Borrowed A 35mm Film SLR

[cerbera147]

All this talk of digital SLR's has got me in the mood for one 

The sad part is they are so damn expensive and very hard to justify to SWMBO 

However, after chatting with Ryan I decided to borrow my Dad's SLR  Sure it's about 20 years old but still a mighty fine camera. It has half a film in it and he gave me a new roll as well. I plan to play about with it and shoot these rolls and take it from there

I've been used to digital cameras for so long it will be difficult to get into the way of this. Already 'wasted' two shots by accident last night; oops! No more checking that shot and trying again; I have to get it right first time every time

It is Nikon F-801s also known as N8008s in the US. It has a Nikon 35-70mm lens on it and a Sigma 70-210mm lens. The flash is a Metz 45CL-4. I'm just reading these numbers of the side BTW, don't totally know what they all mean as yet  My Dad gave a quick run through last night on everything; the red thing on the top of the camera helps the flash  something like that anyway

Looking forward to trying this out; don't want to stick on Auto all the time though and want to try some fancy shots

If anyone can point me to any beginner websites I'd be very grateful  When the library reopens I'll call down and get some books out as well 

[Medic82]

A good forum when it comes to photography http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php

You can get an OK DSLR’s like Canon 1000D or Nikon D3000 for a decent price that would not be so hard to justify to SWMBO

[ryan1835]

thats a mighty flash :O

[Neil]

Scary analogue stuff 



If you do decide to get a Nikon DSLR and want to use those old lenses be careful to check the model.  The cheaper ones won't work properly with old glass

[ryan1835]

ie mine