looking to buy a 35mm slr

Advantages: Cheaper than digital
Disadvantages: processing costs

...of these is there is a wide number of lenses available and they were produced in a large quantity so there is a wide selection of second hand bodies available. Many of the digital lenses can also be used on film cameras but you need to check the compatability first before you part with your hard earned cash. The cameras are available cheaply now on both ebay and amazon but also check the independent camera shops as they may do you a good deal and usually come with some form of guarantee. You need to make sure the camera is fully functioning and buy obtaining one through an independent or specialist camera shop they will have normally had the camera serviced before sale therefore ensuring a good buy. The main advantage of film over digital is that all 35mm films fit 35mm cameras. With digital there are so many types of memory card...

wildtinsey 23.07.2008 (24.03.2009) · Read review
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Review of Tips on Choosing a Camera

35mm, APS or Digital

Advantages: Digital Encourages Creativity Through Risk Taking, after all, you can always erase it!
Disadvantages: Still got a way to go, before it sounds the death knell of celluloid

...the fact that the viewfinder is some distance above the lens, which causes close-ups to be framed slightly incorrectly. Then comes the SLR’s trump card - interchangeable lenses. Being able to unscrew, or more normally these days, twist off one lens and put on another is the forte of this camera type. This enables a whole range of additional lenses to be used from extreme wide-angle to extreme telephoto (telescopic), and not just made by the original manufacturer either. There are many other lens firms falling over themselves to supply lenses to fit your Canon, Nikon, Minolta or whatever. The other facility afforded you by this flexibility, is to own one set of lenses and more than one camera body, in my case, a Canon 35mm and a Canon APS version, all served by the same set of lenses. Canon even makes a Digital camera body for the same...

BNibbles 25.04.2001 (01.05.2001) · Read review
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Review of Comparison Of Film & Camera Types

Samsung Vega 140s 35mm P&S compact camera.

Advantages: Low price for high quality and capabilities.
Disadvantages: Too big for shirt pocket.

...I have built a small but representative collection of these P&S cameras because they can be had for peanuts these days. This little beauty has all the rest beat, and the others like Nikon, Pentax, Canon are good, but not as good as the Samsung. The Schneider lens needs no introduction, I have been using this glass in various cameras for the past half century, and it is IMHO at least the equal of other much more expensive lenses. This camera is just about perfect in every possible way, it powers up rapidly so you don't miss these elusive and rare opportunities to capture memorable images which will always be in focus and perfectly exposed. The design of the camera is also well thought out so it looks and feels good in the hand. If Samsung had been competing with the German cameras 50 years ago, the whole photographic market might have...

cameranut 13.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Samsung Vega 140 S Compact Camera

A true replacement for professional 35mm cameras

Advantages: Full control over all aspects of photography, True SLR, interchangable lenses, metal body
Disadvantages: Expensive! This camera is for pro and semi-pro photographers, not the amateurs!

...! Physically, the camera has a nice balance, and is exactly the size and weight you'd expect of it 35mm forbears - but with the advantage of being able to take a great many shots with a reasonably-sized Compact Flash card - at full resolution and normal compression, you get around 300 images on a 512MB card. You do have the option of taking both uncompressed TIF images (~30 per 512MB), and even raw sensor data for importation into Photoshop allowing you even more control over the processing of the image. One thing that troubles many photographers about digital cameras is the battery life - fear not! The 1400mAh Lithium-Ion battery supplied with the D100 is perfectly capable of taking over 400 shots using the built-in flash (or Speedlight as Nikon call it), and well over a thousand if the flash is not used (using a CompactFlash card for storage...

tomo1k 04.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Nikon D100

Fuji Panoramic Disposable camera Quality at a cost

Advantages: small, easy to use, panoramic pics, excellent photos
Disadvantages: Only 15 exposures, not that cheap, no flash

...good quality; with nice colours and no shadows. The images were clear and sharp with fine grain. The photographs are of a panormaic size (4" x 10" format) The camera is also very easy to use, as with most single use cameras, its a matter of click the button on the top then wind it on and its really that simple. processing was also easy, it uses a usual 35mm film, as with most SLR or single use cameras, which means you can nip it into any processing centre without problems or extra costs. Developing and processing however are not included in the price of the camera. Many single use cameras offer free processing however this is not the case for this camera. Thus its perhaps worth considering that on top of the £8.50 you've paid for the camera, you could have another £3 or £4 to pay for processing, the fact that panoramic films also...

gusgusrule 22.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Fuji QuickSnap Panorama Disposable 35mm

Getting Your Kid Into Digital Cameras

Advantages: Features Like Any Regular Digital Camera
Disadvantages: 16 MB Internal Memory and No Zoom Capabilities

...No digital camera review on CIAO would be complete without a few entries about cameras designed for kids. After all, kids are almost universally enthusiastic about taking pictures. And parents with a love of photography often pass down their passion to their children. But digital cameras are not always kid-friendly, due to fragile construction, price, or complicated menus and buttons. The newest trend in children's electronics is a group of digital cameras made especially for small children. These cameras are easy to hold, come in bright colors that kids love, and have many of the same features as grown-up digital cameras. Kids love them. The VTech KidiZoom Digital Camera is one of the top digital cameras for kids. This camera was made with fun in mind. Kids like the KidiZoom's large LCD screen and the onboard photo editing options...

bennyong 21.12.2008 · Read review
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Minolta F300 - Digital Camera & Video

Advantages: Easy to use,Fantastic Photographs,Video Capabilty
Disadvantages: None

...own doing i may add,was that whilst the lead was connected from the Camera to my Laptop,the Camera was knocked to the floor and damaged the Camera part that accepts the Lead.We were going on oliday in 4 days and was desperate to get the Camera repaired.After some enquiries,i found that Minolta has a repair Service Centre in Milton Keynes.You can send the camera to them at your expense but as the situation was urgent i took the 45 minute drive to the Service Centre.The Staff were very friendly,but told me there was a 2 week wait for the repair.I explained my situation and they were happy to twist the rules for me,and i was able to pick up the Phone on our way up to Scotland for our Holiday.Included in the Flat Repair price of £113,the outer casing which had taken the brunt of the fall was also replaced and the Camera was given a 'Service...

kevthrev 11.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Minolta DiMAGE F300

Lion of a camera in sheep's clothing

Advantages: FAST autofocus, sharp pictures, great value for the price!
Disadvantages: None at this level

...The Dynax 5 is Minolta's serious amateur's camera and frankly, it wipes the floor with equivalently priced models by any other manufacturer. Choc-full of features and well worth the money at a more than reasonable £250.00 (as of March 2003). Features in detail: LENS You can buy the Dynax 5 on its own with no lens, or with a 28-80mm (D) zoom lens (I'll explain the 'D' bit later). Some other combinations exist, but these are down to individual companies. The 28-80mm gives decent coverage, from landscapes to portraits, and is a good lens with which to start. If your photographic interests take you into a specific area of photography e.g. close-up work, professional portraiture, landscape photography etc, you might consider buying more specialised lenses which give better results than the basic 28-80. The Dynax 5 accepts any...

guano 15.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Minolta Dynax 5 Rleflex Camera

Death by 35mm film

Advantages: Great value
Disadvantages: A bit slow

...lab. You know the one, they shove lurid green plastic envelopes through your letterbox every now and then. WILL THEY PROCESS ANY FILM? Currently Truprint accept colour 35mm, APS, Advantix and disposable cameras. They are also setting up a service for digital images online, but this isn't fully functional yet. Or in fact functional at all, so it could be a while before this is possible :( IS IT EXPENSIVE? No no no no NO! It's as cheap as... a very, very cheap thing. This is where the beauty of Truprint lies: for a standard 35mm/27 exp film, the cost for regular 6"x4" pictures is only £2.49. Postage and packaging is 70p per film, but this is still very competitive when compared with the High Street prices. However, in addition to this, for every film you send in you receive a free 200 ASA/24 exp film, and can upgrade to a 36 exp...

Sootica.P.Monster 13.06.2002 · Read review
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Review of Truprint - Photo Processng

Konica Minolta A200

Advantages: Excellent picture quality, range of functions, lens quality, anti shake function
Disadvantages: Viewfinder not the best, low light autofocus

...Although Konica Minolta have now ceased making cameras, there are still a few of these around (and warranty/service has been handed over to Sony). The A200 is the last of KM bridge mount digital cameras in the pro-sumer market. It has a 8m pixel CCD and 28 to 200 (35mm equivalent) manual zoom lens - much better than a motor driven lens which tend to have noticeable "stops". Although fairly big (not quite as big as a D-SLR) and quite heavy, the range of functions available from fully automatic to fully manual with a number of programme modes in between means that you get pretty much all the benefits of a D-SLR in a smaller, more convenient package. It's no pocket camera however. A number of items standout:- the excellent quality lens (which has very little barrel distortion or vignetting) and which can take both wide...

psilk 22.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200