Help - first 35mm SLR for college freshman photo major in Accessories Posted March 14, 2006 I'm a photographer that has pretty much only worked with my Canon Digital Rebel I bought a couple years back. I'm upgrading my digital to a Nikon D200 soon.. So I got accepted to quite a few art schools on the east coast. Where I'm going I have really no idea, but I know I need to purchase a 35mm SLR. Honestly, I've never worked with film before, besides a crappy photo highschool course where we accessed the darkroom once a week for 10 minutes. I'd like to think I'm a pretty decent photographer, and I did get accepted to these schools based on an all-digital portfolio, but I'll obviously be working a lot in film come September, when my freshman year at college begins. My question is, what kind of camera and lens should I be purchasing as a college freshman photo major? Price isn't much a worry, but I can't dish out 4,000 for a Leica. I was looking at the Nikon FM3a.. B&H sells it as a kit with Nikon 45mm f/2.8 P AIS Manual Focus Lens, for about 900 dollars. It looks like a solid camera.. Then there is the newer Nikon F100, an autofocus SLR.. a bit pricier, and I'd purchase a separate lens. Any input would be great from ANYONE who works with film or has gone to art school as a photography major. I need to buy the camera to start practicing, and for a summer course I'm taking at the Maine Photographic Workshops..
Help - first 35mm SLR for college freshman photo major
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I'm a photographer that has pretty much only worked with my Canon
Digital Rebel I bought a couple years back. I'm upgrading my digital
to a Nikon D200 soon..
So I got accepted to quite a few art schools on the east coast. Where
I'm going I have really no idea, but I know I need to purchase a 35mm
SLR. Honestly, I've never worked with film before, besides a crappy
photo highschool course where we accessed the darkroom once a week for
10 minutes.
I'd like to think I'm a pretty decent photographer, and I did get
accepted to these schools based on an all-digital portfolio, but I'll
obviously be working a lot in film come September, when my freshman
year at college begins.
My question is, what kind of camera and lens should I be purchasing as
a college freshman photo major? Price isn't much a worry, but I can't
dish out 4,000 for a Leica. I was looking at the Nikon FM3a.. B&H
sells it as a kit with Nikon 45mm f/2.8 P AIS Manual Focus Lens, for
about 900 dollars. It looks like a solid camera..
Then there is the newer Nikon F100, an autofocus SLR.. a bit pricier,
and I'd purchase a separate lens.
Any input would be great from ANYONE who works with film or has gone
to art school as a photography major. I need to buy the camera to
start practicing, and for a summer course I'm taking at the Maine
Photographic Workshops..