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Film Experts, buying my wife a camera for Christmas

SagaLore

SagaLore

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My wife really wants new quality camera. So to start I need to decide whether to get her 35mm or Advantix. We have a cheap advantix camera now, it takes okay pictures, I like being able to change the views for normal, full, or panarama. But I noticed when we develop and get the thumbnail index, that some of the film is wasted to support those views.

Since Advantix is 24mm versus 35mm, I was wondering if the Advantix had a better quality material to support better resolutions, which makes up for the waste in film.

Explanations? Suggestions?
 
I'm quite certain the emulsion (light-sensitive chemicals) on Advantix film is the same as 35mm film.

However, unless you're enlarging to 8x10 or larger, you probably won't see grain from either format. But your logic is sound: the larger area of the 35mm frame will allow you to get a bigger enlargement before you start seeing the resolution limits of the film.

Having said all that, this should be the least of your concerns. Look at the kinds of picturetaking you and your wife do, and choose a camera based on that. And let that decide your film format.
 
Are you going to be buying extra lenses? If so, my wife and daughter both have Canon Rebels with Tamron Zoom Lenses. Makes for an incredibly light and powerful package. I strongly suspect Advantix film is the same as 35mm films, just cut down to size. Therefore, if you are worried about enlargements, you'd want the larger negative (35mm). I have a digital camera. Personally, I still think you have to buy a very expensive digital to get the same quality as a medium priced film camera. Depends on what you want to do.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Any reason you aren't considering digital?
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If it were for me, it would be digital. But she likes the developed film, and can even develop her own film if we ever set up a studio. She does a lot of scrapbooking.
 
You want to go with standard 35mm film. Advantix has no real world advantages, but the film format is somewhat smaller.

As far as what to get, what subject matter will you be photographing and how much are you prepared to spend?
 
Canon Rebel is a good light weight camera but I would stick with a decent IS lens from Canon and stay away from the Tamron (they are noisy, slower to focus and you may notice some bending of the picture at the edges-I forget the term for this). Canon lenses are more expensive but they are much better quality. Spend your money on the lens not the box.
 
I looked in to getting an APS camera 4 years ago but I never heard anything that convinced me that it was superior to 35mm film. A lot of things I read said that pictures were generally grainy. If you are going to use film, you should probably stick to 35mm.
 
Keep away from Advantix, as it's a gimmicky format that has no real value in the future. I'd go with a 35mm SLR that has upgradeable lenses. If you want a personal opinion go with a Nikon N80.
 
Digital is not in my budget...I shoot a AE-1 for color and a T 90 for B&W.A used T 90

can be had for $300. Its m/f though, but the metering system is fantastic. Its a bit of a tank

and can take alot of abuse, like in traveling and backpacking..
 
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Keep away from Advantix, as it's a gimmicky format that has no real value in the future. I'd go with a 35mm SLR that has upgradeable lenses. If you want a personal opinion go with a Nikon N80.
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Nikon? Bah!

Go with Canon 😉

(for those who do not know, Canon and Nikon have fights that make the flames between Mac and PC users look like a '60's love fest)


😀

 
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