Re: End of the road (long, advice needed)
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- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:33:34 GMT
I've had an old-school 35mm Canon EOS Rebel S for ages. And I really
do mean ages - it must be in the range 10-15 years. It's been on a LOT
of holidays with me. I use a couple of lenses - 35-80mm and 80-200mm.
I've been using Ilford HP5 black & white film for the last couple of
years and have taken some great photos. I absolutely love the camera.
I don't use it very often - I probably get through 6-8 films per year.
I take in on holidays and also pull it out on random occasions to take
a few pictures. The films are a bit expensive to develop (£14 or so
per roll) but I've always thought it was worth it because of the
quality of the pictures.
So that's the background - now to the tale of woe. It's broken! I
just got two films developed and they came back completely overexposed.
The films were developed correctly (they've both got the B&W pattern
down the edge of the negatives) so the problem must be with the camera
rather than the developer. Interestingly there were a few photos on
the last film I had developed which looked a bit odd - almost as though
the mirror or the flash were out of sync. I didn't worry too much at
the time but it now looks like that was the beginning of the end for my
beloved toy.
I guess I have three options, and I was looking for advice from this
group about which one is the best:
1. I could try and get it fixed. I have no idea where to go for this,
and since I can get a replacement 35mm SLR body for next to nothing
these days I suspect it's not worth even trying.
2. Get a new Canon SLR body (digital or 35mm). Not sure if it's still
possible to get new 35mm ones.
3. Get an SLR body (digital or 35mm) by a different manufacturer and
sell the Canon lenses.
I like 35mm, but I recognise that it's getting (a) more difficult and
(b) more expensive to develop my films. Also digital means that I get
instant output. But what about battery life? Do I have to start
hauling around battery rechargers when I go away? I think if I'm
honest I'm starting to think that it might be time to switch to
digital, but I'm a little sad about it.
I guess that this long and rambling post boils down to three questions:
1. Is this the right time to switch from 35mm to digital?
2. Is the picture quality that I'll get from a digital SLR going to be
good enough to make me happy when I'm used to 35mm?
3. Which digital SLRs are good? I want something that will take great
pictures and last me a good few years. Also, decent battery life is a
big advantage. Given my lenses the obvious option for me is the 350D
body. Or should I shy away from Canon completely?
Sorry for the length of the post - thanks a lot for any advice!
Darth.
If you like black and white then stick to film, digital doesn't have the
same look, feel or light rendition of film.
.
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