Film camera recommendations for a digital photographer?
my main goal is high-contrast black and white photography such as this:
i already know about f-stop, iso, shutter speed so i don’t need a fully automatic camera. i just want something that is of a good build quality, affordable (less than 200), and compact…preferably smaller than my Nikon D40, something i could just whip out without having to wear around my shoulder or stuff in a bag.
what camera should i buy?
should i buy used or new?
i’m looking mainly at standard 35mm SLRs, but a rangefinder would be nice, would there be any rangefinder cameras that fit my budget?
Any camera body will do. It’s the lens that you should be focused on. You may want to look for a cheap, old camera body (maybe a Pentax K1000, if you’re looking for a trusty, manual, no nonsense type of film camera). That image is wide-angle, probably 28-35mm and an f2.8 (very little movement so it had to be fast). You might even look into filters that’ll give you more contrast (Orange or red filters). With black and white, there’s so many ways to get high-contrast images (zone system, development processes and film types are but a few) but most people do it these days in Photoshop.
I’d go to a local camera store and look for used bodies and, since digital is all the rage, you could probably find a good one for cheap. Lenses, on the other hand, are another thing. But, for night-time, high speed lenses are a necessity.
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