I’ve got an Olympus OM1-n in truly immaculate condition. I live in the U.K. and picked it up from a small camera store in London. I use it with an Olympus Zuiko 50mm F/1.8 prime lens and an Olympus Zuiko 135mm F/3.5 prime lens. It’s an utterly remarkable camera and I recommend it to anybody who wants to get into film wholeheartedly
amazing!! I just got an olympus om-40 with a zuiko 500 f/1.8 lens as my first camera, bc the price on ebay was too good to pass up. not sure if it'll be as good as the om-1 and om-2 that come more highly recommended (and usually with a higher price tag), but here's hoping!
I was just gifted an immaculate Olympus OM-G with its kit lense (50mm) and a full metal, 180mm Japanese Zuiko zoom lens dated at 1972. Coming from a DSLR Mirrorless Sony, I couldn't be more excited!
My OM1 feels like an extension of myself honestly, it’s like the quickest and most familiar way for me to make images so that’s why I’ll never stop using it. I even got a picture of it tattooed on my arm!
Exactly my thoughts, they are still incredibly undervalued. But it was bound to happen. These cameras are such gems. But everything film gets expensive. I wanted to venture into MF but I realised I dont need the extra fidelity and image quality. Also everything MF that isn't Russian is super expensive these days
My OM3 + Zuiko 24/2.8 is really the only camera I’ll ever need in my lifetime. But GAS. OM systems are criminally undervalued/overlooked. Maitani was truly ahead of his time. Compact body + lens(perfect for travel), smoothness of adjusting shutter speed/aperture directly on the ring, one of the brightest viewfinder of its time, the OM3 + OM4 metering system, ZUIKO glass?!?! C’mon
It’s nice to see the younger generation interested in film 35mm cameras! My favorite for “many, many, many” years has been the Nikon F3, just an awesome film camera!
One thing you didn’t mention: the advantage of the Nikon is that it’s AI/AI-S lenses can be used on ANY Nikon SLR made from the Nikon F of 1959 to the Nikon F6 of 2004. The Canon Rebel 2000 is incompatible with Canon’s FD mount lenses. So if you wanted the Canon F1 AND the Rebel 2000 you’d have to use different Canon lenses for each. One of the reasons many people prefer Nikon film cameras above Canon is this complete compatibility of Nikon’s AI/AI-S lenses. Heck the AI/AI-S lenses will even mount on all Nikon DSLRs if you shoot in manual mode.
I remember when Nikon ruled the film world. The F1 to F5 series was the workhorse of most pros, it seemed. I bought a Minolta XG-M in 1981, and I’m falling in love with it all over again.
You shouldnt write ...when Nikon ruled the film world. You should write ... when Nikon ruled the USA. Only in the US you have this Nikon Hype, everybody tries to get a boring F3. There were so many good SLR's which are interesting and well built too : Exakta, Topcon, Praktica, Ricoh, Fujica, Voigtländer, Rollei, Konica and so on.
Aren't you going to mention that the Canon F-1 that you featured is the "New F-1", the second iteration of this camera from Canon? The original Canon F-1 was a fully mechanical pro-spec SLR that came out in 1970 and was a competitor to the Nikon F2. The New F-1, that you have shown was introduced in 1981 and is an electro-mechanical hybrid camera. Both of them use Canon FD lenses. I think it's important to draw the distinction between the two cameras because you don't want your viewers getting them confused.
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Indeed! I noticed that too. The original F1 is a totally different camera. I own a New F-1 and it's a tank. If you walk 2 hours with it, you will begin to feel the weight of this camera.
A word about the Olympus OM-1 not mentioned: the OM-1 and 2 have the most advanced metering system in film history. Light meters on camera read the light and determine exposure just prior to the shutter being released while the OM series read the light during exposure and react if light changes. Another thing I liked about the OM-1 over the OM-2 was the fact that it had a mirror lock-up to eliminate all shutter shock. The OM series had one of the largest and brightest view finders (I almost said, ELF) ever placed on a film SLR. Trivia: This camera was introduced to compete with Leica’s M series to provide a small and light SLR. In fact the original OM-1 was called the Olympus M-1. Leica sued and Olympus changed the name.
I bought the Olympus OM 4Ti( the revised one that does not have battery issues) last year and it's truly remarkable. The multi-spot metering is a life saver. I use it with the 50mm F/1.4 (Serial number 1.1million) and the 35mm F/2.8.
I wish digital cameras could be like film cameras where you buy the digital body and can put in whatever sensor you want. 8mp, 14mp, 40mp, or sensors that are more green or blue centric.
I'm really glad someone gives credit for the simple and entry level Eos cameras. I think these plastic SLRs are the ideal "gateway drug" for the newcomer film photographers. They give consistently good results which is the key to encourage people to continue shooting film. And they are dirt cheap by the way.
I love my Nikon F2 to death but for shear portability and simplicity the Olympus OM-1 is my go-to travel film camera that sits alongside my Fuji X-T3. Compact, massive viewfinder, and all mechanical 👌
I have olympus om 10 and love it. I git it at a moving estate sale years ago with 3 lenses a flash and a equipment bag for $25 and had it checked by a photography shop and owner couldn't believe they practically gave away such a great camera. I love using it for outdoor shots here in pnw and love the attention I get by digital shutterbug. Keeping it old school...Great great viddie sir please keep up the great work especially seeing the professional way you present your material 👍
my first film camera was the canon EOS 300 (or rebel 2000 in the US!) and to this day out of the ones i own it remains my favourite. it just does everything i want it to do perfectly, it's incredibly accessible, and i can control as much as i want to on it. it's not the most flashy looking but it's a hell of a lot of camera for what it is. it was so easy to learn how to manual shoot on it and all the automatics work exactly the way i want them to when i'm not feeling like going full manual, and the photos are gorgeous and incredibly consistent. an unsung hero of photography in my opinion!
Nice sharing of personal favorites! Just thought of sharing my own preferences: Pentax LX, KX, K2, KM, Spotmatic: very reliable, straightforward, easy to repair yourself (even the sticky mirror of LX), great handling lenses with superb coatings, all keep going without batteries. Minolta srt101/102: most reliable Minolta, easy to repair, great clc light metering, fully mechanical. I'd skip any plastic Minolta but also the xd7/xd11 doesn't stand aging; too many electronic failures and corrosed contacts. Also like the XK/XM, just for the looks only but it's very big and heavy for a 35mm slr. Olympus OM1/2/3/4: truly inventive, great small bodies that were already appreciated when they entered the market, but stand out even more now. When comparing the viewfinder layout and info from OM4(ti) to Nikon F3 the latter seems like a failure to me. It is nice to being able to exchange the viewfinder but how many people really use such function? In case you do, the Pentax LX light meter is built into the body which makes most sense. Just like Topcon RE super and Miranda Sensorex, both produced during the sixties. Canon and Nikon might be mainstream but not on my list of favorites :)
Nice job KJ! The best advice ever is to start with lenses you like, then develop your body system around the lens line. My personal favorite is the Nikon F2, which has nearly all features in the F3 and is often found much cheaper. All mechanical, so if things go sideways, it's much easier to have repaired. Since it shares the screens and finders with the original F, those items are also generally cheaper and easier to find. Andy
Nice. My favorite cameras: x700 should’ve never sold it, Nikon FA, stolen on my trip to the Czech Republic. Just pulled out an AE-1 I’d put away back in 2008. And you mentioned my dream camera back in the day, the Nikon F3. Owned the F4s, but it was so so. But the FA has a special place for me.
YESSSSSSSSSSS THE REBEL 2000!!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT IT! ITS SO AMAZING I USE MY DADS EXPENSIVE LENSES ON IT - INCREDIBLE The only issue I have is some of the newer flashes don't seem to work with it, like the Canon one that auto adjusts. I LOVE the rebel 2000 I am about to buy another 2 for back ups.
Aleksandra Kholodna I use a fixed 50mm for any portrait work. Looks fantastic. Then I have a 35mm fixed for daily shooting. And I use the stock lens a lot too it has a decent sweet spot.
one cool fact about the Olympus OM-2: in automatic mode the light is metered just milliseconds before the shot: when the mirror flips up the lightmeter looks at the weird pattern on the shutter; you see the white rectangles are denser in the center, thus you get a little bit "centered" exposure now when you do a long time exposure and the ambient light suddenly changes? (never happened to me in decades of film and digital photography) now the lightmeter looks at the film and can adjust for sudden changes of brightness. --- Of cause, now you got a "balanced" exposure because the film emulsion does not reflect more light in the center of the frame. But absolutely high tech! On the OM-1 and OM-10 cameras I don't know this works the same way but if you find a way to lock the mirror up, and you see that weird pattern on the shutter curtain, your camera should definitely work the same.
A very good list. Great talk! I think the EOS 30V (7s/Elan 7NE) was launched in 2004, whereas the EOS 3 came out in 1998. I am a big fan of the 7s . A semi-pro with EOS 10D like feel and operation. Very underrated camera. The EOS x00 series were more like the Rebels of the digital era, in fact they were called Rebel & Kiss too. The Minolta X700 MPS is one of my favs too. For Nikons of that time I chose the matrix metering PASM 1/4000s shutter speed Nikon FA . It was so good I didn't buy another camera for 20 years. And it still works great.
X700 was my first new camera i bought 1986. The Nikon F3hp is my current work horse. I bought for $25 a mint like new Olympus OMG from a yard sale. The OMG is basically the sane as the OM 10. I love this little light weight camera it has a bright view finder and a sharp 50mm 1.8 and i am about to put a 35mm on it.
I thought it was funny when you said"you can get away with shooting a wedding on the EOS3". I shot probably 100 weddings on the EOS3 and EOS1 cameras. Amazingly dependable cameras.
Ricoh XR cameras are everywhere. You can find 'em in thrift stores and charity shops really easily. For good reason too. They're super sturdy, easy to use and reliable. Ricoh really honed the economy of design and manufacture of some of those cameras, and they use the Pentax K mount system so you can put some great lenses on them. They're much better for using on the move than many of the sexier high end SLRs, so they're better for street and field photography. I have a Canon A-1 but I use my Ricoh XR7 and XR10 Super a lot more often. They're cameras you could take to war.
Hi!! Try a Pentax super A......build like a tank, super reliable, beautiful lines, 1/2000 schutter speed, small, and alle the rest......I prefer it a lot more than my f3. Ik consider it more like a Mini f3......like youre channel!!
I hope you found a Minolta X-570 in the past 2 years. I feel that the X-570 is better than the X-700 for a few reasons, not the least of which is the absence of the capacitor issue that is very common with the X-700 (the capacitor goes bad and the camera won’t work until it’s replaced). Replacing the capacitor in the 700 is pretty easy, but it’s still a process that takes a little time. Nice video sir.
The X-570 is probably the most underappreciated Minolta. People rave about the X-700 but the X-570 has a much better metered manual and with the motor drive attached, your arm doesn't end at your hand. Excellent choice!
I fell in love with Olympus OM when I started photography… and I still am! Beautiful build and amazing quality… From the OM 1, the 2, the 10… the Zuiko lenses!! And then we didn’t talk about the Pen and Trip…. 😊
9:08 I had the Canon AE1 and bought an F1 2 years ago. Can definitively recommend this, as you have 2 bodys, one for color, one for b&w! --- and after watching your vid just tryed out removing the prism for the first time ever :)
From these i prefer the X-700 the most. Black, lightweight, complete , aperture priority, programmed automatic, TTL-flash-automatic. These are the six arguments for the X-700. Normally i use it on aperture priority because i take older Rokkors too and they are not designed for the P-automatic. But Minolta was a specialist for aperture priority cameras. My favourite lenses on the X-700 are the Rokkors 28mmf2.8, 35mmf2.8, 50mm f1.7 and f1.4, all suitable for landscapes and for streets.
The om1 was my first film camera and no wonder I immediately fell in love with film - got it for $100 with two lenses, and I my had to do a minor repair (learned to do it myself, the lever would get stuck sometimes). I adore it, still my favorite
Having some good Canon EF glass, I was elated to find an almost new Canon Elan 7n (without eye control). This is I believe one of Canon's last film cameras and it is awesome! It features many of the features of current digital models, so owners of later Canon digital cameras will feel right at home. Three of the "minor" features on this camera that make it my favorite: (1) a view window to see what film is loaded (YES, no more notes taped on camera!) ; (2) an easy to use automatic quick loading feature for the film; and (3) the ability to program the camera to NOT rewind ALL the film into the canister, leaving the original leader out. (great if you are processing your own film and avoids inconvenience of removing a portion from the canister to spool on the developing spools.)
Yes, I would 100% skip the Rebel 2000 and get the Elan 7 for its superior build quality alone. Had an EOS 3 and Elan 7 back in the day, amazing cameras. Of the manual cameras the Nikon F3 for the win (probably would have featured the amazing FM2N) and the Olympus OM-1 second.
As someone who's really intrigued on going film photography and the Olympus om-1 being my added wishlist, most of my family are into more digital and I'm having a hard time convincing them that I wanted to do film.
I just received my om-1n with 50mm 1.8 zuiko lens. I bought it for 300 euros at professional photoshop. It's in very good condition and everything works fine! Gonna test it right now📸
Great video, dude. Came across an immaculately clean 35mm camera at salvation army (actually, two) and regrettably, I didn't buy it. Still thinking about getting one. For some reason I'm just not big into digital photography or really most digital things like digital movies and music. I just like the real deal. Great informational video! Hope I can pick up a 35mm camera soon.
Great to see u start with the Olympus om 1, I do think the Olympus om-1(n) Would be the better choise for the same reasons the om-2(n) you also have, is more superior to the om-2.. The main reason the om-1(n) is more reliable than the om-2(n) because the 2(n) suffers from 'planned obsolescence' the 1(n) on the other hand is the fully mechanical Olympus winner, right!?
great vid, I really really love the F1, tbh I'm slowly getting tempted to get one ahah, and speaking of professional grade SLR there's also the Pentax LX, just like the F3 and F1 it has the removable prism, a frame count that goes both ways (you see it going back too when rolling back, useful for double exposures, auto exposure is also amazing I tried some long exposures in all auto on color + it did like a 25min exposure, and it actually rendered pretty darn good, the lightmeter is legit as good as a canon 6D2, 1/75 to 1/2000 are mechanical speeds, 6-3200 iso, but just like the F3 and its electronics issues, the LX is well known for its sticky mirror, nothing too bad, but you'll have to open the whole thing to get rid of the old gum that got sticky, and it's kind of pricey too, around 250-300 oh I forgot to add it first time, it's also pretty light
I had an OM but it was abused before I got it and light leaked into it. When I worked as an Army photographer I used two X-700 cameras. One was my personal one. The other was issued. I also used a Cannon AL1. With a 28-200 zoom and a 2x teleconverter. I used K-1000 as a back up in case the batteries dies on the X-700 , which happened on a photo shoot.
Greetings from hk! I am just so glad that i came across ur channel on utube n i really enjoyed ur videos n they are so useful!!! I tried my first bid on ebay to buy the film i wanted n thanks to ur older vid on how to bid strategy, i won my first bid!!!! All credits to u mate!! Thank you very much n i will keep on supporting here!! Peace!! Side note: im using a canonae1 rn but now i cldnt resist hving minoltax700, cant wait to be in minoltagang🤙🏻 i jus wish i cld be in the us to try thrifting for treasure too xdxd shoot more films!!!
I was given a Rebel 2000 for Christmas in the year 2000. I also a have an EF 50mm 1:1.8 II lens that I bought a year or two later, with shockingly cheap build quality (plastic bayonet lol) but great glass. It still works great! I’ve tried many other SLRs since then. My all time favorites are the Pentax MX and Pentax ME Super. But honestly there was no reason not to stick with the humble Rebel 2k.
Great camera to have. I was fortunate to pick up recently it’s short-lived precursor, the M1, and an M1 lens also! They are exactly the same, just branded differently until Leica asked Olympus to desist from using the ‘M1’ model name.
One camera that I feel gets overlooked quite often: the Ricoh KR-10x. It takes Pentax K mount lenses (so you could use that glass even on modern Pentax DSLRs), it takes LR44 or SR44 batteries that are easy to get, the lightmeter will shut itself down after 8 minutes of not being used to save battery, other basic stuff like self timer is also there and I found the diagonally split focus point to be working better than horizontal or vertical split ones in most cases (though your mileage may very on this one). I got ont in basically mint condition on ebay for 30 bucks without lens and another 30 bucks got me a Pentax-M 28mm f2.8 which is also in very good condition. Compared to this setup, all other cameras I got seem ridiculously overpriced xD
Nice list. Youd love the Klasse S. Im the biggest fanboy ever of that camera. Try it dude. Keep rockin'...ps I know its not an SLR....but happy to know your thoughts.
From your list I own the OM1, Canon F1, and Nikon F3. I believe the only difference is you have the F1 New or New F1. Favorite is definitely the F3. Best view finder and not as heavy as the F1 and more reliable. Shutter speeds on my F1 aren’t working properly any more. Second favorite is the Olympus. Light, bright viewfinder, and being an aperture priority kind of person, I like having the shutter speeds by the lens as I don’t have to take it away from my face to adjust it or even think about. Last for me unfortunately is the Canon. Feels unnecessarily heavy and cumbersome. The viewfinder is not as bright as either of the two. Not as reliable as the other two either. Mechanical shutter (when working properly) and 50mm f1.4 in it are awesome though.
you look skinnier. eheh i am new to film, your videos boosted me a lot to go further on this. I bought a Pentax KX for 75€ (I think around $65 ), still finishing my first roll, but looking forward to see the outcome of your tips on my photos eheh
I had an Olympus om2n and miss it. My friend had a Minolta X700 and he loved it. He had a 24mm on his. My favourite camera is my Pentax Spotmatic SP with the 55mm f1.8 super Takumar lens. I have had it since the 1970s and all my 5 children have been taken with it. The best lens by far in every way, and I have Nikon, Olympus and also a Schneider 135mm 4.7 lens for my 1950s MPP Micropress 4x5. The Schneider is my equal favourite to my Pentax 55mm Super Takumar 1.8!
Nice channel :) the only time I shot film was in childhood and I had no idea what I was doing haha. Today I shoot mirrorless with film simulations (funny I know), but I dig analog stuff so I definitely appreciate the content you got here. Who knows maybe some day I'll actually pick one up.
Thanks sm for this video! Been looking at options for affordable/semi affordable film cameras and you gave me more options. I originally was looking for point and shoots like the Olympus mju ii cuz they were “affordable” about 2 months ago and now the prices are skyrocketing. They’re not worth the price point now, especially since you don’t have full control unlike the first 2 cameras you presented. Also, I found your channel about 1.5 years ago but didn’t subscribe at the time😭 glad I found u again
I own and have collected many top of the line cameras. My all time favorite is the Canon F-1 New With AE finder and the motor drive. It is a beast. I have lenses from 15mm to 1200mm. Nikon makes better autofocus cameras, I like my Nikon F5. I remember when a Canon F-1 new body with an AE finder sold for about $1000, add another $300 for a 50mm f1.4 lens. Now you can find that kit for around $200, about what you would pay for a plasticy Canon AE-1 with a 50mm f1.8 lens. The Canon F-1 was a professional camera all the way. When you look at old clips of sporting events, you would see the big Canon L white lenses, at their base, they were attached to a Canon F-1 New. There is an Olympic version. The F-1's are disappearing though, if you want one, pick it up now. Now many were made, just a tiny fraction of the AE1's.
I shoot the Minolta 45mm f/2 on my x300 and SR1, amazing little lens! Do be warned, it's quite easy to accidentally change aperture on it... I'd personally suggest the Rokkor MC 58mm f/1.4 if you're shooting Minolta but its about double the price ;)
My alltime favorite is OM 1. Compact, reliable and capable of producing amazing results with Zuiko lenses. My OM 1 outlived the four times more expensive Leica R4s.
I have the Canon 30v with eye focusing. They shelved the idea because people like me with glasses couldn’t make it work properly. It was super slow to select the focus point and worked less than 1 time out of 10. I also have a 300n and both cameras are great with some good Canon EF glass.
David Hancock has photography channels shows different SLR cameras and he mention this on his video about the cannon eye focus. I don't think that's something you really need on an slr. I have a Minolta Maxxum 5 which has a decent autofocus system that hasn't really given me any issues.
One thing really important about the Nikon F3 that isn't mentioned in this video is... battery dependent. Without battery, you can only shoot at one shutter speed: 1/60 (or 1/80?). Previous F models: F and F2 don't have this limitation.
Had the F2, great camera, but it's getting quite old. You'll hardly be able to fix it if something goes wrong. And there's not too much of them left, at least not in mint condition. For reasonable money. I'd suggest, get FM2 instead. Or FM3/A if you have money to burn 😉
Tomislav Miletić I respectfully disagree, on eBay you can buy working F2A’s for around £100. FM2N’s are great, they are just a bit small. Admittedly the mechanical side of the F2 can be repaired/maintained potentially forever, I must admit that the meters are a huge weakness, and the FM2N wins in that regard. If you’re happy with the FM2N, and it works well, then good for you!! Keep on shooting!
@@legionchef Well it seems this matter depends of the area you are living in. It's almost impossible to find good (if any) photo mechanic in the city I'm living in nor in surrounding area, official service for Nikon (which exists here) won't even bother with any pre-digital Nikon camera. So if you have to rely on the camera that will keep on ticking, FM2 or FM3/A are much safer bet, being simply newer cameras, despite being several times more expensive...
My first "real" camera was an Olympus OM-1 and I bought it new around 1975. I narrowed it down to the OM-1 and a Nikkormat FTn, and I chose Olympus which I lived to regret. The bodies were light and the viewfinder very bright, to the point where I thought that there was a contrast loss which made focusing more difficult. The lenses were single coated at a time where pretty much everyone else's were multi-coated. Those lenses were so lightly built that if you squeezed a Zuiko lens hard you could keep the focus from turning, and that was NOT the case with the robust and contemporary Nikkors, Canon's or Rokkor-X's. I did like that the shutter speed control was a ring on the front of the camera that was virtually part of the lens. It seemed to me that using my left hand to control both the aperture and shutter speed made more sense that having to reach up with my right hand to turn a dial, and it still does. The only other cameras that comes to mind that had the same shutter speed configuration were ironically the Nikkormats. After assembling a small Olympus system I traded everything for a Yashica FR with some Yashinon (I think) lenses. My thought process was that since Yashica and Contax were owned by the same parent company and took the same lens mounts, eventually I'd get Contax cameras and Zeiss T* lenses both which were world class. That didn't happen and I ended up trading - once again - and ended up with a Nikon F2, a 50mm f2, and an 85mm f1.8, and pretty much started over. Then from 1979 until 2003 I used Nikon, upgrading many times. I think that I missed a few Nikkormat auto exposure bodies along the way but I'm pretty sure that at one time or another I've owned every Nikon manual focus, manual exposure camera, with one exception. I owned a Nikkormat FT2, and FT3, but never a FTn. I've always wondered what I would have ended up with had I bought that Nikkormat in the first place. In any case I would not recommend an Olympus OM-1 or OM-2 of that era. There are better bodies and lenses out there.
I disagree with your description of Zuiko lenses. It is not possible on any of my lenses to slow or stop focus when squeezed - and my hands are strong. They are not Nikon F3s, but they are still professional.
Program mode is for dummies. Full manual camera like F3 , FM , FM2 , OM1, Pentax KM KX K1000 are fully manual and allows you to set all the settings by yourself and have great results + all these cameras are battery independent and will never fail. Canons eos series are okay, my issue with them is the batteries and size. If you don't keep spare batteries with you - you can run into a moment when batteries are flat and you can't get necessary batteries in 20min. Size - it's bulky. Classic slr like om1 is small and compact even with the lense on.
F3 will forever be a dream for me. 😢 I don't own any film camera but I am so into film photog since the day that my friend in Manila has let me borrow her point and shoot camera. 🥺
Cannot imagine Pentax and Contax is not even mentioned. LX weight is just perfect for me and design is elegant, my favorite; MX is small and full mechanical, easily carrying in your palm; Contax S2 is also full mechanical mechanical which is on par with Nikon FM2 with highest speed of 1/4000s, and there are so many Contax C/Y lenses that for me out shine Nikon lenses. AF SLRs are convenient but many are plastics.
I’ve got an Olympus OM1-n in truly immaculate condition. I live in the U.K. and picked it up from a small camera store in London. I use it with an Olympus Zuiko 50mm F/1.8 prime lens and an Olympus Zuiko 135mm F/3.5 prime lens. It’s an utterly remarkable camera and I recommend it to anybody who wants to get into film wholeheartedly
Ye boyyy. The OM-1 and OM2 are gorgeous cameras with superb Zuiko glass. I bought an OM2n in Nearly New, Complete In Box. It’s precious indeed.
Gabez82 - Nice!
amazing!! I just got an olympus om-40 with a zuiko 500 f/1.8 lens as my first camera, bc the price on ebay was too good to pass up. not sure if it'll be as good as the om-1 and om-2 that come more highly recommended (and usually with a higher price tag), but here's hoping!
shayan m. - That’s cool. The Olympus OM40 is a good camera, I believe. I’m sure you will like it
I was just gifted an immaculate Olympus OM-G with its kit lense (50mm) and a full metal, 180mm Japanese Zuiko zoom lens dated at 1972.
Coming from a DSLR Mirrorless Sony, I couldn't be more excited!
My OM1 feels like an extension of myself honestly, it’s like the quickest and most familiar way for me to make images so that’s why I’ll never stop using it. I even got a picture of it tattooed on my arm!
Dang it, I've been dreading the day that a popular youtuber exposes the OM system for how awesome it is, the prices are going to jump!
Good thing i have all the OM lenses already lol
The Canon FD system is still relatively underrated.
Exactly my thoughts, they are still incredibly undervalued. But it was bound to happen. These cameras are such gems. But everything film gets expensive. I wanted to venture into MF but I realised I dont need the extra fidelity and image quality. Also everything MF that isn't Russian is super expensive these days
My OM3 + Zuiko 24/2.8 is really the only camera I’ll ever need in my lifetime. But GAS.
OM systems are criminally undervalued/overlooked. Maitani was truly ahead of his time. Compact body + lens(perfect for travel), smoothness of adjusting shutter speed/aperture directly on the ring, one of the brightest viewfinder of its time, the OM3 + OM4 metering system, ZUIKO glass?!?! C’mon
Forgot to mention... SPOT METERING smh
It’s nice to see the younger generation interested in film 35mm cameras!
My favorite for “many, many, many” years has been the Nikon F3, just an awesome film camera!
Minolta gang checking in! Glad to see the x700 on here.... love my xg1, x570 and Maxxum 7000
I bought a Minolta x700 as my first film camera because of this video and i've been loving it
One thing you didn’t mention: the advantage of the Nikon is that it’s AI/AI-S lenses can be used on ANY Nikon SLR made from the Nikon F of 1959 to the Nikon F6 of 2004.
The Canon Rebel 2000 is incompatible with Canon’s FD mount lenses. So if you wanted the Canon F1 AND the Rebel 2000 you’d have to use different Canon lenses for each.
One of the reasons many people prefer Nikon film cameras above Canon is this complete compatibility of Nikon’s AI/AI-S lenses. Heck the AI/AI-S lenses will even mount on all Nikon DSLRs if you shoot in manual mode.
For canon you can just use an adapter. I got a cheap one for like $20 and I use some of my weird fd lenses on my 70D
Welcome to the Mount Olympus film gang. We're glad you've joined us!
I remember when Nikon ruled the film world. The F1 to F5 series was the workhorse of most pros, it seemed. I bought a Minolta XG-M in 1981, and I’m falling in love with it all over again.
You shouldnt write ...when Nikon ruled the film world. You should write ... when Nikon ruled the USA.
Only in the US you have this Nikon Hype, everybody tries to get a boring F3.
There were so many good SLR's which are interesting and well built too : Exakta, Topcon, Praktica, Ricoh, Fujica, Voigtländer, Rollei, Konica and so on.
Aren't you going to mention that the Canon F-1 that you featured is the "New F-1", the second iteration of this camera from Canon? The original Canon F-1 was a fully mechanical pro-spec SLR that came out in 1970 and was a competitor to the Nikon F2. The New F-1, that you have shown was introduced in 1981 and is an electro-mechanical hybrid camera. Both of them use Canon FD lenses. I think it's important to draw the distinction between the two cameras because you don't want your viewers getting them confused.
Indeed! I noticed that too. The original F1 is a totally different camera. I own a New F-1 and it's a tank. If you walk 2 hours with it, you will begin to feel the weight of this camera.
Have an A-1 on the way! Excited to get into film photography!
A word about the Olympus OM-1 not mentioned: the OM-1 and 2 have the most advanced metering system in film history. Light meters on camera read the light and determine exposure just prior to the shutter being released while the OM series read the light during exposure and react if light changes. Another thing I liked about the OM-1 over the OM-2 was the fact that it had a mirror lock-up to eliminate all shutter shock.
The OM series had one of the largest and brightest view finders (I almost said, ELF) ever placed on a film SLR.
Trivia: This camera was introduced to compete with Leica’s M series to provide a small and light SLR. In fact the original OM-1 was called the Olympus M-1. Leica sued and Olympus changed the name.
Next : "My favourite Rangefinder camera"
yes please
I bought the Olympus OM 4Ti( the revised one that does not have battery issues) last year and it's truly remarkable. The multi-spot metering is a life saver. I use it with the 50mm F/1.4 (Serial number 1.1million) and the 35mm F/2.8.
Just got my F3 a few days ago, and the 50mil 1.4 just showed up today. Pumped!!
There are so many good 35mm film cameras. Love the ones you picked!
I wish digital cameras could be like film cameras where you buy the digital body and can put in whatever sensor you want. 8mp, 14mp, 40mp, or sensors that are more green or blue centric.
Don’t give them ideas to sell us $1000 sensors 😂
My first 35mm camera was my nikkormat Ftn, then i got a nikon F3, now i don’t need any other 35mm slr, they’re both SUCH a dream
I'm really glad someone gives credit for the simple and entry level Eos cameras. I think these plastic SLRs are the ideal "gateway drug" for the newcomer film photographers. They give consistently good results which is the key to encourage people to continue shooting film. And they are dirt cheap by the way.
You are right, the glass and the knowledge of the one behind the camera is what makes great photos. Thanks for the video.
I love my Nikon F2 to death but for shear portability and simplicity the Olympus OM-1 is my go-to travel film camera that sits alongside my Fuji X-T3. Compact, massive viewfinder, and all mechanical 👌
Then you should have tried a Nikon FM, FE, FM2 or FE3, even an EM.
I like to travel with my Oly OM2n and it's digital brother Oly OM-D.
My friend gifted me a Pentax A3000, my first SLR and watching this def got me excited for possibilities of new gear. thanks for the rec, King Jvpes!!
I have olympus om 10 and love it. I git it at a moving estate sale years ago with 3 lenses a flash and a equipment bag for $25 and had it checked by a photography shop and owner couldn't believe they practically gave away such a great camera. I love using it for outdoor shots here in pnw and love the attention I get by digital shutterbug. Keeping it old school...Great great viddie sir please keep up the great work especially seeing the professional way you present your material 👍
my first film camera was the canon EOS 300 (or rebel 2000 in the US!) and to this day out of the ones i own it remains my favourite. it just does everything i want it to do perfectly, it's incredibly accessible, and i can control as much as i want to on it. it's not the most flashy looking but it's a hell of a lot of camera for what it is. it was so easy to learn how to manual shoot on it and all the automatics work exactly the way i want them to when i'm not feeling like going full manual, and the photos are gorgeous and incredibly consistent. an unsung hero of photography in my opinion!
Nice sharing of personal favorites! Just thought of sharing my own preferences:
Pentax LX, KX, K2, KM, Spotmatic: very reliable, straightforward, easy to repair yourself (even the sticky mirror of LX), great handling lenses with superb coatings, all keep going without batteries.
Minolta srt101/102: most reliable Minolta, easy to repair, great clc light metering, fully mechanical. I'd skip any plastic Minolta but also the xd7/xd11 doesn't stand aging; too many electronic failures and corrosed contacts. Also like the XK/XM, just for the looks only but it's very big and heavy for a 35mm slr.
Olympus OM1/2/3/4: truly inventive, great small bodies that were already appreciated when they entered the market, but stand out even more now. When comparing the viewfinder layout and info from OM4(ti) to Nikon F3 the latter seems like a failure to me.
It is nice to being able to exchange the viewfinder but how many people really use such function? In case you do, the Pentax LX light meter is built into the body which makes most sense. Just like Topcon RE super and Miranda Sensorex, both produced during the sixties. Canon and Nikon might be mainstream but not on my list of favorites :)
ayo bro thanks for the video. I found it to be super informational and engaging. REally helped me choose a good camera.
Nice job KJ! The best advice ever is to start with lenses you like, then develop your body system around the lens line. My personal favorite is the Nikon F2, which has nearly all features in the F3 and is often found much cheaper. All mechanical, so if things go sideways, it's much easier to have repaired. Since it shares the screens and finders with the original F, those items are also generally cheaper and easier to find. Andy
Nice. My favorite cameras: x700 should’ve never sold it, Nikon FA, stolen on my trip to the Czech Republic. Just pulled out an AE-1 I’d put away back in 2008. And you mentioned my dream camera back in the day, the Nikon F3. Owned the F4s, but it was so so. But the FA has a special place for me.
The FA was and still is a fantastic camera.
11:23 “20 bucks!”🤣👏🏽 love the enthusiasm
YESSSSSSSSSSS THE REBEL 2000!!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT IT!
ITS SO AMAZING I USE MY DADS EXPENSIVE LENSES ON IT - INCREDIBLE
The only issue I have is some of the newer flashes don't seem to work with it, like the Canon one that auto adjusts. I LOVE the rebel 2000 I am about to buy another 2 for back ups.
Aleksandra Kholodna I use a fixed 50mm for any portrait work. Looks fantastic. Then I have a 35mm fixed for daily shooting. And I use the stock lens a lot too it has a decent sweet spot.
one cool fact about the Olympus OM-2: in automatic mode the light is metered just milliseconds before the shot:
when the mirror flips up the lightmeter looks at the weird pattern on the shutter; you see the white rectangles are denser in the center, thus you get a little bit "centered" exposure
now when you do a long time exposure and the ambient light suddenly changes? (never happened to me in decades of film and digital photography) now the lightmeter looks at the film and can adjust for sudden changes of brightness. --- Of cause, now you got a "balanced" exposure because the film emulsion does not reflect more light in the center of the frame. But absolutely high tech!
On the OM-1 and OM-10 cameras I don't know this works the same way but if you find a way to lock the mirror up, and you see that weird pattern on the shutter curtain, your camera should definitely work the same.
Wow! Great video. The OM-1 was my first camera back in the 70's. Legendary. Small and cheap with great lenses.
A very good list. Great talk!
I think the EOS 30V (7s/Elan 7NE) was launched in 2004, whereas the EOS 3 came out in 1998.
I am a big fan of the 7s . A semi-pro with EOS 10D like feel and operation. Very underrated camera.
The EOS x00 series were more like the Rebels of the digital era, in fact they were called Rebel & Kiss too.
The Minolta X700 MPS is one of my favs too.
For Nikons of that time I chose the matrix metering PASM 1/4000s shutter speed Nikon FA .
It was so good I didn't buy another camera for 20 years. And it still works great.
The Pentax MX with the 40/2.8 🥞
X700 was my first new camera i bought 1986. The Nikon F3hp is my current work horse. I bought for $25 a mint like new Olympus OMG from a yard sale. The OMG is basically the sane as the OM 10. I love this little light weight camera it has a bright view finder and a sharp 50mm 1.8 and i am about to put a 35mm on it.
I thought it was funny when you said"you can get away with shooting a wedding on the EOS3". I shot probably 100 weddings on the EOS3 and EOS1 cameras. Amazingly dependable cameras.
Ricoh XR cameras are everywhere. You can find 'em in thrift stores and charity shops really easily. For good reason too. They're super sturdy, easy to use and reliable. Ricoh really honed the economy of design and manufacture of some of those cameras, and they use the Pentax K mount system so you can put some great lenses on them. They're much better for using on the move than many of the sexier high end SLRs, so they're better for street and field photography. I have a Canon A-1 but I use my Ricoh XR7 and XR10 Super a lot more often. They're cameras you could take to war.
Hi!! Try a Pentax super A......build like a tank, super reliable, beautiful lines, 1/2000 schutter speed, small, and alle the rest......I prefer it a lot more than my f3. Ik consider it more like a Mini f3......like youre channel!!
I hope you found a Minolta X-570 in the past 2 years. I feel that the X-570 is better than the X-700 for a few reasons, not the least of which is the absence of the capacitor issue that is very common with the X-700 (the capacitor goes bad and the camera won’t work until it’s replaced). Replacing the capacitor in the 700 is pretty easy, but it’s still a process that takes a little time. Nice video sir.
The X-570 is probably the most underappreciated Minolta. People rave about the X-700 but the X-570 has a much better metered manual and with the motor drive attached, your arm doesn't end at your hand. Excellent choice!
I fell in love with Olympus OM when I started photography… and I still am! Beautiful build and amazing quality… From the OM 1, the 2, the 10… the Zuiko lenses!! And then we didn’t talk about the Pen and Trip…. 😊
I learned photography on an EOS 2000 I loved the hell out of that thing.
9:08 I had the Canon AE1 and bought an F1 2 years ago. Can definitively recommend this, as you have 2 bodys, one for color, one for b&w! --- and after watching your vid just tryed out removing the prism for the first time ever :)
Minolta lens is amazing !!! Fell in love at first sight.
I’ve had my Rebel 2000 for 20 years and it was my first SLR. Only recently upgraded it with the battery pack, eyepiece extender, and L lens.
From these i prefer the X-700 the most.
Black, lightweight, complete , aperture priority, programmed automatic, TTL-flash-automatic.
These are the six arguments for the X-700.
Normally i use it on aperture priority because i take older Rokkors too and they are not designed for the P-automatic.
But Minolta was a specialist for aperture priority cameras.
My favourite lenses on the X-700 are the Rokkors 28mmf2.8, 35mmf2.8, 50mm f1.7 and f1.4, all suitable for landscapes and for streets.
The om1 was my first film camera and no wonder I immediately fell in love with film - got it for $100 with two lenses, and I my had to do a minor repair (learned to do it myself, the lever would get stuck sometimes). I adore it, still my favorite
I got that Canon New F-1 with a 55mm f/1.2. Fantastic combo!
Superb video, well done young man , respect from UK
Having some good Canon EF glass, I was elated to find an almost new Canon Elan 7n (without eye control). This is I believe one of Canon's last film cameras and it is awesome! It features many of the features of current digital models, so owners of later Canon digital cameras will feel right at home. Three of the "minor" features on this camera that make it my favorite: (1) a view window to see what film is loaded (YES, no more notes taped on camera!) ; (2) an easy to use automatic quick loading feature for the film; and (3) the ability to program the camera to NOT rewind ALL the film into the canister, leaving the original leader out. (great if you are processing your own film and avoids inconvenience of removing a portion from the canister to spool on the developing spools.)
you can also use a beer bottle opener to open the film - in the dark of cause ;-)
Yes, I would 100% skip the Rebel 2000 and get the Elan 7 for its superior build quality alone. Had an EOS 3 and Elan 7 back in the day, amazing cameras. Of the manual cameras the Nikon F3 for the win (probably would have featured the amazing FM2N) and the Olympus OM-1 second.
As someone who's really intrigued on going film photography and the Olympus om-1 being my added wishlist, most of my family are into more digital and I'm having a hard time convincing them that I wanted to do film.
I just received my om-1n with 50mm 1.8 zuiko lens. I bought it for 300 euros at professional photoshop. It's in very good condition and everything works fine! Gonna test it right now📸
Great video, dude. Came across an immaculately clean 35mm camera at salvation army (actually, two) and regrettably, I didn't buy it. Still thinking about getting one. For some reason I'm just not big into digital photography or really most digital things like digital movies and music. I just like the real deal. Great informational video! Hope I can pick up a 35mm camera soon.
I have the Canon AE 1... Completely new to film photography, hopefully it was a good purchase
Excellent camera. The most sold in the world..very reliable camera. It will last you a lifetime. And you have great FD lenses..
Great to see u start with the Olympus om 1, I do think the Olympus om-1(n) Would be the better choise for the same reasons the om-2(n) you also have, is more superior to the om-2..
The main reason the om-1(n) is more reliable than the om-2(n) because the 2(n) suffers from 'planned obsolescence' the 1(n) on the other hand is the fully mechanical Olympus winner, right!?
great vid, I really really love the F1, tbh I'm slowly getting tempted to get one ahah, and speaking of professional grade SLR there's also the Pentax LX, just like the F3 and F1 it has the removable prism, a frame count that goes both ways (you see it going back too when rolling back, useful for double exposures, auto exposure is also amazing I tried some long exposures in all auto on color + it did like a 25min exposure, and it actually rendered pretty darn good, the lightmeter is legit as good as a canon 6D2, 1/75 to 1/2000 are mechanical speeds, 6-3200 iso, but just like the F3 and its electronics issues, the LX is well known for its sticky mirror, nothing too bad, but you'll have to open the whole thing to get rid of the old gum that got sticky, and it's kind of pricey too, around 250-300
oh I forgot to add it first time, it's also pretty light
I had an OM but it was abused before I got it and light leaked into it. When I worked as an Army photographer I used two X-700 cameras. One was my personal one. The other was issued. I also used a Cannon AL1. With a 28-200 zoom and a 2x teleconverter. I used K-1000 as a back up in case the batteries dies on the X-700 , which happened on a photo shoot.
Greetings from hk! I am just so glad that i came across ur channel on utube n i really enjoyed ur videos n they are so useful!!! I tried my first bid on ebay to buy the film i wanted n thanks to ur older vid on how to bid strategy, i won my first bid!!!! All credits to u mate!! Thank you very much n i will keep on supporting here!! Peace!! Side note: im using a canonae1 rn but now i cldnt resist hving minoltax700, cant wait to be in minoltagang🤙🏻 i jus wish i cld be in the us to try thrifting for treasure too xdxd shoot more films!!!
I was given a Rebel 2000 for Christmas in the year 2000. I also a have an EF 50mm 1:1.8 II lens that I bought a year or two later, with shockingly cheap build quality (plastic bayonet lol) but great glass. It still works great! I’ve tried many other SLRs since then. My all time favorites are the Pentax MX and Pentax ME Super. But honestly there was no reason not to stick with the humble Rebel 2k.
Great camera to have.
I was fortunate to pick up recently it’s short-lived precursor, the M1, and an M1 lens also! They are exactly the same, just branded differently until Leica asked Olympus to desist from using the ‘M1’ model name.
I just got the F3 and looking forward to putting a roll through it soon.
You nailed it bro! The Nikon F# is my fav! But the Canon F! is another prof cam on another notch! Cool!
One camera that I feel gets overlooked quite often: the Ricoh KR-10x. It takes Pentax K mount lenses (so you could use that glass even on modern Pentax DSLRs), it takes LR44 or SR44 batteries that are easy to get, the lightmeter will shut itself down after 8 minutes of not being used to save battery, other basic stuff like self timer is also there and I found the diagonally split focus point to be working better than horizontal or vertical split ones in most cases (though your mileage may very on this one). I got ont in basically mint condition on ebay for 30 bucks without lens and another 30 bucks got me a Pentax-M 28mm f2.8 which is also in very good condition. Compared to this setup, all other cameras I got seem ridiculously overpriced xD
Nice list. Youd love the Klasse S. Im the biggest fanboy ever of that camera. Try it dude. Keep rockin'...ps I know its not an SLR....but happy to know your thoughts.
OM 1 and OM-2N are really awesome cameras.
You do a good job putting your videos together.
Thanks for the advice on the battery grip. I have the Rebel 2000. Will definitely check it out. What is a good price range?
From your list I own the OM1, Canon F1, and Nikon F3. I believe the only difference is you have the F1 New or New F1. Favorite is definitely the F3. Best view finder and not as heavy as the F1 and more reliable. Shutter speeds on my F1 aren’t working properly any more. Second favorite is the Olympus. Light, bright viewfinder, and being an aperture priority kind of person, I like having the shutter speeds by the lens as I don’t have to take it away from my face to adjust it or even think about. Last for me unfortunately is the Canon. Feels unnecessarily heavy and cumbersome. The viewfinder is not as bright as either of the two. Not as reliable as the other two either. Mechanical shutter (when working properly) and 50mm f1.4 in it are awesome though.
you look skinnier. eheh
i am new to film, your videos boosted me a lot to go further on this. I bought a Pentax KX for 75€ (I think around $65 ), still finishing my first roll, but looking forward to see the outcome of your tips on my photos eheh
I had an Olympus om2n and miss it.
My friend had a Minolta X700 and he loved it. He had a 24mm on his.
My favourite camera is my Pentax Spotmatic SP with the 55mm f1.8 super Takumar lens.
I have had it since the 1970s and all my 5 children have been taken with it. The best lens by far in every way, and I have Nikon, Olympus and also a Schneider 135mm 4.7 lens for my 1950s MPP Micropress 4x5.
The Schneider is my equal favourite to my Pentax 55mm Super Takumar 1.8!
Love the list! But where is the Canon A1?):
Edward Elizabeth Hitler beside me on my desk. With a 58mm lens. Thank you Santa.
I shoot the camera all the time, love it! I mostly shoot the 35mm and the 35-70mm are fun!
Glad to see the ol x 700 on here
Thanks for making this video bro, very informative
Nice channel :) the only time I shot film was in childhood and I had no idea what I was doing haha. Today I shoot mirrorless with film simulations (funny I know), but I dig analog stuff so I definitely appreciate the content you got here. Who knows maybe some day I'll actually pick one up.
Thanks sm for this video! Been looking at options for affordable/semi affordable film cameras and you gave me more options. I originally was looking for point and shoots like the Olympus mju ii cuz they were “affordable” about 2 months ago and now the prices are skyrocketing. They’re not worth the price point now, especially since you don’t have full control unlike the first 2 cameras you presented. Also, I found your channel about 1.5 years ago but didn’t subscribe at the time😭 glad I found u again
I own and have collected many top of the line cameras. My all time favorite is the Canon F-1 New With AE finder and the motor drive. It is a beast. I have lenses from 15mm to 1200mm. Nikon makes better autofocus cameras, I like my Nikon F5. I remember when a Canon F-1 new body with an AE finder sold for about $1000, add another $300 for a 50mm f1.4 lens. Now you can find that kit for around $200, about what you would pay for a plasticy Canon AE-1 with a 50mm f1.8 lens. The Canon F-1 was a professional camera all the way. When you look at old clips of sporting events, you would see the big Canon L white lenses, at their base, they were attached to a Canon F-1 New. There is an Olympic version. The F-1's are disappearing though, if you want one, pick it up now. Now many were made, just a tiny fraction of the AE1's.
I love my Pentax spotmatic with the super takumar 50 1.4 and the 135mm
I shoot the Minolta 45mm f/2 on my x300 and SR1, amazing little lens! Do be warned, it's quite easy to accidentally change aperture on it... I'd personally suggest the Rokkor MC 58mm f/1.4 if you're shooting Minolta but its about double the price ;)
Definitely looking for a solid 35mm camera 🙂 thanks for the video. Makes me wanna try new gear
Solid choices there.
My alltime favorite is OM 1. Compact, reliable and capable of producing amazing results with Zuiko lenses. My OM 1 outlived the four times more expensive Leica R4s.
I have the Canon 30v with eye focusing. They shelved the idea because people like me with glasses couldn’t make it work properly. It was super slow to select the focus point and worked less than 1 time out of 10. I also have a 300n and both cameras are great with some good Canon EF glass.
David Hancock has photography channels shows different SLR cameras and he mention this on his video about the cannon eye focus. I don't think that's something you really need on an slr. I have a Minolta Maxxum 5 which has a decent autofocus system that hasn't really given me any issues.
Robert Knight for sure, you definitely don’t need it. But it might have been fun if it had worked properly.
@DesignatedEagle F yes, it is the same. Canon names depend on where they are sold. Elan-7 is 30v in Europe and 7s in Japan.
Absolutely love my Nikon F3HP.
One thing really important about the Nikon F3 that isn't mentioned in this video is... battery dependent. Without battery, you can only shoot at one shutter speed: 1/60 (or 1/80?). Previous F models: F and F2 don't have this limitation.
what camera and lens are you using to film this video? quality and auto focus is CRISP!
Please try to review a pentex p3, and Minolta xg-m
Love the XG-M. It's a cheaper X700, more basically, but wonderful too.
Minolta made extraordinary cameras.
EOS3. Outstanding reviews KJ. Peace my man.
My canon elan 7ne also has the eye tracking, pretty cool stuff
I have used Minolta X-370 for a while and loved it!
OK, make a video with Nikon F2 vs Nikon F3...cause i am losing hair contemplating what to buy! 😭😭
Salon Ghimire F2 all the way, get one cla’d and your good to go. Get a DP11 finder which works and you are living the dream
@@legionchef if only you had said this a little earlier....i stayed awake till 7 am and ended up buying F3HP 😭😭😭
Had the F2, great camera, but it's getting quite old. You'll hardly be able to fix it if something goes wrong. And there's not too much of them left, at least not in mint condition. For reasonable money.
I'd suggest, get FM2 instead. Or FM3/A if you have money to burn 😉
Tomislav Miletić I respectfully disagree, on eBay you can buy working F2A’s for around £100. FM2N’s are great, they are just a bit small. Admittedly the mechanical side of the F2 can be repaired/maintained potentially forever, I must admit that the meters are a huge weakness, and the FM2N wins in that regard.
If you’re happy with the FM2N, and it works well, then good for you!! Keep on shooting!
@@legionchef Well it seems this matter depends of the area you are living in. It's almost impossible to find good (if any) photo mechanic in the city I'm living in nor in surrounding area, official service for Nikon (which exists here) won't even bother with any pre-digital Nikon camera. So if you have to rely on the camera that will keep on ticking, FM2 or FM3/A are much safer bet, being simply newer cameras, despite being several times more expensive...
My first "real" camera was an Olympus OM-1 and I bought it new around 1975. I narrowed it down to the OM-1 and a Nikkormat FTn, and I chose Olympus which I lived to regret. The bodies were light and the viewfinder very bright, to the point where I thought that there was a contrast loss which made focusing more difficult. The lenses were single coated at a time where pretty much everyone else's were multi-coated. Those lenses were so lightly built that if you squeezed a Zuiko lens hard you could keep the focus from turning, and that was NOT the case with the robust and contemporary Nikkors, Canon's or Rokkor-X's. I did like that the shutter speed control was a ring on the front of the camera that was virtually part of the lens. It seemed to me that using my left hand to control both the aperture and shutter speed made more sense that having to reach up with my right hand to turn a dial, and it still does. The only other cameras that comes to mind that had the same shutter speed configuration were ironically the Nikkormats. After assembling a small Olympus system I traded everything for a Yashica FR with some Yashinon (I think) lenses. My thought process was that since Yashica and Contax were owned by the same parent company and took the same lens mounts, eventually I'd get Contax cameras and Zeiss T* lenses both which were world class. That didn't happen and I ended up trading - once again - and ended up with a Nikon F2, a 50mm f2, and an 85mm f1.8, and pretty much started over. Then from 1979 until 2003 I used Nikon, upgrading many times. I think that I missed a few Nikkormat auto exposure bodies along the way but I'm pretty sure that at one time or another I've owned every Nikon manual focus, manual exposure camera, with one exception. I owned a Nikkormat FT2, and FT3, but never a FTn. I've always wondered what I would have ended up with had I bought that Nikkormat in the first place. In any case I would not recommend an Olympus OM-1 or OM-2 of that era. There are better bodies and lenses out there.
I disagree with your description of Zuiko lenses. It is not possible on any of my lenses to slow or stop focus when squeezed - and my hands are strong. They are not Nikon F3s, but they are still professional.
Those plastic Canon EOS bodies from the 90's are definitely pretty insane value for money.
i got a mamyia something from the 70s. its pretty neat
fire as always my guy
I've fully invested in #minoltagang lol I've got 4 of them now, srt101 XG-M Maxxum 7000 and XD11. Love them all but the XD11 especially
Program mode is for dummies. Full manual camera like F3 , FM , FM2 , OM1, Pentax KM KX K1000 are fully manual and allows you to set all the settings by yourself and have great results + all these cameras are battery independent and will never fail. Canons eos series are okay, my issue with them is the batteries and size. If you don't keep spare batteries with you - you can run into a moment when batteries are flat and you can't get necessary batteries in 20min. Size - it's bulky. Classic slr like om1 is small and compact even with the lense on.
F3 will forever be a dream for me. 😢 I don't own any film camera but I am so into film photog since the day that my friend in Manila has let me borrow her point and shoot camera. 🥺
Cannot imagine Pentax and Contax is not even mentioned. LX weight is just perfect for me and design is elegant, my favorite; MX is small and full mechanical, easily carrying in your palm; Contax S2 is also full mechanical mechanical which is on par with Nikon FM2 with highest speed of 1/4000s, and there are so many Contax C/Y lenses that for me out shine Nikon lenses. AF SLRs are convenient but many are plastics.
Topcon and especially Miranda (with an impressive array of accessories) made some first- class SLRs.
OM-1 - had it new out of the box 1975 ... nice camera :)