Nikon has a few advantages, the first being availability. Check out the submission guide here. If you have access to a technician who fixes them then buy the best SRT you can find and get it overhauled. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in new window or tab, This amount includes applicable customs duties, taxes, brokerage and other fees. While Pentax made some of the best lenses in the business, Nikon offered more and better high-end cameras. Came earlier than expected, which is quite a surprise! The Pentax K mount is far more compatible. Written by Brian J. Grossman and published on October 16, 2020October 18, 2019. It was the first camera from any manufacturer to offer both aperture and shutter-priority automation and the last Minolta SLR with a metal body. Of those, the ones to have are the XG-M, X-700 and X-570. Disclaimer: In case any of these brands are still in business, let me be clear that I’m referring to products sold over thirty years ago. Easy to fix. The number of qualified technicians who know how to fix these old cameras is diminishing rapidly. Select a date for registration and further details: November 8, 2019 10:00 a.m. I have to admit to being a avid fan, owning two T3 bodies, as well as the plastic fantastic Cosina made TC-X. Canon TOP, built like a tank and called The Tank! For detailed information about Minolta manual-focus equipment have a look at a website called, “The Rokkor Files”. Minimum monthly payments are required. Importantly it isn’t covered in the leatherette. One to one interviews with the film photography industry and service providers. From shutter speed testers to large format cameras, we’ve got you covered. An appreciation of the motivation behind the OM system requires an understanding of a bit of the history of 35mm photography. I (and many others) have used 675 hearing aid batteries with great success in cameras that used the old mercurys. Free shipping . $38.80. Ricoh was a step-down but not a bad second choice; they made extensive use of the Copal Square shutter. Buyer pays for return shipping, NEW - Vibe Photo 501F Vintage 35mm Reusable DX Film Camera Black / Gold, NEW - Vibe Photo 501F Vintage 35mm Reusable DX Film Camera Black Gold - US, Yashica MF-1 Vintage Reusable 35mm Camera + ISO 400 24exp Film (Many Colors) US, NEW ! Find all of EMULSIVE’s darkroom-related articles right here. If you’re serious about getting into analog don’t waste your money on the inferior offerings of Cambron, Quantaray, Focal, Albinar, Vivitar or any of the other off-brand distributors. I have or have had some of these cameras and this is a good write up. Hasn’t been used in probably 30 yrs., but I’m seriously considering taking it with me when I turn nomadic next year. They may not have the kudos of a pentax spotmatic but they are a great quality alternative and are far less expensive. Nikon Film Cameras, Which one is right for you? View all photographs taken by EMULSIVE on 65mm large format IMAX film. Almost as good as a F-1, but much cheaper. Join us for an introduction to 35mm film photography and a photo walk inside the gates of Kodak Park. The shipping was super fast! There are 83 items available. If you are shooting in manual mode you should be experienced enough to be able to take good images without metering. The F-1, in any version, is an excellent camera but very difficult to find in good condition at a reasonable price. Here an insider: The Canon EF. See the seller's listing for full details. That said the pentax LX and the Minolta SRT series are every bit as good as a Nikon FM or Canon FTB. While it had the same metering system as the OM4, the camera shutter worked at all speeds independent of battery power. You stated in your article on Minolta that there is a fatal flaw. Though Olympus never came close to challenging Nikon’s dominance (neither did anyone else), their equipment was first-rate and constituted quite a serious entry into the professional market. Shipping was very fast too!! Since the publication of my original book, “Nikon Film Cameras, Which one is right for you?“, I’ve acquired a number of additional cameras and lenses which I describe and evaluate from personal experience in the newly released second edition, which recently went live on Amazon. As to general observations – solid, old, reliable – Nikkormats/Nikomats, Canon FTb, Pentax Spotmatic II and F, Pentax KM, Minolta SRT – they don’t come back. The OM-3 models are all-mechanical, with batteries required only to operate their meter. That may just be my opinion and if you disagree, that’s fine but I think it’s both unfair and inaccurate to say that Nikon & Pentax optics are superior to Canon and Minolta optics, or Olympus for that matter. They are pretty expensive, though. Originally known as the Asahi Optical Company, their Takumar and SMC lenses are renowned for optical excellence. Awesome camera and the most reliable of all of Konica’s cameras. In addition to the extra hardware, I tracked the prices of a certain set of Nikon gear as offered by the two largest online retailers of secondhand 35mm equipment in North America from June 2018 to July 2019. Sure didn’t think it would go this way. It’s fun to see the old ads. I have a minolta x300 and the meter does work in manual mode. He succeeded brilliantly. Parking is available on the south side of West Ridge Road off Primrose Street. …was a bit of an also-ran until the introduction of the AE-1 in 1976, an event which marked the beginning of Canon’s dominance of the consumer market for about a decade. Although the Spotmatic was designed to use mercury batteries its meter employs a bridge circuit which is less sensitive to voltage fluctuations and works well with alkaline replacement batteries without the need for modifications. Limited Time Sale Easy Return. You may use the following address for GPS: Kodak Center 200 West Ridge Road Rochester, NY 14615. Indeed, with the introduction of the M-line of compact cameras in 1976 Pentax largely obsoleted Olympus’ main competitive advantage. If our collective knowledge is lost, then analog photography will not long survive. He also does Konica repairs and has spare parts. I think people make way too much of the mercury battery issue. Find your perfect Leica or M-mount film camera with the help of this interactive tool & reference data, 65 photographic projects you can do when you’re stuck at home, Color drama: Negative Lab Pro v2… Finding the right workflow for scanning color film at home, How to make a TEXPan: shoot wide-format 35mm film in the Fuji GW690III rangefinder. To make matters worse, the OM-1 was designed to use mercury batteries to power the light meter (the OM-2 and subsequent models used 1.5-volt silver oxide batteries) and the viewfinder displayed no information other than a meter needle and index mark. A limited number of cameras may be available to borrow for the event. Now days I use Contax SLR and rangefinder for 35mm. Earn up to 5x points when you use your eBay Mastercard®. NEW - Kodak Vintage retro M35 35mm Reusable Film Camera Pink Purple YE Green US. By 1970 SLRs with internal light meters had replaced meterless rangefinders. Everything was awesome! pandacamera_com_hk has no other items for sale. If you’re the sort of person who values individuality and enjoys being different simply for the sake of being different, but you don’t want to sacrifice quality and reliability, then the Olympus OM-system may be right for you. Mr. Maitani sought to re-engineer the 35mm SLR from the ground up with the goal of creating a light, compact SLR as solid and reliable as the big, bloated competition. If you like what you're reading you can also help this personal passion project by heading on over to the EMULSIVE Patreon page and giving as little as a dollar a month. Accidentally left it out on the rain one night… next day, dried it off, and it’s worked every since. It’s really easy to set up and I hope I take memorable pictures! I have just one request. On the one hand you can collect the bokeh-monsters of East Germany (Carl Zeiss Jena, Meyer Optic Goerlitz, Pentacon), the Soviet Union (Helios, Zenit) and the early offerings of Mamiya, Yashica, Rikenon, Fujica and others plus the tack-sharp no-nonsense Pentax Takumars. Photo: Juan Martinez. Select PayPal Credit at checkout to have the option to pay over time. Awesome write-up Brian! Copyright © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Do not buy a K-1000. View all photographs taken by EMULSIVE on 120 format film – 6×6, 6×7, 6×9, 6×12 and 6×17. Select a date for registration and further details: Meet in the Kodak Center lobby. Kodak Vintage retro M35 35mm Reusable Film Camera + Color Plus 200 Film. They functioned beautifully, and I never had any problems with them. I sell old cameras and I see a lot of people who want to mess around with old lenses. View all photographs taken by EMULSIVE on 35mm format film. View all photographs taken by EMULSIVE on large format sheet film. Also, while I appreciate the Spotmatic range of cameras are an excellent choice for M42 lenses, don’t discount the Chinon CS or CX , M42 cameras which again are very well made and also extremely reliable and are very cheap on the used market. If you are of the “the camera is just a box, the lens makes the image” school of thought, Pentax may be right for you. Finally, there is one factor which few people talk about but which you may wish to consider in selecting a 35mm system: the availability of repair technicians, or lack thereof. Today his collection is primarily Nikon F-mount and M39 rangefinder. While this increased the capabilities of the 35mm camera, it did so at the cost of bulk and mass. I stress this because you’ve got some great cameras on this list and no one should let the mercury battery issue hold them back from buying them. Kodak Vintage Retro M35 / M38 35mm Reusable Film Camera with Flash *Gift Idea*, NEW - Kodak Vintage retro M35 35mm Reusable Film Camera Pink Purple YE Green US, Genuine Kodak Vintage Retro M35 35mm Reusable Non-Disposable Film Camer XmasGift, Kodak Vintage retro M35 35mm Reusable Flash Film Camera+ Kodak UltraMax 400 Film, Kodak Vintage Retro M35 35mm Reusable Film Camera Kids Girlfriends Gift Yellow, NEW - Kodak Vintage Retro M35 35mm Reusable Film Camera Pink Green Yellow Purple, {"modules":["unloadOptimization","bandwidthDetection"],"unloadOptimization":{"browsers":{"Firefox":true,"Chrome":true}},"bandwidthDetection":{"url":"https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/thirtysevens.jpg","maxViews":4,"imgSize":37,"expiry":300000,"timeout":250}}. Brian Grossman is a fairly smart guy who can't do math so he went to law school. I had access to Yashica Mat 124 plus a 35mm rangefinder. I have used cameras by all these companies except Nikon, although not all these models. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program. Some time later, after years of therapy and a fistful of antidepressants, he revisited his boyhood hobby, photography. The New-FD lenses introduced in 1981 switched to a bayonet-style base like everyone else and were smaller and lighter without sacrificing optical quality. Since Nikon dominated the professional market for a solid two decades, there is a great deal of used manual-focus Nikon equipment floating around out there and it’s not hard to find.
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