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Hey /p/,

Canonfag here. I currently use a Canon xD's and xxD's along with various assorted film cameras (yashica, rollei, hasselblad, sinar) and I want to expand my knowledge of camera operation.

I've never used a Nikon camera of any sort short of popping off a few shots on Dxxx cameras. I want to buy a newer Nikon film body and a lens to learn on. I know operating a camera is hurrrr durrr but I want to be very familiar with them because my career path will likely put me in assisting positions where I will have to know absolutely how to use a Nikon. I want one that is similar enough to the new digital bodies that I will be able to switch between them easily (I know the menu system will not apply here but I just can't afford a digital body). So, for $200 (maybe $250) used, what would you recommend?
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>> Anonymous
because canon and nikon bodies are so radically different..

wait, no they aren't. At least not to the point of being like HOLY FUCK WHAT AM I DOING, IS THIS EVEN A CAMERA??
>> Liquefied !!CF1+3tSFCce
>>257806
Ok, so they're not that different but I still want one so continue with the recommendations.
>> Vincent !!8LCSE0Zp1mL
For that price a used D50, D70, D100 or D1h = all you can afford.

Why you would want 2 bodies, I have no idea..
To get the true feel for the bodies a D200 is recommended... but they sell used for 600-800 still.
>> Anonymous
wow, you're smoking some good shit if you think any of those can be had for $250
>> Anonymous
>>257807
There really is no point of getting a Nikon film body. The layout of menus and such are the only thing that might take you some time to get use to -- which a film body won't help with.
>> Liquefied !!CF1+3tSFCce
>>257810
Well shit. I guess I'll just save for a damn 5D MkII then.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>257810

don't listen to this guy, he's an idiot. i can attest from first hand experience that time spend with a modern nikon film slr translates directly over to a dslr.

i've been using an F100 day in and day out for close to four years, and when i bought a D300, it operated almost exactly the same. more buttons, but a lot of the main ones have been in the same place for close to ten years now, and i suspect they will be for quite a while.

so, yeah. go get an F100. there's really no reason not to own one since they cost 350 bucks these days.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
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>>257814

>don't listen to this guy, he's an idiot. i can attest from first hand experience that time spend

>he's an idiot... that time spend

>idiot.... time spend

>idiot spend
>> Anonymous
>>257814
It does translate over, but not to any degree you couldn't just as easily look at the camera and figure out quickly. I, personally, do not believe learning a button layout is worth 2-300 dollars.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>257816

me neither. an f100 is nice just to own as a 35mm camera, however, and since he's asking, i suggested it.
>> Anonymous
is it really just to get to know where all the buttons are? wouldn't a manual suffice?
>> Anonymous
Hell, get a used F80/N80 for $60-$90. It'll teach you just as much about the feel of a Nikon camera as the F100. Experience will take you the rest of the way.
>> Anonymous
>>257815
every time i come to this thread i see this post and bust a gut. then everyone looks at me like im crazy.
>> Anonymous
Get a friend of you into photography, and make him buy a Nikon.

It's what I did, but the other way round :D
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>258750
Or make friends with a Nikonfag and then suck his dick so he'll give you his Nikon D50 when he upgrades to a Canon 5d.

...

What?
>> Anonymous
>>>
Or make friends with a Nikonfag and then suck his dick so he'll give you his Nikon D50 when he upgrades to a Canon 5d.
It's what he did.
>> Anonymous
>>258785
The most underrated and underused /p/ meme expertly deployed by one of its subjects.
>> sunshine !!WK+Lu8k4giy
>>258785


i lol'd.