Film

[stix]

I am planning to buy a film camera as i intend to do a darkroom course a little later in the year.

Any suggestions to what to buy - prefer a canon model with an EF lens amount...that way i alrready have glass in the bag.

 

[Deenem]

Why?

 

[stix]

// Because i have pretty much covered digital in terms of shooting and post processing and i would like to learn to print my own images in a darkroom...

 

[Deenem]

Why?

Pity you're in CT, I have an old Pentax SLR gathering dust in my cupboard.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Second-hand film bodies are cheap. I picked up a Rebel 500N which works well enough (light-meter is a bit off, but otherwise it's 100%). I paid £25 or so on eBay. See if you can get an Elan model though, they're somewhat higher spec - have more controls like the wheel on the back. Trust me, shooting M with the film rebels is a pain in the backside.

 

[bwana]

It was fun at the time but looking back I dont miss the darkroom at all.

Fortunately I havent come across anything that I could do there that I cant do on the computer . . . apart from the eczema.

 

[stix]

i sense a lot of derision at my going back to the past

 

[Deenem]

i sense a lot of derision at my going back to the past

It's a bit like getting your old IBM PC XT out the cupboard to type up a document in WordPerfect

 

[koffiejunkie]

It's a bit like getting your old IBM PC XT out the cupboard to type up a document in WordPerfect

At least that's still at least as good, if not better, than typing out something in WYSINAEWYG (What You See Is Not Always Entirely What You Get) MS Word.

 

[Vincent_Thorn]

I have Canon F3 + good lens(will give spec later). Search some opinions, if you decide to buy, let me know.