YOU SAVE SO MUCH MONEY BUYING USED!!! It is possible to get absolutely obscene price to performance value on used gear.
The difficulty in finding deals is that there are hundreds of different camera models. Dozens of them might fit your needs. To make your life easier, I’ve been going through series of models to create used buying guides.
All lenses aren’t equal. 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 just aren’t that 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 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.
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.
Nothing Depreciates Faster Than A Camera.
Cameras are the fastest depreciating pieces of photography gear. That’s bad if you buy a new camera. If you buy used, you can get a high-end camera from 10+ years ago for pennies on the dollar.
Being able to use flagship cameras of years gone by is an interesting experience. Medium format in both film and digital become obtainable for non-professional uses. Or owning many cameras is remarkably affordable.
The camera reviews section showcases all of the cameras I have reviewed. You can also find information on camera manufacturers that are no longer in business.
Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 vs 9 Cameras At first glance, it can be hard to see the differences between the Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 and Mini 9. Both are popular instant cameras that come in a variety of colors, but one may be better suited to your needs.
The Mini 8 was released in November 2012. In April 2017, the Mini 9 was released with some small updates. This comparison will cover the differences between the Instax Mini 8 vs Instax Mini 9.
Image from Wiki Commons, provided by Viaissimo 120 and 220 film are both medium format films that come on film spools. Until 2018, they were the last medium format films being sold.
For the most part only 120 remains. For a brief period of time there were a small number of hand-rolled Lucky 220 rolls available on eBay.
They share the same nominal 61mm (2.4 inches) width. The key difference is in the length of the film rolls.
Canon AE-1 vs Pentax K1000 Which camera should you choose between two of the most commonly recommended cameras for analog photography beginners?
The Canon AE-1 represents the first electronically-controlled automatic exposure camera released. Has aperture priority and program automatic exposure modes in addition to fully manual mode.
The Pentax K1000 is a mechanical camera based on the Pentax Spotmatic. It has almost no camera features and was manufactured for over 20 years.
Canon EOS Rebel XS There is a Canon EOS Rebel XS 35mm film SLR and digital DSLR with the same name. This is about the 35mm film camera released in 1993 and known as the EOS 500 in Europe and EOS Kiss in Japan.
The EOS Rebel XS was an entry-level model. It was manufactured until 1996 and was replaced by the Canon EOS Rebel G. (Europe: 500N, Japan: New EOS Kiss)
Fujifilm Fujica AX-5 Fujica is the brand name Fujifilm used for the 35mm film SLR cameras the company produced. Released in the early 1980’s, the Fujica AX-5 was the top model. The two other camera models in the AX line were the AX-3 and AX-1.
Price & Where to Buy The camera was not widely distributed throughout the United States. I don’t know about other locations outside of Japan.
Canon EOS Rebel G Review Silver & Black Cameras You’ll likely spend more money on a few rolls of 35mm film, than a Canon Rebel G. The camera is practically free.
Introduced in 1996, the Canon EOS Rebel G is a 35mm film single-lens reflex (SLR) camera that replaced the Canon EOS Rebel XS. It is a consumer-level 35mm SLR camera.
In Europe, it was called the Canon EOS 500N and in Japan, the New EOS KISS.
