is olympus a good brand? i know nikon is what do you look for when buying a film camera? whats a good lens size? thanks!

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    If you have a Nikon digital SLR, you should get a Nikon film SLR so you can share lenses between your cameras. It makes no sense to buy a completely different mount (as others have suggested). No new affordable AF 35mm SLRs are being made, so essentially you're looking at old SLRs. At the low end, look for a used Nikon N80, which used, sells for around $50 to $75. It's still a fantastic camera. In the middle range of $100-300, the Nikon F100 is a superb choice, a full pro camera that often sells for 1/10 of what it cost new, due to the influx of digital SLRs. What to look for: camera in good condition and not heavily used or abused. No problems and working. Generally for film cameras, you want 95% or better viewfinders with .90x or better magnification, a glass pentaprism (not a cheaper pentamirror), and any other options you desire like self-timer or autofocus or self-winding (many older cameras lack one or more of these features, such as the old Pentax K1000 which is manual focus and has no self timer and is manual winding). Where to look: try http://www.keh.com or careful shopping on eBay or craigslist.org What's a good lens size: for film, start with a 50mm f/1.8, then a wide angle lens (around 28mm) and then a zoom like 80-200mm or 70-200mm

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Look for: 1970's or newer (you may want a recent model... less to go wrong from age, but perhaps not as sturdy or classy) Zoom lens IS a plus, but otherwise, a standard 50mm is good Made in Japan is a plus; Japanese owned the mainstream SLR market look for wide ISO range, bulb, + many shutter speeds + lens with wide range of f-stops Look for an automatic metering system of some sort, if only to advise you on the likely outcome. Really, you'll want one, else you'll haveto just KNOW the outcome or use an external meter. Avoid models that use the obsolete mercury batteries! Internal flash is plus... many require an external hotseat one Look for a film advance + rewinder if you're the lazy sort Pentax, Olympus, Canon, Nikon... all fine. Anything Japanese should be okay, even if an odd brand. Many had small market shares, but quality was usually good. UPDATE: K1000 is great. Solid metal body, metal internals, + has an OK if quaint metering system. Common as dirt, so should be very cheap to buy. Expect to rewind your own film, toggle your own settings by metal knobs and switches, and do your own focusing.

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yah nikon is good

Trent B

Pentax k1000 with a 50mm. /thread

The Grouch

Minolta or Nikon. Perhaps try to find a Minolta SR-T 101 (many on eBay), which had a standard 58mm lens. It's an all manual camera with a through the viewfinder light meter. If you can, pair it up with a 28mm lens for landscapes, architectural photography and excellent, short-range portraits. I learned photography on this camera, and followed that by learning to develop black&white and color prints. Still have the camera and love it, and leave the 28mm lens all all the time.

KungFoolio

Look for a used Nikon 35mm SLR. You already have at least one lens that will fit on it. Also Check Craigslist or a local camera shop in your area that sells used equipment. Old SLR's were built like tanks. I still have 2 Nikkormats from the 60's that work perfectly fine. There is no reason to go with another brand. If you buy Nikon you will be able to interchange lenses, flashes and other accesories. If you bought another brand you couldn't.

David M

Since you own a Nikon, you almost certainly want to stay with Nikon so you can exchange lenses between your two cameras. Note that there will be some lens compatibility details that you'll need to consider, like aperture rings and autofocus. Consider buying a used Nikon F5. In it's day, it was a top-shelf professional camera. Today, used ones are cheap only because they aren't digital. Disclosure: I am the owner of http://www.lenslenders.com/ in Canada.

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get a Nikon F100 for peanuts online at e-bay. If you want to go higher class and cheeper again, get a Canon Eos1 V. Ther was never a better camero on the market in film and you get the body for around 100$ on e-bay

Lou G

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