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I'm keen to get my hands on a canon 35mm EOS film camera. I am looking to use it mainly for landscape. Any ideas what would be the best option out there?

the 300x seems to be very common and has mirror lock up and remote shutter which is crucial, but any better ideas appreciated!
 
At the end of the day. It's just a box, so any would work :) but I've got an Eos 5. Really lovely camera. Used it for landscapes a couple times found it brilliant!
 
I've got an EOS 3 and a 30. Love the eye controlled focus and their SO lightweight compared to digital.
Either does the job just as well as each other, but to be honest if I'm shooting 35mm film, I prefer using older metal and manual focus FD equipment.
 
I had a bit of a soft spot for the Eos 100, I think it's one of the quietest SLR's Canon made. Nice and compact too. What more could you want...

I had a Eos 30 too, but I think if I had to pick one it'd be the 100.

There's one at Ffordes for £15.

http://www.ffordes.com/product/12072716165981

Quite tempted myself as I gave mine away :D
 
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Had a couple eos 5, they were pretty nice, but every time I used it I wished it was 5D. I put maybe 5 films through them in 3 years, then sold.

Film is pretty dead, digital is a quantum leap forward unless you're doing some wildly non-standard fancy processing. Of course it still makes sense to shoot film large format (EXPENSIVE) or perhaps medium format, but 35mm has really had its day. Obviously someone will come and tell me to shut up, get a life and stop posting at 2AM...
 
daugirdas said:
it still makes sense to shoot film large format (EXPENSIVE) or perhaps medium format, but 35mm has really had its day.
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I agree with this. I can understand having an interest in getting a 35mm film body because you use your current lenses with it, but that's about the only thing I can see going for it. I went from my dslr to a 5x4 camera and am loving it because it is an entirely different experience - as opposed to 35mm film which just feels like using a dslr but without a lcd screen. If you want to do landscapes then maybe get a medium format camera with a wide angle lens, they can be got pretty cheapily and won't depreciate in value because luckily film is "dead".
 
Rod.F said:
I agree with this. I can understand having an interest in getting a 35mm film body because you use your current lenses with it, but that's about the only thing I can see going for it. I went from my dslr to a 5x4 camera and am loving it because it is an entirely different experience - as opposed to 35mm film which just feels like using a dslr but without a lcd screen. If you want to do landscapes then maybe get a medium format camera with a wide angle lens, they can be got pretty cheapily and won't depreciate in value because luckily film is "dead".
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I agree with pretty much everything you wrote here - i thik it will be similar to shooting with my DSLR in many ways. My objective iitially is to learn film again and all those things I have forgotten, such as exposure control without a histogram! I also want to bring velvia into my world having shot once with it a year or so ago and loved the results I have struggled to replicate this film in my digital world. Finally, I see it as a low cost re- entry (and yes, I can use my canon lenses too! :)) to possibly picking up a medium format kit.

daugirdas said:
Had a couple eos 5, they were pretty nice, but every time I used it I wished it was 5D. I put maybe 5 films through them in 3 years, then sold.

Film is pretty dead, digital is a quantum leap forward unless you're doing some wildly non-standard fancy processing. Of course it still makes sense to shoot film large format (EXPENSIVE) or perhaps medium format, but 35mm has really had its day. Obviously someone will come and tell me to shut up, get a life and stop posting at 2AM...
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I think i will still shoot with digital mostly but I like the idea of using film for all the reasons I mentioned above but also to slow me down so I am more considered in my appraoch to composition and technique.

If you view photography only on its output (i.e. the final photograph) then digital wins everytime but I would like to return a little to the process of making the photograph in the first place I suppose.

John Mc said:
At the end of the day. It's just a box, so any would work :)
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my thoughts entirely! i think i may go for the eos 100 body Alan highlighted to keep it all very simple though.

Thanks all very much for your help! :thumbs:

As a final question for you, and a can of worms I'm sure, what ia good medium format system to invest in, which wont break the bank and has great lens quality for landscape work?
 
Black and white - Film rules regardless of format.

For colour though, the opinions above about 35mm are probably correct.


Steve.
 
Steve Smith said:
Black and white - Film rules regardless of format.


Steve.
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I am not so sure. In Ligthroom or silver effex I can do so much more to get the 'right' conversion

P.S. I am totally not sure how film can help with composition and technique - only being able to view a few images days later. You just need to read up and get proper critique.
 
daugirdas said:
P.S. I am totally not sure how film can help with composition and technique - only being able to view a few images days later. You just need to read up and get proper critique.
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deeper consideration around exposure and filter usage for starters. it's more and excuse to slow down to be honest.

Don't get me wrong - I am deeply into digital, but I think I need to just play around a bit more with the process of making a photograph and part of this is using different techniques that may, in some circumstances, produce teh same result as a digital capture. But I may have more fun gettign there with film - until I try I wont know I suppose!
 
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