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11/19/2005 10:31:55 AM · #1 |
I need to get a camera for my photography class next semester, and the only prerequisites are that it has adjustable Aperture and Shutter Speed controls.
I can pick up a 35mm Rebel or Equivalent Nikon for about $300 anywhere, or I can get a used AE-1. Normally, I'd be all gung ho on getting a shiny new camera, but I've already got three FD series canon lenses, as well as some filters, and an off camera flash that my parents gave to me from their old T-55 (which corroded completely through because the batteries were left in.)
So I can pick up a near mint AE-1 for about $100-$120, and have three lenses, a UV, polarizing, and red filter, and a speed light, or get a new one with the kit lens and the on camera flash.
It's not like I would die without all the bells and whistles on a new camera, I shoot in all the time with my dSLR, but those features could save me some money on film. Then again, those AE-1's are really beautiful, and I hear that their not so hard to use.
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11/19/2005 10:39:21 AM · #2 |
WEll i could give the ae-1 a good recomendation. I would go for that if i were you... you have more lenses for it.. = more fun. I did my education (BFA in photography) with an ae-1 and didn't have any regrets and didn't wish for anything more fancy. Are you sure you can't use your digital? Anyhow, if you want to have automatic gadgets you can apease yourself by shooting digital for a while with the camera you have. It is nice to go old school once in a while as well as well.... i vote for the ae-1.
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11/19/2005 10:48:31 AM · #3 |
| Yeah, digital's out for the beginner classes. I'm going to the University of Missouri St. Louis for English, and they offer a Minor/Certificate in Photographic studies, which is about a 24 credit hour program. You have to start off with the B&W photography and do the darkroom work yourself. I'm pretty excited about it. |
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11/19/2005 02:10:55 PM · #4 |
You'll be happy to know that I'm incredibly impulsive and went out and bought an AE-1 Program, with a 50mm/f1.8 lens, speed winder, shutter release cable, a new red filter (the other one had a tiny scratch.) And a couple rolls of Kodak BW400cn, for about $190.
I love toys. |
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11/19/2005 02:17:33 PM · #5 |
As much as i am grateful for digital, there is nothing more exciting than developing your first couple of b&w's under the red lights with the sweet stench of photographic chemicals in the air.
Youre going to love is Mye. |
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11/19/2005 02:38:29 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by mesmeraj:
As much as i am grateful for digital, there is nothing more exciting than developing your first couple of b&w's under the red lights with the sweet stench of photographic chemicals in the air.
Youre going to love is Mye. |
ahhh the old days. I haven't developed film myself in 9 years. I wonder what I would create these days now that I have more knowledge than my silly high school teacher did, or at least taught us. Looking back that was a pretty worthless class as for composition and technique.
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