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leowyatt
20-09-2006, 14:33
Hi all,
Some of you may know Kitten is after a 35m Film SLR. I've been looking around and Pete has recommended the EOS 50 however I've been looking at Nikons.
What are people's opinon's on the F75's? Are there any Nikon's I should be looking at?
I'm not sure if there's any Nikon people here. In case there isn't you could try www.talkphotography.co.uk Lots of people who were once on "the other place" moved there.
If you don't want to spend a lot then I can recommend a Pentax MZ-M, its a no frills, very lightweight, plastic manual focus SLR. Only luxury it has is a motorwinder magig. It's what I tend to find myself usually using.
If you want an older camera built like a poo-house then if you can find one a Minolta SRT101b. I have seen better cameras but it's my dad's and I don't think I have found a camera that I liked to use better, best bit is that it doesn't use batteries save for the light meter so you won't have a problem in the middle of nowhere*. Another one is the Nikkon F series which was used for sodding ages as the standard for photojournalists. Again, built like a tank.
Only downside with these two is that they are old, cumbersome and heavy; finding one is a problem too.
If you are after a modern decent 35mm SLR other than the MZ-M I really can't help you though. Personally, I avoid motorised winders which have to be used on a camera as they really really annoy me when I forget to change the batteries. ;D
*This being the reason I am not going to digital ever.
What did you get? Smelly Nikon? ;)
leowyatt
22-09-2006, 10:50
no a Canon EOS 500V :D
Nope not quite, I predict an edit in a minute :p
Bah autofocusing fancy looking camera cheater. ;D ;)
In truth its a good one. :)
leowyatt
22-09-2006, 20:00
heh well from what I read it was a good camera, the auto focus is a benefit but she'll mainly be using all the manual stuff :D
Oh aye its a very good camera; i'm just not very fond of using modern film SLRs because I don't like the feel of them.
Since loosing access to a dark room though and just shelling out £30 to boots to get three films developed and to have them do a crap job. A digital is looking tempting even with the battery lark.
leowyatt
22-09-2006, 21:30
Well I'm pretty sure Kitten has access to a dark room :)
Oh aye its a very good camera; i'm just not very fond of using modern film SLRs because I don't like the feel of them.
Since loosing access to a dark room though and just shelling out £30 to boots to get three films developed and to have them do a crap job. A digital is looking tempting even with the battery lark.
Same here :( I used to process all my film in my Dad's darkroom. He's gone digital now, so he got rid of it all. Really miss the ability to process my own photos. Used to work at Boots too in the minilab, so I could process my own stuff and colour correct, even if it wasn't completely manual.
I heart my Canon AT-1. The only auto thing about it is the flashy self timer light :D
I'd actually recommend an old Canon camera with an FD fit, because you can get loads of second hand lenses extremely cheaply. Pity I didn't see this earlier. The 300V is still a good choice though :)
leowyatt
25-09-2006, 07:41
Thanks for the help guys, I've just managed to get her 2 lenses. The first one probably isn't very good so will re-list it but managed to get her a proper Canon one :)
She has:
Canon EF 28-90mm USM F4-5.6
Cosina 28-105mm F2.8
You won't need the 28-90, that's a kit lens and not very good one at that.
that's the one we've been recommended to get by the tutor at college so he must have a reason for that :)
It's cheap and cover the most used focal range, that's about it.
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