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Hello All, I'm a new user here. So I was saving up for a new Nikon DSLR and then i thought, to be honest I dont always use my current one as it's too big to take out all the time.
So I decided to buy the Fuji Finepix X100, I thought it might be wise to use a camera with a fixed 35mm for a while and see how we go before taking the leap. So into the shop I went and enquired about the price of Olympus XA cameras.
Then it happend, out of interest i enquired about the Leica M6, The crafty salesman put on in my hand and that was it. So I've decided I have to have one. No new DSLR no new X100.
So I want an M6 and i've chosen to buy a Zeiss 35 F2 or 2.8 (Which ever appears on the used market first)
To go with this I plan to develop my own film and would like a film scanner, i was thinking of the NIkon Coolscan 4000. I'm using an Imac with OSX. I do have acess to a darkroom at the moment so do people think it will be worthwile learning to print my own images?
I know that it's probably a better lens/camera combination than i am a photographer and perhaps i'd get on just as well with an old fixed lens rangefinder, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
So I have a maximum of £2000 but Id prefer only to spend £1600 ish.
Any suggestions?
So I decided to buy the Fuji Finepix X100, I thought it might be wise to use a camera with a fixed 35mm for a while and see how we go before taking the leap. So into the shop I went and enquired about the price of Olympus XA cameras.
Then it happend, out of interest i enquired about the Leica M6, The crafty salesman put on in my hand and that was it. So I've decided I have to have one. No new DSLR no new X100.
So I want an M6 and i've chosen to buy a Zeiss 35 F2 or 2.8 (Which ever appears on the used market first)
To go with this I plan to develop my own film and would like a film scanner, i was thinking of the NIkon Coolscan 4000. I'm using an Imac with OSX. I do have acess to a darkroom at the moment so do people think it will be worthwile learning to print my own images?
I know that it's probably a better lens/camera combination than i am a photographer and perhaps i'd get on just as well with an old fixed lens rangefinder, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
So I have a maximum of £2000 but Id prefer only to spend £1600 ish.
Any suggestions?