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Lookin for a Film Camera
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I use an F65 and thats a great camera. It doesnt have a huge range of features but its a good camera none the less!
There is a F90X body for sale in John Gunn Camera Shop, I think it’s ?300 or ?350, and it seems to be in good condition. I didn’t know how to use this camera until I stole it from my father :D and I still don’t know how to use most of it but it’s pretty easy to use. So far I have learned how to switch shooting modes, lock AF & AL, switch metering modes and rewind the roll :D
I was an unconditional manual cameras’ lover but this body is really nice, I think that if you get one in good condition for ?300-350 it’d be a very good choice.
Have a look at my first photos with this camera.
My first film body is/was the F90. Great camera all round, but doesn’t have aperture control on the body so can’t be used with G lenses :( Apart from that, I think it’s fantastic. Picked it up for ?300 including vertical grip in Conns.
The F90 lacks some features the F90X but I have no clue about the differences.
My father is the one who knows, he choose the F90X for professional (mainly weddings) use after having reviewed both options.I haven’t tried Conn’s yet, have you tried developing a roll there?
I actually meant to say F90X :oops:
Conns develop “normal” colour film, but they don’t do B&W (unless it’s C41) and they also send out slide to a place on Abbey Street.
ciaran wrote:
…but doesn’t have aperture control on the body…
You mean to say it was a “real” camera? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Well I’m embarassed to say this, but…
When I bought the camera, there was no instruction manual. At the time I didn’t think this would be an issue as I was sure Nikon would have it on their site somewhere. Unfortunately it didn’t :( so I decided to struggle and figure it out myself. The lack of a second dial for aperture was puzzling, but I assumed it was like the lower end Nikon and some Canon bodies, where you combined the main dial with a different button in order to control aperture. Eventually, after about 2,000,000 button press combinations, the light suddenly dawned on me… I needed to control aperture on the lens itself :oops:
It’s amazing how much slower I shoot when I’m on the film body. Obviously with exposure I’m more considered, as I am with framing. But the process of having to control aperture on the lens also slows me down quite a bit. No bad thing perhaps?
Although I’ve always used Canon and am perfectly happy with them, now more so than ever, one thing I always liked about Nikon was the way they had designed their aperture control so that you always got a direct readout in the viewfinder of the aperture you had selected. This meant that you could in fact keep the camera glued to your eye whilst independently selecting both shutter speed and aperture using a match needle (or LED) system to confirm you had the correct combination set. Canon used a more elegant system of an internal mechanical linkage from the lens back into the body but I always preferred the Nikon method! Don’t know why, but there was just something about it that intrigued me.
not sure if you’re still looking but, I have a Nikon F90x for sale at the moment (see the equipment for sale section on this forum) ?180 with MB10 vertical grip, beautiful condition.
if you can get one an f100 would be my choice (i use a really old beat up f601 which still works fine for me) its basically an f5 without the weight and a few of the more esoteric features, id recommend a few prime lenses, i have a 50mm f1.4 MF and its never off my camera, perfect for portraits and you can get them for pretty cheap if you look around :lol:
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