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Can anyone tell me a little about this camera (my dad's). He would like to get some film for it, but I know nothing about these cameras.

Is there a particular film he needs or one you'd recommend?

I can find the batteries on Amazon so I can get those for him.

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It's a 35mm film camera. You can choose any 35mm film you like (or get your hands on) - the use of b/w film seems to be getting more popular lately (probably because you can more easily develop it at home). If you want to try, I'd recommend a roll of Ilford HP5. :)
 
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I'd advise you to get someone that knows film cameras to take a look at it first as it would be worth checking that all is OK before you put film in it. As they're more 'mechanical' than digital cameras they can seize and also the light seals deteriorate.
 
As Sky said, any 35mm film would be fine, but I'd probably pick a colour 400 asa film to cope better with dull light in winter and zoom lenses, and so that he gets familiar looking results. Plus colour is still developed by labs with shops in Tesco etc.

The chinon range was sold by Dixon's in the UK IIRC. The body should take Pentax k mount lenses
 
Have you got a local camera shop where you could take it in and get some hands on advice?
 
Possibly, he's just picked some film from Amazon lol and some batteries, so he can have a go with those when they arrive. See if I can get him out with me and my younger daughter now and then for some snaps.
 
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Chinon was the ‘own brand’ of Dixon’s back in the day.

I think the CE-5 is a PK mount (Pentax) camera that is a rebrand of something else.

I had its successor the CP-7m which was a pretty decent copy of the features of the Canon 70d.

As others have said, simple 35mm film cartridge and fairly basic camera.
 
Not that it helps but... A while back I was a bit bored and looking for a cheap lens to buy and stumbled across a Chinon 50mm f1.4 and then a 28mm f2.8. The 50mm is I think quite good and whilst the 28mm has mushy corners it still has its charms.

Googling seems to say that they're still in existence in some for or another, but not making SLR's or lenses
 
Adamcski said:
Possibly, he's just picked some film from Amazon lol and some batteries, so he can have a go with those when they arrive. See if I can get him out with me and my younger daughter now and then for some snaps.
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Might be worth running a film through it pretty quickly rather than using it for more 'special' keeper shots just incase something isn't working properly. I know it's a cost & maybe a waste but still good to find out straight away.

I ran a film through a Yashica FR1 I picked up. It light leaks like you wouldn't believe.... Looks nice on the wooden fireplace though :)
 
Phil V said:
Chinon was the ‘own brand’ of Dixon’s back in the day.

I think the CE-5 is a PK mount (Pentax) camera that is a rebrand of something else.

I had its successor the CP-7m which was a pretty decent copy of the features of the Canon 70d.

As others have said, simple 35mm film cartridge and fairly basic camera.
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I think Chinon was still a real camera company at the time, but Dixons were the only UK distributors. Chinon would eventually be acquired as a going concern by Kodak. It was different to Petri and Miranda, where Dixons had bought the names of companies that had gone bust in the late 70s, and used the branding for rebadged Cosina SLRs etc. in the 80s. Dixons also owned the Prinzflex name, which they used to sell various cameras including some earlier Chinons and even Zenits.

I don't know what lens that is, but it looks like a telezoom. If it's the only one Adam's Dad has, he might also want to get hold of something shorter, maybe a 50mm or wider. Any lens compatible with the Pentax K-mount should be fine.

There's a camera manual here:

Chinon CE-5 camera manual, instruction manual, user manual

Chinon CE-5 instruction manual
www.butkus.org
 
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Possibly, the writing has worn a little, but it's a long lens lol. It's all been cased up and put away for years
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It would be a remarkable lens now to do 5x macro, and lens design is a long way ahead of where it was 30+ years ago. ;)
 
Adamcski said:
Possibly, the writing has worn a little, but it's a long lens lol. It's all been cased up and put away for years
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A little background;

Many telezooms are labelled ‘Macro’ which is a bit of a stretch as they’re mostly only capable of 0.5x, though some get up to 0.75x.

Genuine Macro lenses are 1:1, and are quite common but specialist, but for greater magnification than that you need something exotic like the Canon MPE 65 lens, giving macro up to 5x but at over £1000 for the privilege.
 
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