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Lookin for a Film Camera
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I’m looking to get a bit more into film photography, I’m a nikon dSLR user so I’d like to stick with them, anyone reccommend some nice bodies to look at, don’t wanna breal the band , maybe 300 max, but the cheaper the better
Dont know much about Nikon’s in fairness, but just make sure that the mount in the film camera that you might buy takes the lense off your DSLR
I’ve been using Nikon for a while now and I found that my starting camera – Nikon F60 – although lacking in bells & whistles etc. was a great performer. Still sees the light of day occassionaly.
Check out http://www.buyandsell.ie and you will probably see a few, along with the F65, and you might get an F80 (if your lucky).
I would agree with Johnny however, make sure the lens(es) you are using are compatible with film cameras. The likes of the 18-200 vr is exclusively for digital, and the trend it seems with nikon now is to have specific digital lenses. The lens mount will of course take all nikon lenses, but if using a digital lens on a film camera only the centre of the negative gets exposed. Don’t ask for the exact reasons why, but I’m sure there are plenty of users on the forum who can go into detail on this issue, much better than I can.
Rgds
Kevin
ah i see, yeah they were what i was looking at mainly. i was planning on getting the 80 – 200vr…hummm. best read up on the specs for these cams i guess
I have a Canon EOS 1 film camera with moterdrive, if your
interested in that. Very good condition.MeleKalikimaka wrote:
ah i see, yeah they were what i was looking at mainly. i was planning on getting the 80 – 200vr…hummm. best read up on the specs for these cams i guess
If you mean the 18-200VR it wont work with any Nikon film body(unless you want circular pics)
The F80 can be picked up reasonable S/H on eBay,will do everything you need.
(I got one with a faulty built in flash,which wasn’t a prob for me,for ?43)What the guys above have said really.
There are some cracking bargains around on film slrs at the moment. You need to watch the lenses. The F80 works with the “g” lenses (no aperture ring) and is a cracking little camera. The F90 and F100 have a few extra features. If you want a manual camera, the FM3A is probably the best 35mm manual camera ever built (IMO), there are loads of 2nd hand lenses on ebay that are just fab with film cameras too.
Si
Lovely as they are, FM3A are a bit expensive second hand. A secondhand FM2 might be worth looking at though, you should get one well under budget with money to spare for a lens. Plenty on fleabay too. Have been eyeing them up for a while
Everything is totally manual on the camera except for the exposure meter, and if the battery on that goes you can still take pictures (either by dead reckoning or with a light meter :) ). Would make a nice back to basics camera to go along with the dSLR I think.
First thing you want to take into consideration is Nikon’s lenses compatibility between dSLR and SLR cameras.
I’m still waiting for Nikon to release a dSLR with a big enough CCD to use my old D lenses :PIf power is a problem I should go for a mechanical camera, which is actually the kind I’ve used most of the time.
Nikon is only manufacturing two film cameras: F6 and FM-10 and I’d definitely go for the last one in your case ;)Olympus also has nice SLR cameras but you’ll find hard to get lenses for them. This morning a saw an Olympus OM-1 with Zuiko 50 mm. 1:1.8 in Dublin Camera Exchange for ?150 but it was quite worn out. There were a couple of Nikon bodies, being a F4 for ?395 the only one I would get provided it’s in good condition –I don’t know if it is.
I’ve been using a FM-2n for some years and I’m in love with her :D
miguev wrote:
I’ve been using a FM-2n for some years and I’m in love with her :D
I am a Nikon user also from day one have a couple of Nikon F’s They are quite old but are still very reliable. They viewfinders give 100% a real plus. They can be expensive. My current Nikon cameras are a fairly new FM2 and a battered FM that i got on E-bay. Agree with ‘miguev’ they are super cameras made to last.
The other suggestion i would make is a twin lens reflex if it suited the type of work you do. Super for landscapes and great for portraits, and a real challenge to use well.
I have a Nikon FM2 which I used since the 80’s and love. Its now in my “collection”. I do have a couple of pro minoltas which I would not mind selling though.
I used a Nikon F100 when I was shooting film. I loved it and it’s still my favourite camera. It could take a beating and would never let you down. These are probably on the more expensive side of things still. I’d agree with John saying to go for the F90x. It’s basically the model before the F100 and there is very little difference in spec other than autofocus and metering thats worth mentioning. It’s also got really good build quality. Speaking of build quality, the F4 is a beast too. Alittle on the heavy side but a beautiful camera, but they don’t work fully with the “G” type lenses as they don’t have the aperture ring, I think you’d have to use any “G” lenses on shutter priority all the time as the aperutre of the lens can’t be changed “in camera”….somebody please correct me if I’m wrong with that though!?!?
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