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Basic SLR body with good lenses.
Suggest ... Yashica body with Contax lenses For large prints with low grain ... I suggest shooting with Ilford Pan F plus (50 ISO) ... or Agfa APX 25 (not sure if Agfa still makes film). I used Ilford Pan F 75% of the time ... I had no problems with 16x20's. Ilford Delta 100 was also a nice film. |
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Depends on the body. I don't think DX encoding hit the market until the late 80's, so most old school SLRs don't. (Old school to me does not include the 90s, FYI)
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Right now I shoot strictly film.
Canon AE-1 and a Rebel 2000. The 2000 works with the EF lenses that i was given. My AE 1 just needs atune up once I finish the film in it now. I won't ever get rid of this camera. I may upgrade to the A-1. |
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I am a professional photographer that shoots all medium format film and always have. I have no problem what so ever with getting beautiful 30x40 prints from my negatives. 16x20 has never been a problem.
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Great posts guys. Some great information.
I'm thinking about getting an older 35mm SLR, I've been seeing 35-50mm fixed lenses from f1.4-2. That's pretty good. Image quality is my main concern. I've been eyeballing Canon AE1 and the recommendations I've gotten here. Shooting with 120 film is appealing as I'd like the ability to enlarge my prints in the future. I hear you can get 20x20 if the conditions are correct. Does anyone have any recommendations on a medium format camera and what lens to go with it? TIA The mamiya c33 TLR with the f2.8 80mm lens would be the least expensive choice--they go for about $200. It's 6x6 negative offers 4.5 times the resolution of 35mm film. Of course you pay for it with only 12 shots per roll. Keep in mind that, since the format is larger, a "normal" lens is about 80-90mm with medium format which means the f2.8 lenses give similar DOF to the f1.8 lenses do on small format. |
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Depends on the body. I don't think DX encoding hit the market until the late 80's, so most old school SLRs don't. (Old school to me does not include the 90s, FYI)
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Thanks for all of the info guys. I ended up with a Canon AE1 w/ 50mm f1.8 fixed lens. Cost me $46 bucks.
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Good deal on the Canon. If you have the additonal $150 of your budget left over, you should have enough to get a 24mm 2.8 FD, and a 50 1.4 FD. If you are a careful shopper, you may even have enough money left after these to get a short telephoto as well.
FD glass is next to free right now, and it's as good as anything ever made by Nikon (I've been shooting Nikons for more than 20 years). Have fun with your new camera. If you really want to have fun, invest in your own black and white processing kit. You can do it in your kitchen, and you can probably get all the stuff you need for $50 or so. Look on Youtube for "how to develop 35mm film". |
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Still waiting for the darn camera to arrive... had a ebay shipping snapfoo. Should arrive today so crossing my fingers.
Do you guys recommend a hand held light meter? A friend of mine is willing to sell me his, got him through school, for what appears to be a decent price.
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Still waiting for the darn camera to arrive... had a ebay shipping snapfoo. Should arrive today so crossing my fingers.
Do you guys recommend a hand held light meter? A friend of mine is willing to sell me his, got him through school, for what appears to be a decent price. |
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Still waiting for the darn camera to arrive... had a ebay shipping snapfoo. Should arrive today so crossing my fingers.
Do you guys recommend a hand held light meter? A friend of mine is willing to sell me his, got him through school, for what appears to be a decent price.
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