What to do with 35MM cameras?
Is there any market for 35mm cameras now that digital cameras are so cheap and affordable? I have two 35mm cameras and I hate to just throw them out, I never use them anymore, I always grab the digital when I want to take some photos. Maybe in 20 or 30 years they will be worth something, you'll see me on the Antiques Road Show getting them appraised!
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Anyone remember Petri? I have a Petri 2.8 that I bought in Okinawa in 1958, still in the original leather case, and it still works like new. I have a flash attachment that folds up like a fan, and a switch tripper that mounts to the shutter release and can be set manually for delayed pictures. At the time, it was all top of the line modern.
Come to think of it, I also have a set of binoculars from the same place and period, and I have a Kodak Brownie that my mom used to take my pic around sixty five years ago.
I had never thought of anything I own as being close to antiques, but time do fly...0 -
"film isnt dead. never will be. i have friends in high places in the camera world and they still swear by them for remote places. i/e: you cant recharge a camera battery in a rain forest."
EVERY photo in National Geographic today is taken with digital cameras. Last issue I saw, they were in the rain forest.
Film cameras need batteries too, for the light meter.0 -
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
A digital doesn't teach you anything about lighting, depth of field, composition, or shutter speed like a film camera. Anyone I teach photography will learn with a manual film SLR.Amen to that. I shoot mainly black & white now, develop and print in a closet darkroom, and I don't think I've ever used the automatic feature on any of my cameras. Half of the artistic ability is derived from how you set up the camera before the shot, and the other half is how you develop the print, and with black & white, you won't have to spend a lot of money, and developing and printing your own film and prints allows you to develop the shot to its finest. Yeah, I was one of those who would never use a digital, but 5 years ago, the cheapest 35mm camera (even the disposable ones) shot better pictures than a single-pass digital. My how times have changed.0 -
I think that there are a few high end digital cameras that can use the old lenses. I want to say it's Canon. Naturally they are not the small pocket sized models but similar to the old shells of the old cameras. You attach and detach them just like before. My buddy got one and was able to salvage thousands of dollars in old lenses 0
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