Thanks for this. It all started with a $5 Konica Pop for me and an Ultramax Film. Bought some stuff, a lot of stuff. But still in love with this Konica Pop. And my Olympus OM2 N of course. With a 28 mm, a 50 mm and a 135 mm lens. :)
Great video! Even as someone who has been shooting film for quite some time, I would love to try out some of these cameras especially the range finders since I've never shot on that kind of camera. However, I'm curious as to why you would think that the Pentax 17 is a flop? It seams to be pretty well received, at least among the photographers here in the Bay Area.
Great video and would have been helpful a few years back. I personally started with an Olympus OM-10 SLR with a 50mm f1.8 and a Konica Auto S3 rangefinder. From my experience i'd say the SLR is the way to go as long as you can find something with a working light meter and light seals that aren't toast.
The OM10 is a good place to start for sure and they’re not too expensive! Light seals are a pretty easy fix so hopefully that shouldn’t put people off too much!
How is the Pentax 17 a flop? It’s selling boat loads, constantly sold out in japan. Ricoh have said they’re ramping up production because they are struggling to keep up with the demand…
I'd say the olympus trip 35 is a good place to start film photography. Just make sure the selenium cell is metering light correctly! Also for half frame, I can recommend the Olympus pen range of half frame film cameras, I have the EE model, paid just £15 for it but that lens is a beauty !
Excellent video, mate! I’ve great success with the Trip 35 for travel photography; it gives you the flexibility of zone focusing (as you said), or dialling in an in-between setting thanks to the focal distance being displayed in feet and metres on the underside. Along with the Trip 35, I’ve been using an Olympus OM20 as my manual SLR, and a Minolta 7000af as my electronic SLR. It’s turned out to be a nice combo of cameras to have!
I look at point and shoot cameras not as good film cameras. Some are good. But to me the phone camera took over the place of a point and shoot camera. You have no control over the shot except composition. For a rangefinder it should be something that you can shoot on manual. But not good for a beginner. The SLR is the best camera to learn on. I agree the K1000 is one of the best to learn on. Any camera with automatic features are amateur cameras. They are those who don’t know much about photography. It’s lazy to use automatic features. You learn best using manual. A pro can use these cameras, but a pro knows what they are doing.
The Olympus Trip is no rangefinder but a zone/scale focus camera and the Pen FT is a SLR, so your rangefinder category is a little bit messed up.
My bad 💀
Thanks for this. It all started with a $5 Konica Pop for me and an Ultramax Film. Bought some stuff, a lot of stuff. But still in love with this Konica Pop. And my Olympus OM2 N of course. With a 28 mm, a 50 mm and a 135 mm lens. :)
Great video! Even as someone who has been shooting film for quite some time, I would love to try out some of these cameras especially the range finders since I've never shot on that kind of camera.
However, I'm curious as to why you would think that the Pentax 17 is a flop? It seams to be pretty well received, at least among the photographers here in the Bay Area.
Great video and would have been helpful a few years back. I personally started with an Olympus OM-10 SLR with a 50mm f1.8 and a Konica Auto S3 rangefinder. From my experience i'd say the SLR is the way to go as long as you can find something with a working light meter and light seals that aren't toast.
The OM10 is a good place to start for sure and they’re not too expensive! Light seals are a pretty easy fix so hopefully that shouldn’t put people off too much!
How is the Pentax 17 a flop? It’s selling boat loads, constantly sold out in japan. Ricoh have said they’re ramping up production because they are struggling to keep up with the demand…
I'd say the olympus trip 35 is a good place to start film photography.
Just make sure the selenium cell is metering light correctly!
Also for half frame, I can recommend the Olympus pen range of half frame film cameras, I have the EE model, paid just £15 for it but that lens is a beauty !
Back in the day a black- bodied camera was considered ‘ professional’ the silver edition were thought as being amateur.
Excellent video, mate! I’ve great success with the Trip 35 for travel photography; it gives you the flexibility of zone focusing (as you said), or dialling in an in-between setting thanks to the focal distance being displayed in feet and metres on the underside. Along with the Trip 35, I’ve been using an Olympus OM20 as my manual SLR, and a Minolta 7000af as my electronic SLR. It’s turned out to be a nice combo of cameras to have!
One STEP down from the Nikon F100 is my trusted F90x … nice Video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nice! I wanted to suggest the F100 because I’ve shot it for so long!
Unless you already have Nikkor G lenses that you want to use, the F90X is a great camera for about a third of the price.
Nice vid m8
I’m a cheapskate so I recommend 1. Ask family if they have any old cameras not being used 2. Thrift/ charity shops. Otherwise great video!
Yeah deffo! The only problem is that most beginners won’t know if a charity shop camera is working or not 💀
I look at point and shoot cameras not as good film cameras. Some are good. But to me the phone camera took over the place of a point and shoot camera. You have no control over the shot except composition. For a rangefinder it should be something that you can shoot on manual. But not good for a beginner. The SLR is the best camera to learn on. I agree the K1000 is one of the best to learn on. Any camera with automatic features are amateur cameras. They are those who don’t know much about photography. It’s lazy to use automatic features. You learn best using manual. A pro can use these cameras, but a pro knows what they are doing.
*Nikon FM cries of lonelyness
Shh that’s a secret