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Where I can buy a 35 mm film camera around Los Angeles?
I'm taking a photography class before and I've been thinking about getting a film camera. Please do not tell me to look on eBay. What movie camera that I recommend for an amateur? I've recently been looking at a Nikkormat and Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic ES II.
Do not go to Target: If you want to buy local, check out Craigslist, I'm sure there are tons of film cameras is in Los Angeles. Check your yellow pages for workshops camera too real, and give them a call. My favorite place to shop online is used KEH.com. They are very reputable, consistent and camera lenses for classification as "BGN" (bargain) it would be "excellent" or even "almost perfect" in other places. They also have an excellent return policy. I want to get an old Nikon or Olympus if you want a camera manual 35mm. Nikon is great because of the incredible selection of lenses and a complete support system from 1959 until now. Olympus cameras and lenses tend to be slightly smaller and less known, but are as good as the Nikon. I have no experience with older Pentax, unfortunately. Nikkormats are nice, but I'm a fan of the series F cameras. I have two F, an F3, and I used to have an F5. They are the best Nikon cameras, the top professional models since 1959. They are slightly bigger than the camera semi-professional, but more durable. Nikon SLR were choice of top professionals from 1959 to mid-1980 because they were really so superior to everyone else. Watch photos of journalists in the Vietnam War, and you can find tons of Nikon and not much more than a loss of Leica or two. As for what is at KEH at this time I think a F2 with 50 mm f / 2 and 105 mm f / 2.5 lens would be ideal for you. The F2 is one of the most difficult cameras ever made, all mechanical a horizontal shutter extremely robust. The 50 mm f / 2 is one of the best 50 mm lenses available, and 105 mm f / 2.5 is a legendary portrait lens. Remember that girl Afghan photos taken by Steve McCurry? It was taken with the 105. As a bonus, you can use both lenses with Nikon digital cameras you can buy in future. As for Olympus, I'm not familiar with the cameras. I want an OM-4 however, because it has a meter sophisticated multi-point. This is unlike the battery depends the F2, but the former OM-1 is not. I've never used any of the Olympus cameras, but they are highly acclaimed. Similarly, the Olympus lenses are among the best. Although probably not as hard and mechanically robust as Nikon harvest, the Olympus cameras are well built. Finally, if you want a compact rangefinder, the Canon Canonet QL17 GIII is excellent at a reasonable price. Your 40mm f/1.7 lens is very sharp, even wide open. I'd be happy with any shopping system. Just remember, Camera collecting is addictive! I have more cameras than I can count now.
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