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Film Camera Help Needed

March 18th, 2007 | Posted in Photo Resources by Danielle

I must purchase a 35mm SLR film camera body that has manual controls and a working light meter for Phot 101 class.

Can anyone provide some suggestions?

5 Comments so far

  1. jason p March 18th, 2007 4:34pm

    can’t go wrong with the Pentax K1000. All manual, needle meter, nearly indestructible. I got mine for $50 with lens at a pawn shop and it’s been trusty for 10 years.

  2. Walker March 19th, 2007 1:28am

    I shot with a Minolta SR-T 101 (I think that’s it) when I was an undergrad. It was easy and intuitive. However, I’ve always heard that the K1000 was *the* camera to get for your purposes, so I’ll second Jason’s nomination.

  3. Anonymous March 20th, 2007 2:54am

    I bought a canon AE-1 from ebay for 30 bucks. They can take any kind of beating. I do have a 35 mm film canon rebel 2000 that my friend used last year for his classes and it worked fine. I’d be willing to part with it for a small fee.

  4. Lee March 20th, 2007 2:55am

    I bought a canon AE-1 from ebay for 30 bucks. They can take any kind of beating. I do have a 35 mm film canon rebel 2000 that my friend used last year for his classes and it worked fine. I’d be willing to part with it for a small fee.

  5. Danielle March 21st, 2007 1:38pm

    Thanks everyone!

    I’ve purchased my camera from ebay.

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