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Hello, please if anyone can help me with analogue photo camera? I need to make my choice about which one to buy... Thank you!
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analogue photo camera
do you mean a Film Camera as opposed to a Digital Camera??
They manufacture vanishingly few new film cameras however they're built to last so most hight quality older cameras are still fine.
What do you want to shoot and how much do you want to spend I'm sure we'll help you spend it.
I can buy pre-owned "Beirette", "Kodak Instamatic 33 or 50", "FA ZENIT EM" , "Sears M35AF"....Well, few minutes ago I think I found out that in my country (beacuse Im not from UK) they manufacture 35mm film for old cameras so I visited famous web page "Lomography" where people post photos made by old cameras. When I type the name of some old camera, It shows me all the photos which are made by that camera. But I still havent found the right one. I would like to get some "grain and dust" photos.
Well, few minutes ago I think I found out that in my country (beacuse Im not from UK) they manufacture 35mm film for old cameras so I visited famous web page "Lomography" where people post photos made by old cameras. When I type the name of some old camera, It shows me all photos which are made by that camera. But I still havent found the right one. I would like to get some "grain and dust" photos.
Do NOT buy an Instamatic as you cannot get film for them.I can buy pre-owned "Beirette", "Kodak Instamatic 33 or 50", "FA ZENIT EM" , "Sears M35AF"....
Plenty of film still being manufactured, Kodak have recently reintroduced a retired line and Illford have been making the good stuff they always have.
The camera is largely irrelvent if you've got a specific look in mind, see if you can get an OM-10 or even a Zenit then start playing with films and processing till you get the look you're after.
Do you want a camera that is fully automatic, or one with more settings you can adjust to get different effects? Do you want it to be small, light and pocketable, or do you mind something a bit larger and heavier? What is your budget? Do you have a favourite digital camera? (there might be something fairly similar that uses film).
Anything that takes 135 or 120 rollfilm and 4x5" to 8x10" sheetfilm in modern DD's should be fine and there are lots of great possibilities.
I'd go with a medium format camera (120 film) they are more fun than 24x36 cameras (135 film) , at least to me.
Do NOT buy an Instamatic as you cannot get film for them.
The Zenit is likely to be a good choice - if it works OK when you buy it, it will work OK for a very long time.
(Note: they are not 'analogue' cameras, they are 'proper' cameras!)
https://www.fotoimpex.de/shopen/filme/pocketfilme-110/Do NOT buy an Instamatic as you cannot get film for them.
The Zenit is likely to be a good choice - if it works OK when you buy it, it will work OK for a very long time.
(Note: they are not 'analogue' cameras, they are 'proper' cameras!)
Soeren, Lomography sell size 110 Instamatic film but the Instamatic 33 is size 126 which is not available.
Yeah I was thinking pocket instamaticSoeren, Lomography sell size 110 Instamatic film but the Instamatic 33 is size 126 which is not available.
Hi GrungeJane. Whilst the Beirette would probably give good results it won't have a light meter (so you would have to use a separate meter or an app on your phone and then use the settings from the meter on your camera). Also it doesn't have many shutter speeds to choose from, the maximum is 1/125 sec so you will be limited to using slower films. If you can find a Zenit there are a few models that have a built in light meter and they have shutter speeds up to 1/500 sec so you will have the choice of using faster film. You might find the interchangeable lenses useful, the Zenit usually comes with the Helios 44 lens which is meant to be a good lens and should have a vintage look to it. Because it is M42 screw mount there are lots of lenses available from lots of different manufacturers which don't cost much at all.