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 07/15/2003 02:34:30 AM · #1
Hey all!

First off gotta say that this site is unbelievable for a newbie like me! Anything, and everything I could ever ask for is right here! Keep up the awesome work! Now on with the hardware question!

I'm only 17 and have been fooling around with a couple of my Dad's old camera's for a couple of months now. Back in the day he bought an OM-1 and then later on an OM-2, he also purchased a fair number of lenses and filters for the camera's! What I've been doing is taking pictures and then taking them to future shop and have them put them straight on the net for me for like $3 and then using them from there. My question is this, considering how old I am, how long I've been taking pictures, and the quality of camera's I'm using, do you think it would be a good idea for me to save up some cash and buy a new camera? If so, digital or film? And what would you suggest, that is affordable for a 17 year old!

Thanks, hope you can help!

Lee
 07/15/2003 02:51:59 AM · #2
Originally posted by Spanish Grease:
Hey all!

First off gotta say that this site is unbelievable for a newbie like me! Anything, and everything I could ever ask for is right here! Keep up the awesome work! Now on with the hardware question!

I'm only 17 and have been fooling around with a couple of my Dad's old camera's for a couple of months now. Back in the day he bought an OM-1 and then later on an OM-2, he also purchased a fair number of lenses and filters for the camera's! What I've been doing is taking pictures and then taking them to future shop and have them put them straight on the net for me for like $3 and then using them from there. My question is this, considering how old I am, how long I've been taking pictures, and the quality of camera's I'm using, do you think it would be a good idea for me to save up some cash and buy a new camera? If so, digital or film? And what would you suggest, that is affordable for a 17 year old!

Thanks, hope you can help!

Lee


Digital for sure. It's the best way to learn because you can shoot and shoot and shoot with no real cost (how I wish that option was available when I was 17 )

doesn't need to be new or fancy...just enough so you can learn.

Pedro
 07/15/2003 03:13:59 AM · #3
YOU CAN DO BOTH!!

How? Well, for a film camera, you can get a great camera which is very old. I'm talking $50. All manual. You will learn everything you need to know by using a manual camera. A great series (I keep bringing it up) was the Minolta SRT series. These are old (30+ years). Just any chunk of metal with a light meter and a working shutter. Because you only spend $50-100, you can still buy a (nicer) digital camera (I'm afraid that kind of cash wont buy you anything digital).

I disagree with the last guy-- learn on an old manual, then when you buy digital, don't buy something that will just be a piece of junk stepping stone, because you'll want more. (especially if that piece of junk does not have manual settings). I still keep an oldie around if I want to shoot long time exposures at night
 07/15/2003 10:01:02 AM · #4
If your dad has a couple old film cameras, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

Buy digital. Get something decent too, or after one week you will be kicking yourself about buying something you will not have total control over. You can get something like an Olympus C4000 for like 300 bucks that will give you a fair amount of control and pretty good picture quality for a pretty reasonable price. I have an Olympus 5050 and I'll recommend that to you for sure. Its about $550 or so online, and worth every penny. Intense image quality, lots of nice features, but the price is not terribly high. Plus it takes Cf, SM or xd memory. Any questions about the image quality, go look at the page. Olympus C5050Z. Fuji s602z's are also very very nice cameras for just a little less than the 5050 and have a lot of great features but only 3MP.

Bottom Line - Don't buy based on price alone or you will most likely end up with junk. Consulting the people on the site will definitely, definitely be in your best interests. Don't hesitate to ask.

Bob

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