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i am wanting to return to a 35mm camera. i love developing film and plain to take some b&w classes at my college. i was wondering if any of you could suggest a camera. i have more experience with canon and found a Canon EOS Elan 7 for around $90 with a 35mm F2.5 lens. but will try other camera types...
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>> Anonymous
film, lol

get with the times
>> Anonymous
>>135052
i love film man, i mean i use digital, but i just love to develop. and i am to poor for a good digital camera right now...
>> Anonymous
>>135052
what you talkin' 'bout anonymous
>> Anonymous
Nikon F6?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>135052
Everyone, please do not feed the troll.

>>135051
You can get a Canon EOS 1 or 1n pretty cheaply nowadays. Might be worth looking into. They're a bit old, but they were the pro bodies in their day. On the other hand, $90 with a 35mm f/2.5 sounds like a pretty good deal, with the caveat that I've never heard of a 35mm f/2.5 for EF mount, so I'd be wary of that...
>> Anonymous
The Elan 7 is a great film body especially if you already have EF lenses to use on it.
>> Anonymous
wow, does this thing run on AA batteries? lol

how can you review your pictures?
>> Anonymous
>>135081
silly troll is silly
>> Anonymous
>>135081
It has a live view viewfinder.
>> Anonymous
>>135084It has a live view viewfinder.

full frame sensor and live view running on AA batteries?

so it lasts like 30 minutes and can take 5 shots?
>> Anonymous
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If you're going to use film, I'd highly recommend any of the classic cameras out there. I think they're a lot more fun to use than anything modern. Leica M-series, Nikon F2, Nikon FM-series, Olympus OM-series, Canon F-1.

If you're set on newer cameras, My personal preference would be Nikon F4, F100, F6, F5 in that order. If you're set on Canon, EOS 3, 1N, 1 in that order.

Medium format is also a very reasonable option now. You can get a pretty good SLR setup for less than $400 if you look around.
>> Anonymous
Do these cameras autofocus or is that a stupid question?
>> Anonymous
>>135088
older ones, no, although I think the newer models F5, F6, EOS 1 etc do
>> Anonymous
>>135095

The F5 has the most extrem fast focus motor ever made.
>> Anonymous
>>135085
It runs on 2 CR123A 3v batteries and they tend to last 20hrs or more.
>> Anonymous
i use a nikon fm2 for film with a nikkor 50mm f/1.4

the fm2 is a great full manual body if you can get your hands on one with a decent lens. mine was given to me by my uncle so i got it for free, and was suprised to see that they go for close to if not over 100 dollars on ebay.

otherwise i would get a minolta srt 101, srt 201, or srt 202 (any of the full manual ones) with either the rokkor 58mm f/1.4 or the rokkor 50mm f/1.2

check ebay for minolta, yashica, nikon or canon full manual cameras.

save the gay snake skin on this one, i would suggest finding something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/YASHICA-FX-3-SNAKE-SKIN-COVER-50mm-1-2-LENS-NICE_W0QQitemZ320223056065QQihZ011QQ
categoryZ48550QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Yashica_FX-3
>> Anonymous
do you develop your own color film...? isn't that difficult?
>> Anonymous
>>135129
often when you take the class at a college (that is to say, you take a film class) they will have all the chemicals to develop true black and white themselves. after the semester was over i continued to go back and get free access to the dark room and supplies.

developing color is expensive and most people don't own mini labs, and for me the only way to justify the cost of film is to counter balance it by doing all the developing, scanning and printing myself. i scan my negs and use frodoshop because im out of and don't want to spend more money on photo paper.
>> Anonymous
>>135157
Developing color can be done without a minilab or even a Jobo or sidewinder.

One could use a cooler and an aquarium heater (some modification is necessary), for the color developer as this is the only temperature critical step (100 degrees f +- .5). For the bleach and fixer you only need 75 to 100 degrees.

This makes c-41 a cakewalk compared to e-6.

The shelf life of the chemicals is 6 weeks after mixing, so you have to use up a liter of developer within that time.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>135207
Any idea where to get a widget to heat water to 100F +/- .5 for cheap? I'd really like to try developing color film myself...
>> Anonymous
>>135238
I got an aquarium heater, it's a Neptune. if you turn the thing all the way up, pull off the temperature adjustment knob and put it back on, you'll get a couple of extra degrees. An aquarium thermometer will show you your temperature. It took two pull offs and put back ons to get it to 100 degrees.

Sorry if I'm not being too descriptive, you'll have to discover how to mod the thing by feel...
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>135238

You can get aquarium heaters with digital readouts and controls nowadays too. They can be pretty accurate. Just set it at what you want and there you go.

The older ones and measuring methods were more trial and error.