This article may be helpful. From Blue Moon Camera’s blog in Portland, OR.
https://bluemooncameracodex.com/technical-reviews/2018/5/17/beginner-35mm-slrs On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 1:30:46 PM UTC-7 Benz Ouyang, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 7:34:40 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Thanks, all; I am entirely camera-ignorant, since I gave up >> photography about age 11 1/2 after starting to experiment with my >> mother's Brownie at about age 11 1/4. (You can verify this by the >> quality of my photos onlist.) >> >> The Olympus OM-1, Canon AE-1, and Pentax K1000 seem to be favorites. >> All these have built-in light meters, no? And they seem to come up on >> Amazon for =/< $200. >> >> Upshot: I can't go wrong with any of these 3? >> > > Patrick, > > All the cameras you've listed and others have suggested are all good > choices. However, there are other equally important considerations, because > you can't take images with just a camera body alone. You also need lenses, > and other accessories (e.g., TTL flash). Particularly with lenses, you may > see one or two particular types that are more prevalent, and cheaper, so > that would be the other considerations. If you get hooked, there are also > particular lenses with a distinctive "look"; I mean, there are enthusiasts > who will pay quite a nice premium for lenses with good "bokeh". > > A 50mm/f1.4 is a nice start, but as the photographer progress in skill and > style, you may need a 105mm/f2.5, or 35mm/f2. Or perhaps a macro for > extreme closeups, and a PC lens for the folks who like architecture. Again, > you want to make sure you can find the lens you want at good prices. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9cac79ff-91bc-47d9-b955-847c63d04455n%40googlegroups.com.
