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Max Archer
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>>36002 Ah, a bit of an addition, about lenses, and which camera to get. It's hard to go wrong with Nikon, when buying 35mm, especially if on a budget. Older bodies (FM, FE, etc) are plentiful, if a manual model is desired, and are built like tanks, so they're actually more common than their Canon contemporaries. I wouldn't recommend Pentax or any brand other than Nikon or Canon, as most accessories and lenses are out of production. Nikon, by far, has the most backwards compatibility, so a large portion of modern lenses will work on classic bodies.
If he does end up buying a body from Simon, tell him to ask them if they've got anything appropriate, the staff is knowledgable and is unlikely to try to sell him anything he doesn't have a use for. I also advise him to go a block south, to Calumet, if he ends up with Nikon, and to there pick up Nikon's excellent 50mm 1.8 lens, which should be under $100, brand new. (Simon's may have the same lens available used, but it may be an earlier model, without the AF and AE compatibility of the newer models, whereas a brand-new one will work with any Nikon since at least the FM/FE models.)
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