J enea
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every camera has is usage and value to someone. its what it is. I like that I picked up a like new N80 for the cost of 2 disposable cameras. Whats not to like. for me they serve a few purposes....
1) to give to friends that are used to digital cameras. The N80, N75 F100 and the like can be pretty much used by digital shooters with little confusion. Its a good tool to convert them to the "dark side" (as they see film shooters).
2) as a point and shoot. you can give the camera to someone who has no clue how to work a camera and even with a roll of slide film, on P mode they can get great results with little fuss on the users part. Valuable to keep the girlfriend happy.
3) you can use most of the modern lenses on these bodies. D and G lenses, which makes using digital and film cameras pretty convenient.
yeh they have some downsides to some users. I much prefer manual focus lenses, like the AI and AI-s lenses. years ago these high quality lenses where dirt cheap as digital people all wanted auto focus do every length zoom lenses. so the cheaper more modern film cameras cant meter with MF lenses. so that limits their usage for me. 95% of the time the FE-2, FM3a or the F3 comes out. I do use the N80 when I have the itch to go real wide. I use it with my 14-24 zoom. it does look a little confusing, the tiny body with the huge lens.
I agree with what was mentioned in a post above. the body is really a light box. I have no chance of telling, if I didn't know, whether a shot was taken on my F5 or my n80 or my original 60's F.
the more modern cameras, in my mind, where really designed to be modular point ans shoots. allowing lenses changes put still used in point and shoot style. its crazy to see that some of the contax point and shoots are going for $1500 plus in price. guess when the rich and shameless use something, it really does become cool to copy them. Give me a contax g1 over a a T2 or T3 and save $1000 for film. or give me an N80 and a 50mm 1.8d over a miju any time. I have both and while they serve their purposes....... anyway
enough of my yapping
1) to give to friends that are used to digital cameras. The N80, N75 F100 and the like can be pretty much used by digital shooters with little confusion. Its a good tool to convert them to the "dark side" (as they see film shooters).
2) as a point and shoot. you can give the camera to someone who has no clue how to work a camera and even with a roll of slide film, on P mode they can get great results with little fuss on the users part. Valuable to keep the girlfriend happy.
3) you can use most of the modern lenses on these bodies. D and G lenses, which makes using digital and film cameras pretty convenient.
yeh they have some downsides to some users. I much prefer manual focus lenses, like the AI and AI-s lenses. years ago these high quality lenses where dirt cheap as digital people all wanted auto focus do every length zoom lenses. so the cheaper more modern film cameras cant meter with MF lenses. so that limits their usage for me. 95% of the time the FE-2, FM3a or the F3 comes out. I do use the N80 when I have the itch to go real wide. I use it with my 14-24 zoom. it does look a little confusing, the tiny body with the huge lens.
I agree with what was mentioned in a post above. the body is really a light box. I have no chance of telling, if I didn't know, whether a shot was taken on my F5 or my n80 or my original 60's F.
the more modern cameras, in my mind, where really designed to be modular point ans shoots. allowing lenses changes put still used in point and shoot style. its crazy to see that some of the contax point and shoots are going for $1500 plus in price. guess when the rich and shameless use something, it really does become cool to copy them. Give me a contax g1 over a a T2 or T3 and save $1000 for film. or give me an N80 and a 50mm 1.8d over a miju any time. I have both and while they serve their purposes....... anyway
enough of my yapping
