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While I recently bought a Sony RX100m2 digital camera, I still have a Canon AE-1 35mm camera that I bought back in the 80’s. I’ll have to dig it out tomorrow but I think I have a 75-200 zoom lens and another zoom lens, but I can’t remember which as I sit here sleepless tonight.

I didn’t know you could still get 35mm film developed at CVS and Walgreens these days.

So I am just curious who else still uses these ancient devices. I’m going to dig mine out and have some fun with my new fangled digital camera and an old film camera.
 
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Kodak recently brought back Ektachrome film. There is also a new Super 8mm movie camera.

https://www.kodak.com/consumer...s/super8/default.htm

I'm not sure who will want to pay $2,500-$3,000 for that.
 
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I hung on to my Canon F1n, with power winder, assorted lenses, and flash till this last spring. Traded them in at a camera store in a nearby college town (Ann Arbor). Was given a Nikon 5600, which I thought was a damn good deal. Seems like there is a niche market for film camera's around college campuses.


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I found my old Ricoh. The lenses are clouded and everything seems to be locked up. I should probably toss it.
 
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I'm not using a 35mm right now - I'm using a Polaroid 600!
 
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Speaking of that Cannon AE-1... back in the 70's while in college and taking photography I had a friend who bought one (I was using a Pentax back then even though I moved up to Nikon later)... I told him I would never buy a camera that would not work if the battery went dead which was part of the design of the AE-1.

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I have a pile of old film cameras. Unfortunately there’s nobody local that processes film.

Never had any interest in digital cameras until I got an iphone. I use the camera in it frequently.
 
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I still have my Nikon FM, and an ancient Nikon F with the photonic head. I haven't used them in 20 years.


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My Nikomat EL sits in the closet.


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My Minolta SRT-101 is still around.


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I have several that I use, but the two I prefer the most and love the most are my Yashica Electro35 GTN rangefinder (rare all-black variant of the common silver GSN), and my Minolta X-570, both in mint condition, and both loaded with Ilford Delta 400 B&W film... my long-time favorite!


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I have two Minolta bodies and several lenses, I hold on to them thinking I'll shoot film again. I'm probably just kidding myself.


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I have an old Minolta body and lenses. Supposedly the Sony Alpha camera can use the old Minolta lenses, but I've not got around to checking into it.
 
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I use my old Olympus OM-2 quite regularly. I bought it in 1983 and used it my last two years of high school as the yearbook photographer. It's starting to develop a light leak, and I don't think the seals are available anymore. Might be time to retire it.



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Were you by chance in SE Asia? I also still have my Yashica that I bought at the PX in LongBinh in 1970.


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I have several that I use, but the two I prefer the most and love the most are my Yashica Electro35 GTN rangefinder (rare all-black variant of the common silver GSN), and my Minolta X-570, both in mint condition, and both loaded with Ilford Delta 400 B&W film... my long-time favorite!
 
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Same here. I used to shoot training slides and photos(about 500 rolls year). I haven’t even picked up my AE-1s in years. The camera in my cell phone works well enough for the shots I need these days.




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I have a Nikon D200 digital that I use most of the time, although the cell phone camera is proving to be more convenient. I also have an old F-2AS body, but I haven't actually used it in years. I've got a stash of film in a tupperware box in the fridge, but it's 18+ years old now (I was using an F-4 at the time I bought it) and probably isn't good to use anymore. I should probably get rid of it - make room in the fridge for more leftovers.
 
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Nikon F3. I crank it up every now and then just to hear the motor....



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I still have a Pentax ME Super with 3 lenses, auto winder and flash. I haven't even looked at it in 25 years or so. I'll have to see if it still works.

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I have a Canon T-90 with two lenses (1.4 50mm and a 135mm).

Been debating about either buying a darkroom setup or selling and updating to a digital.

Still - it always cracks me up when a [digital] photographer has to look at his/her view screen after each shot to determine if they got the desired shot. To my wife's chagrin, I will typically point it out to my wife and comment, in a louder than typical voice, "gee, can imagine how bad those photos might be if they relied on film?"







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