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.

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.

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.

I found my old Ricoh. The lenses are clouded and everything seems to be locked up. I should probably toss it.

I'm not using a 35mm right now - I'm using a Polaroid 600!

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.

Boy was I wrong.

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.

I still have my Nikon FM, and an ancient Nikon F with the photonic head. I haven't used them in 20 years.

My Nikomat EL sits in the closet.

My Minolta SRT-101 is still around.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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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Originally posted by bronicabill:
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!

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.

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.

Nikon F3. I crank it up every now and then just to hear the motor....

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.

Jim

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?"