Rusherific
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Hey guys, I'm young enough that most all my photographic experience began with digital, and have a 5D with what's now a pretty solid lens collection, however over the past year or so I've been given a few older film cameras and love them so much I got a film scanner. I've never been one of those "digital is the apocalypse!" people but I have to say going out and shooting with my 5D, a 70's consumer minolta and 50's exacta side by side with standard 50mm primes...it's brilliant. I'm sold enough that I'm dying to pick up a Canon 35mm to put my EOS heavy-artillery to use! I figure the 5D is my workhorse that I know inside and out, and thus would rather keep using it for any work the slightest bit demanding, so I don't really care about FPS, 652-point autofocus and whatever else, and I've never been a heavy flash user (though I love my ring light). In fact really I don't even mind the single point metering and manual focus of the films I have. I'll want to use it for everything between landscapes and portraits, but nothing I'm on the clock for and can't take my time with. So I really only care that it's a practical camera that just doesn't have glaring oversights (how did they ever make a camera with an LCD and no backlight??), so basically it boils down to would I be better off with an older pro like the original EOS 1 or something like the elan7? Seeing what the 1 goes for, I don't see any reason to pay for something relatively new, unless I'm missing something? I know, I've been doing my research, but it's always good to hear from people with the experience, and again I have very little knowledge of what's useful to have and what's....un-useful to have in a film camera.
Thanks a bunch!
Devin
Thanks a bunch!
Devin
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