jonasv
has no mustache
Hi all,
A friend of mine shoots a digital SLR and is quite proficient in digital photography.
She's interested in taking a darkroom initiation class and is therefore looking to buy a film camera. She doesn't have much to spend now, and besides she just sees it as an experiment so it should be something simple.
Would you have any advice as to what camera to get, given these requirements?
- Film (35mm)
- All manual (focus, aperture, shutter), aperture priority is a nice extra but not a necessity. DX coding might do for ISO.
- Some kind of light meter would be nice
- Rangefinder or SLR doesn't matter
- She's not looking to build a system, so exhaustive lens compatibility etc is not necessary
- Something that she could find in London, or order online (still within the budget with shipping included).
I'm thinking SLR+50 or some kind of fixed-lens-rangefinder. But the cheap ones often have aperture-priority only, and no complete manual settings.
What would you recommend for... 20 GBP?
If you know of any lying around in a specific shop, any points would be extra helpful!
Thanks.
PS. If I can add an extra requirement myself, I think it would be good if the camera would have a nice form factor. Perhaps some very early AF SLRs would fit the other requirements but what's the advantage of those if they aren't any more charming than her digital SLR? 🙂
A friend of mine shoots a digital SLR and is quite proficient in digital photography.
She's interested in taking a darkroom initiation class and is therefore looking to buy a film camera. She doesn't have much to spend now, and besides she just sees it as an experiment so it should be something simple.
Would you have any advice as to what camera to get, given these requirements?
- Film (35mm)
- All manual (focus, aperture, shutter), aperture priority is a nice extra but not a necessity. DX coding might do for ISO.
- Some kind of light meter would be nice
- Rangefinder or SLR doesn't matter
- She's not looking to build a system, so exhaustive lens compatibility etc is not necessary
- Something that she could find in London, or order online (still within the budget with shipping included).
I'm thinking SLR+50 or some kind of fixed-lens-rangefinder. But the cheap ones often have aperture-priority only, and no complete manual settings.
What would you recommend for... 20 GBP?
If you know of any lying around in a specific shop, any points would be extra helpful!
Thanks.
PS. If I can add an extra requirement myself, I think it would be good if the camera would have a nice form factor. Perhaps some very early AF SLRs would fit the other requirements but what's the advantage of those if they aren't any more charming than her digital SLR? 🙂