WTB Good Film SLR

[sillyphaunt]

I'm wanting to buy a FILM SLR, preferably a Canon. It doesn't have to be anything new or have a lot of frills. I just need it to be able to take slides and hopefully be a bit more updated than my 25 year old Canon I am currently using.

ANyone have anything they're willing to part with?

 

[Digital Matt]

Ebay I just bought a Eos 50 (Elan II) for $95 with battery grip. There's always tons of Eos slrs for sale on ebay.

 

[sillyphaunt]

Yeah.. I checked there a bit but wanted to try here first. To tell you the truth, I'm totally overwhelmed when I look at all they have on there.. I dont know which ones are new, which are old models, etc etc. I thought if I bought from someone on here at least I could ask some questions.

 

[Big Mike]

When I'm looking at all the different EOS cameras on E-bay, I use this site to check the different models.

http://www.eos-magazine.com/EOS system/Film cameras/directoryUS.html

 

[Digital Matt]

What is your budget, and what features are you looking for?

The one I purchased, the Eos 50 (Elan II) is a modern slr, with most of the frills of today's cameras. Most of them go for between $100 and $200, and are great cameras. The Elan II(e) just has eye controlled focus, and may cost more, so I'd stick with an Elan II.

A more modern version is the Elan 7, which would be more expensive. There's also a 7(e) which has the same eye controlled focus.

This looks like a a potential good deal, worth watching.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...4402730&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW#ebayphotohosting

 

[Digital Matt]

Also this possibly: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15235&item=7514822103&rd=1

 

[sillyphaunt]

Thank you both, that gives me great ideas and things to go off of!

 

[yashica4life]

I have a minolta maxxum 5 with an on/off camera flash and a 28-200 lens if you're interested.