So unless I have specific reason to want to carry a camera of this type, I’ll always reach for a manual focus and manual advance camera. However, they’re big and bulky, they draw attention and their specialist purpose borders on the domain of a DSLR. I do own and enjoy more modern auto-focusing and motor driven bodies, such as a Canon EOS1V and Nikon F100. – TTL flash – this is the last consideration as I rarely use flash, but it can help me decide between two closely matched camera bodies – Robust – great build quality, reliability and good finish aren’t just pleasing, they give confidence. – Metered manual – I want the control of manual exposure settings, but I also want metering while I do it. – Meter (preferably aperture priority AE) – it’s not strictly necessary, but I work faster when I’m not constantly guessing light levels. Manual wind is also much more subtle for candid photography. I’d like to fill my roll with keepers, not burn through a pocketful.
– Manual film advance – film is cheap but it isn’t free. – Judicious info in finder – I’d like to know key info, but not at the expense of clutter and visual obstruction. – Easy to focus – a finder with good magnification and coverage and eye relief also needs good focussing aids, like split prism, microprisms and a high precision matte for depth of fields. – Big bright finder – I don’t want to squint down a little tube with my eyeball pressed to the finder, wondering if the image is in focus. With digital, I can catch my mistakes, but with film I cannot. – Manual focus – I am faster with AF, but more consistent with MF. I don’t want to intimidate my subject … or put a chiropractor’s kids through college.
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– Small body – plus availability of compact lenses. However, it doesn’t hurt if the lenses can be easily fitted to a FF DSLR body. – Film – for my personal photography, film is my passion. – Great lenses – there are plenty of great bodies, but the selection of available lenses (and to a lesser extent, the rest of the system accessories) should be your first consideration in choosing a body, not the features of the body itself. I want a small light camera that is quick and intuitive to use, subtle in terms of presence and sound, fast to set up for a shot and delivers good photos reliably under all conditions. Therefore, I’m not too worried about how my camera will deliver 6 frames per second, or interface with multiple Speedlights or studio strobes. It helps for readers to know that I am an amateur photographer shooting street and general photography. Photographers rarely agree on matters such as this, because they have very different preferences and work in different ways. I started out compiling a definitive list of the top 10 film SLRs of all time and quickly realised it would be good for nothing but a protracted flame-war. If you are new to film and looking for an SLR guide, this would be a great start. Come and read, maybe you will learn something new, maybe you will have something to share. Dan K is back, with a great rundown of the top 10 manual film SLRs.
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