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And by the way most of my black and whites I do with film and use an old entry-level camera: a Canon AE-1. It was manufactured from 1976 to 1884; mine's from 1978. I bought it for five euros a few months ago, and also bought three lenses (50mm f/1.8, 28mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2.8) for similar silly prices. Photography does not have to be expensive.

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by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Sep 21st, 2007 at 01:59:51 PM EST
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Photography does not have to be expensive.

You are right about that. Good prices on those old Canon (I presume, lenses.) One of my favorite cameras is a 6x6cm 120 Twin lens reflex, Seagull 109, that I picked up in China a few years ago.  It cost $200, including a leather case, from the factory in Shanghai but can be had for $279 in the US.  It has an old style taking lens (75mm f3.5) similar to one of the older Zeiss designs and although not as sharp as the newer ones, it's plenty sharp. It is all manual winding and focusing and has no meter but does flash sync up to one 500 hundreths of a  sec through a PC sync connection.  It's light and compact and I've used it with studio strobes and on camera small flash as well as in ambient light situations either estimating exposure or using reflective or incidence meters.  

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Sep 21st, 2007 at 10:35:00 PM EST
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Lovely! I'm seeing a lot of relatively inexpensive medium format stuff in use nowadays.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--
by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 05:36:54 AM EST
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