Thursday, December 07, 2006
Film camera
Pud,
My mid-life crisis is driving me all retro and I want to buy a film SLR camera. What should I get? What was the best SLR before digital showed up?
Michael
43 years old
London [For those who don't know, SLR means a pro or semi-pro camera with interchangeable lenses.]
Michael,
The best film cameras are made by Hasselblad. They're extremely high quality and don't degrade over time -- some even argue they get better. So for this reason you should buy one from eBay. (and, for the record, stop telling people you "won" something from eBay when you in fact "bought" it.)
They range in price from the $20,000's to $900 or so. You can't go wrong with any working Hasselblad.
Here's the link to eBay, sorted by price descending.
Pud
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