Minolta Maxxum (alpha) 7 – Source: Meta35 The Canon EOS 3 (launched in 1998), the Minolta Maxxum 9 and the Nikon F100 (1999), the EOS-1v and the Maxxum 7 (2000), and last but not least the Nikon F6 (2004), were all at the pinnacle of film camera technology, and there will probably never be any new film camera as elaborate as they were. Most of those cameras were forgettable entry level models (their main justification was to occupy a lower price point than digital cameras), but a few high end models were nonetheless introduced. But almost until the end, Canon, Minolta and Nikon kept on launching new models. Ultimate: “last in a progression or series : final” (Source: Merriam-Webster)įilm cameras stopped selling in any significant quantity in the first years of this century – and the production of film cameras had almost completely ceased by 2008. Follow CamerAgX – a new life for old gear on Top Posts & Pages If you’re in the same frame of mind, welcome. I love taking pictures, I love old cameras, and that’s all it is about.
And they will still be shooting film 10 years from now. People paint, ride horses, wear mechanical watches and play vinyl records for a multitude of reasons, some of them unsuspected 150 or 20 years ago. In the nineteen eighties digital watches did not kill mechanical watches, and vinyl records are making a comeback 20 years after CDs were launched. In the nineteenth century, photography did not kill watercolor painting and cars did not drive horses to extinction.
But there is such an ample supply of nice second hand cameras that finding one you like is not a problem.įilm cameras are now extraordinarily cheap, and as long as you’re in no hurry to see your images and don’t take too many pictures, using SLRs or rangefinder cameras from yesteryear is a rewarding experience.
It’s a different experience, and using different tools make you see the world differently. But I also love shooting with film cameras. Like anybody else, I use digital cameras. About old film cameras, and the pictures you can still make with them.
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