It finally happened. I dropped my trusty Konica AR T2 for the bazillionth time, ripping the lense mount right off. It happened while shooting the first roll of my college photography class, too. So now I need a new camera, and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm quite smitten with the FM3a because it uses Nikon lenses, it's built well, and has a mechanical 1/4000 shutter so I can increase my DOF. It's also a manual camera, so I can easily change the settings, yet it has a nice aperture-priority mode so it's really a semi-automatic.
Thing is, it's $500 and doesn't even come with a lense.
So what body should I look into? I guess my needs (or wants) are:
1) Solid build, preferably metal.
2) Good selection of lenses (one of the things I hated about my T2)
3) 1/2000 or preferably higher shutter speeds
4) Ease of use manually, without navigating menus. (Cameras should have dials/knobs/switches, not menus. Call me old-fashioned.)
5) Somewhat-automatic control, including aperture-priority.
I'm hoping those with experience outside my $40 pawn shop world might have some advice.
Thanks!
Noah
I'm quite smitten with the FM3a because it uses Nikon lenses, it's built well, and has a mechanical 1/4000 shutter so I can increase my DOF. It's also a manual camera, so I can easily change the settings, yet it has a nice aperture-priority mode so it's really a semi-automatic.
Thing is, it's $500 and doesn't even come with a lense.
So what body should I look into? I guess my needs (or wants) are:
1) Solid build, preferably metal.
2) Good selection of lenses (one of the things I hated about my T2)
3) 1/2000 or preferably higher shutter speeds
4) Ease of use manually, without navigating menus. (Cameras should have dials/knobs/switches, not menus. Call me old-fashioned.)
5) Somewhat-automatic control, including aperture-priority.
I'm hoping those with experience outside my $40 pawn shop world might have some advice.
Thanks!
Noah