We’re In the Golden Age of Digital Photography

Image quality in cameras hasn’t meaningfully improve since ~2008. DSLRs are and will always be fun to use.

Good quality 4k30p video has been widely available since 2015, thanks to mirrorless cameras.

The shift in tech has resulted in a selloff of Canon EOS EF and Nikon F cameras and lenses. It is possible to get absolutely obscene price to performance value on used gear. Lens adapters make it possible to use these lenses on mirrorless cameras.

Used Camera Gear Shopping

My two recommendations for camera shopping are:

• Smaller and lighter is better.
• Lenses matter more than cameras. Don’t buy an expensive body only to use a kit lens.

Used Camera Price Lists

• 16 Cameras Under $250
• 24 Cameras Under $500
• 20 Cameras Under $750
• 14 Cameras Under $1,000
• 18 Cameras Under $1,500
• 13 Cameras Under $2,000
• 6 Cameras Under $3,000
• 6 Cameras Under $4,000
• 2 Cameras Under $5,000
• 2 Cameras Under $6,000
• 2 Fashionable Cameras for Less than $7,000

Picking Out Vintage Lens Winners.

All lenses aren’t equal, especially when it comes to vintage and early digital camera lenses. Modern lenses will give you images that are razor sharp corner to corner. Vintage lenses can set themselves apart by how they render, the color you can get with them, interesting bokeh, or other characteristics not valued by current photographers.

On the other hand, many vintage lenses are not good. Their performance may not be good enough to set them apart from other lenses. Worse, as time has gone on some lenses have defects such as haze, fungus, balsam separation, or degraded grease, that will render them worthless because of the difficulty in repair.

I’m somewhat indiscriminate in my purchasing of gear, so I get a mix of good, bad, and average. The lens reviews will help you find a lens worth owning. These are popular film cameras that recieve frequent lens questions.

1. Canon AE-1 Lenses
2. Pentax K1000 Lenses
3. Pentax Spotmatic Lenses
4. Nikon FM2 Lenses
5. Nikon FE2 Lenses
6. Canon A-1 Lenses
7. Olympus OM-1 Lenses
8. Minolta SR-T 101 Lenses
9. Minolta X-700 Lenses

Camera Batteries

Have you ever been paranoid about the capacity of a battery? Especially if it was from a third party? I was.

I have figured out how ANYONE can inexpensively capacity test camera batteries. I have written a guide on how to capacity test camera batteries. It is a simple DIY project that only requires a screwdriver and pair of wire strippers.

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