Alright, I've been making so many random threads lately, please forgive me!

Alright, so I found somebody who has both of these cameras:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garythegit/54552498/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25878086@N06/3090377842/

Obviously not THOSE ones, but those are just pictures of the type of camera it is.
both are 100% working condition, and He's giving me the lenses with (1 lens w/ each, or he said He's going to give me all his old film stuff since he moved onto digital)


He said around $30 for each, so total of $60 for both, which is pretty neat.

I think I'm going to start collecting something...Not coins, or pop caps, or beer lids etc.
OLD CAMERAS!!

When I'm in Toronto my best friends mom is a huge vintage camera collector (she has some from very late 1800s I'm pretty sure!)
she said she will show me some of the antique shops down there!


anyways, ISO your opinions, and advice.

How do I transfer the images from film camera onto computer?!?!?!

I believe you scan them. You can get technical and get scanners that scan the film itself. But I don't know much about it. Veilside where are you!

This post was edited by chantal7 on Jun 7 2009 09:24pm

I love film and I think I always will. The quality of film still cannot be reproduced on digital format yet. I think buying these two will be a great purchase!

Have you shot film before? If not, it will dramatically help you understand exposure It willl also teach you how to push/pull exposure and development which is a great tool!

The only way you should scan film is with a dedicated film scanner. They are quite expensive so I suggest outsourcing your scans to a proper photographic store.

What is this?

yup, first film, although I've worked with film in the past with friends.



&&, if you could only choose ONE of the cameras, which would you chose?
I think I only want to get one right now, and that way I can learn one at a time, take my time and enjoy it, instead of having 2 to worry about.
Which one should I get?

Umm... outsource, as in get someone else to do the work for you for a price haha

What kind of film have you shot? 35mm? 6x7? 4x5?

You must remember, a film camera is only as good as the glass you put on it and the film you use. So choose the camera with the better lens. Plus having a Canon will make it easier to extend a collection of glass.


edit: How sure are you on the condition (working order and aesthetics) of the cameras/lens?

This post was edited by lithfkn on Jun 7 2009 10:04pm

I suggest you get an early EOS camera as your first film. You would have the lenses to try it out and all.
If you really like the effect move onto something more special like a vintage rangefinder (those are sick).

To transfer images you scan them (the negatives or the printed pics).

Oh, many photo labs let you pick out the pics when you develop the film and they put them on digital storage device for you.

PS: If I were to start collecting cameras I would narrow down my selection to a single brand instead of random stuff.

Happy shooting.

This. Allso good thing about eos cameras is that they got light meter in them(not all old film cameras have that, so you need to buy a light meter allso), allso they can auto focus, unlike about all old film cameras.
Personally i wouldnt want to go with a range finder camera, instead go with medium format if u want something special.

If you like b&w pics you can develope them easilly yourself(thats allso a fun thing to do), so you can get off much cheaper that developing in a shop everytime, if you buy scanner allso you can do everything by yourself.

If you want to go with film camera like these, i suggest you go with some mounted camera that you can fit the lenses to your dslr ( http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html ) and collecting the lenses instead of cameras, nikon, m42 and olympus om are maybe the most pupular of those that fits and you can easilly find really good lenses(canon L-quality or atleast really near) for cheap price. You can get a adapter that shows when the focus is correct, so it helps the focusing quite alot.

btw there are scanners that are ment to scan negatives and normal paper scans, i got epson v500 scanner, i did quite alot of research before buying it and it seems to be best buy for the price and even if you pay few hundred more you wont get enything better. If you will do big prints from the negatives you should make them in shop from negatives enyways, so imo you dont really need a 1k $ dedicated film scanner.