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Stephen Ramsay

Stephen Ramsay

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I've always used DSLRs.

I now own an Olympus e-300 and a Nikon D60 but I fancy having a play with an SLR camera preferably Nikon/Canon.

I Have no idea what I'm looking for or what is best. :shrug:

I want to learn to send me in the right direction? :thumbs:
 
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In your case grab a nikon, your non crop lenses should work with it. Film is great fun and a little bit different to digital, especially if you go down the route of manual cameras.
 
As much as I love the minolta 700si I have, the film loading in nikon f65 is top class + the built quality is good and is very light.

mind you - both of them are in silver.

the camera -
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what can it do -
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well - it can hold the film, meter, shoot and advance the film to next shot, but it does it very good :p
 
I have minolta 500si as well (very, very plasticy ). trust me ! f65 is the best if on budget , if you some XXX monies to spend - minolta dynax 7 , nikon f100. well, I can only speak of 2 or so brands as I've never had a canon. but as you have a nikon, I would advise f65, f80, f100 depending on how much you would like to spend. my f65 will definitely be cheap . I need to check ebay, but I think I can beat them in price !
 
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The F65 is the body that got me back into photography after a longish break in crappy snapper mode! Purely because of the several bodies I had shortlisted that met the specs I wanted and my budget at the time, it fitted my hands best. My budget soon expanded so an F80 was soon procured fromn a 2nd hand shelf.

My advice would be to visit a decent 2nd hand dealer with reasonable stocks and try a few bodies for feel. Don't forget that you'll be needing a lens of some sort as well as the body - on 35mm and FF digital, I like the 24-70 range as a walkabout (IIRC, the F65 came as a kit with a 28-80 and a 70-300. Neither were stellar performers but were a good introduction to modern (AF era) SLRs and got me rehooked!
 

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The F65 is the body that got me back into photography after a longish break in crappy snapper mode! Purely because of the several bodies I had shortlisted that met the specs I wanted and my budget at the time, it fitted my hands best. My budget soon expanded so an F80 was soon procured fromn a 2nd hand shelf.

My advice would be to visit a decent 2nd hand dealer with reasonable stocks and try a few bodies for feel. Don't forget that you'll be needing a lens of some sort as well as the body - on 35mm and FF digital, I like the 24-70 range as a walkabout (IIRC, the F65 came as a kit with a 28-80 and a 70-300. Neither were stellar performers but were a good introduction to modern (AF era) SLRs and got me rehooked!
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Thats not a bad Idea, I'll see If I can get to a few next week and possibly try a few out.

Lens wise Id like something wide for Landscapes.

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Stephen there is a nice second hand one for sale on Amazon for £24.99

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00005LEQE/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
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Thats actually a very good price. Thanks for sharing....Im considering it :thumbs:
 
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mine is here in classified if Stephen is interested. I can beat the amazon price ! which already is super low ! :)
 
I was looking at F65's, then read about the F75 which caught my attention. Ultimately F90x and F80 bodies sell for quite cheap and was looking at them. Then came the F100 idea. Ultimately I went for a Nikon FE :D

Just some ideas of what to read around/about.

If you'd like to stay in Olympus I've heard the OM2(n) bodies are quite nice ;)
 
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