Best 35mm camera in the $200-$250 range?

[Sniper82]

Looking for one to take pics of the outdoors and stuff.

 

[Zorro]

 

[crab]

SLR?

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: crab453
SLR?

or point and shoot? :Q

 

[lowtech1]

If weight is a concern a Olmpus Stylus Epic 35mm f:2.8 fixed focal lenght.

If weight is not a concern a used Cannon Rebel or the alike SLR, or a used Olumpus SLR if you don't mind manual focus.

 

[crab]

No?

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: crab453
No?

I wouldnt recommend low-end minolta. Their consumer glass is decent, certainly no worse than nikon or canon but their bodies fall short. Cheaply made, we used to see a lot of minolta returns. It's also harder to find extra lenses and accesories. Especially used ones. Their pro bodies are fantastic though.

The major problem with that camera is that completely manual exposure is not possible. Why buy an SLR if you do not have full control over it? If all you want is a point and shoot camera with changable lenses...I suppose it would work, but dont look to it if you want to do any sort of serious shooting.

 

[Sid59]

old or new? with or without lens?

i have a Nikon FE2 with 55 MM, 1.2 - 16 and 52 mm, 1.8 - 22 lens ..

it's wonderful. The shutter goes from 8 seconds to 1/4000th

 

[Sniper82]

Sorry I am new with cameras. I know next to nothing about them. Just looking to take some nice pics.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: crab453
No?

I wouldnt recommend low-end minolta. Their consumer glass is decent, certainly no worse than nikon or canon but their bodies fall short. Cheaply made, we used to see a lot of minolta returns. It's also harder to find extra lenses and accesories. Especially used ones. Their pro bodies are fantastic though.

The major problem with that camera is that completely manual exposure is not possible. Why buy an SLR if you do not have full control over it? If all you want is a point and shoot camera with changable lenses...I suppose it would work, but dont look to it if you want to do any sort of serious shooting.

OIC... I use a Canon EOS Rebel G, and I have no Minolta experience, I mainly went by price.

My sister uses a Vivitar 3800N. There's not one automatic thing on it, it's great for learning IMO. There's also quite a bit of metal on it, so it's heavy.

 

[crabbyman]

The camera doesn't take nice pictures..the person using it does!


Experience is the only way to get good pictures..and a lil' luck!

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: ^Sniper^
Looking for one to take pics of the outdoors and stuff.

Point and shoot if you want to carry it around often.

SLR's are supposed to take good pictures, but you'd be hauling a camera bag everywhere you go with it.

 

[NTB]

You might be able to get a digital camera in that price range, too. I believe that the Olympus D510 Zoom (which I bought for ~$285 last spring) has dropped into that range now. It takes some pretty good pictures too - even outdoors. Take a look at the samples in the review I linked too; if you want more examples, I can show you some of the pics I took during a camping trip over the summer. Only problem with a digicam is that you can't blow the pictures up too much without losing a lot quality wise - something that, I believe, film doesn't suffer quite so much from.

As for 35mm, I can't really help you, sorry. The other guys seem to have made some good suggestions though.

Edit: I knew I had copies posted someplace. These are compressed to about ~25% of the original file size, so there may be a few artifacts. I can e-mail someone copies of the originals if they want them.

camp
kyak
River
stupid 'coons
flower 1
flower 2
flower 3
beached boats
waterfall
butterfly

Nate