justice

The AE-1 Program is a great camera, my dad has one that used to use to
shoot action stuff all the time. Others you might look for that were
solid camers are the Pentax ME Super and the good ole Pentax K1000.

You can use them to take pictures of basses (swings thread on topic)
^_^

bmiawmb

allan <allan.qdpwz@pointbeing.com> writes:


The Pentax K1000 is the canonical inexpensive high quality full manual
SLR.

You can almost never go wrong with Nikon. CAnon makes great stuff
too, though they did change their mount when they went to auto focus.
Nikon and Pentax did not--so you'll find more full manual lenses still
running around out there for Nikon and Pentax potentially.

Get a 50mm f/1.7 lens for it, and avoid zooms, and you'll have
wonderful picture quality and be able to shoot a world of things with
available light only.


Your monster telephoto lens will cost more than the camera....but
that's okay--it's normal. :-)

Every camera tends to have its own lens mount, and manufacturers make
more lenses for some makers than others. For instance, I migrated
away from the Pentax line when I had trouble getting big f/2.8 lenses
for teh Pentax 35mm AF mount. Sigma seemed to make everything for
Nikon and EOS AF mounts.

Good luck--the possibilities are limitless.

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allan

Thanks, all - I think I've made a decision but will know more when my
snipe hits this afternoon. If things don't work out the way I think
they should I've still got four or five options on eBay that are
attractive as hell - I'll let y'all know what I ended up with.

The FM2 I was looking at got priced out of my range as expected - what
I'm looking at is the starter kit from hell, I guess - I have a friend
who's a professional photographer who swears by the Konica FS-1 but
most everyone else is telling me Nikon FM2.

Anyway, here's what I'm looking at -

http://tinyurl.com/gmoa

I also have a Canon AE-1 Program and a couple of Nikon FMs in the watch
list also.

More opinions are welcome - I'm not completely sure I'm gonna be able
to pull off what I'm trying to. My snipe is a tad over $100 so it
might work or somebody else might win. You can never tell with eBay


Thanks again -


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brian running

One place to buy that I trust implicitly and recommend highly is B&H Photo,
go to www.bhphoto.com and scan their site -- they deal in a lot of used
equipment and always have some good deals. Be sure to request one of their
printed catalogs, because if you get on their mailing list, in addition to
getting the regular seasonal catalogs, every year you'll get their giant
catalog, which has absolutely everything.

dgb

Allan,

When I had to make this decision I went with the Olympus OM-1. I choose
this one based on its size and dependability. Try to find the OM-1n as it's
film advance lever throw is slightly shorter. OM-3 are also manual but
should be outside the price range.

good shopping.
David
dgb

dr. riddim

Seconded. I've got an OM-1n and an OM-2 and they're great cameras. The
OM-2 has both auto exposure and manual exposure modes. Highly
recommended.

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kurt kurosawa

An old Nikkormat or Nikon F ought to do ya. Built like tanks.