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Ah... I've been through that phase :-)
35mm on film is the "classical" view you get on every snapshot machine ! I like mine now because of the 1.5 factor...!

A great, unbreakable, multi-purpose camera would be the FM2n. You can find them used in a good pristine condition. Purely mechanical (1/4000th), the small battery is just for the metering, and if you're used to the sunny 16 you don't need it !

I've got two of them I keep from my film days and won't sell them as they work "at once" (just load film)! Factory spare parts are still there for 10 years !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Sat Feb 9th, 2008 at 02:10:52 PM EST
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Actually, I know why I don't like 35mm: not wide enough to be interesting or include environment properly and not long enough for a flattering portrait.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 9th, 2008 at 02:15:28 PM EST
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We still have an Nikkormat FT-3, a Nikon EM, a Rolleiflex and a kit-built 4x5 view camera around here. I am not buying more film cameras - I had to stop myself rescuing an EM from the bargain bin in the camera shop recently. It was only €100 after all ...
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 9th, 2008 at 02:19:02 PM EST
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The lovely old Rolleiflex...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
by Sam on Sat Feb 9th, 2008 at 02:23:33 PM EST
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Except the one we inherited is a bit more battered and the meter doesn't work.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sat Feb 9th, 2008 at 02:25:00 PM EST
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This pic is starting my mouth to water! I love the TLRs.

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 Sat Feb 9th, 2008 at 09:35:19 PM EST
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http://www.rollei.jp/e/pd/MiniD.html

Saw one of these recently in a camera shop here in DE, it had me drooling...

by gioele (gioele(daught)sandler(aaaattttt)gmail(daught)kom) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 07:23:19 AM EST
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That's hysterical! Though the joke fades at about the $500 mark!
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 07:31:11 AM EST
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