RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted October 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2012 My fiancée and I are currently looking at buying s new camera looking to upgrade from a good quality canon compact to a 'proper' camera with about £300 to spend and my parents visiting Singapore this month offering potentially cheaper prices At the moment we are looking at two budget digital slrs (cannon 1100d and Nikon d3100), but have also been advised to look at bridge cameras I'm assuming that the lenses from my achient Minolta film dlr are not going to be compatible with any new camera, (which is a shame) Would appreciate and advice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Not really in a position to offer advice one way or the other, but you may find that your old lenses DO fit digital SLRs (assuming the mount is the same of course), although you may lose some functionality, like autofocussing etc. Certainly my old Nikkor lenses fit my daughters Nikon D700 (I think) DSLR. Interestingly, the effective focal length increases by a factor of about 1.4 too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted October 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2012 Yes most older film SLR lenses will fit the respective range's digital SLRs (linmited to manual controls) - but, Minolta combined with Konica & then transferred their DSLR range to Sony - so according to this you will be able to use old Minolta lenses on current Sony DSLR range! The 1.4 multiplication in focal length is due to most budget DSLRs using APC size sensors, not full 35mm size. This means they only cover the middle 60% or so of the image area actually produced by the lens - ie they crop off the outer part of the image and in effect you see a zoomed image compared to what a full 35mm sensor would see. We're still exploring the capabilities of our Canon 1000D but it's certainly a big improvement on a compact and it's not too big or heavy (which Sarah was concerned about) - some high density plastic construction rather than metal but still feels durable. Our choice was slightly biased by friends having Canon equipment so we can borrow lenses from them....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJones Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 My fiancée and I are currently looking at buying s new camera looking to upgrade from a good quality canon compact to a 'proper' camera with about £300 to spend and my parents visiting Singapore this month offering potentially cheaper prices At the moment we are looking at two budget digital slrs (cannon 1100d and Nikon d3100), but have also been advised to look at bridge cameras I'm assuming that the lenses from my achient Minolta film dlr are not going to be compatible with any new camera, (which is a shame) Would appreciate and advice Dpends on you Minolta lenses - if they're manual focus SR mount (Aka MC/MD) then you can get an adaptor to use them on Canon DSLRs without issue. To make them work on Nikon there is an adaptor, but to allow infinity focus you need one with glass in it - and they are terrible. You can take the glass out and use them for Macro work however. I don't think there is such an adapter for later Minolta AF lenses, but as said they work on Sony DSLRs without any adapters required. Out of the 2 DSLRs you mention the Canon offers a lot more, the Nikon is a rather poor option, however unkless you plan on spending a lot more money on extra lenses, a bridge camera will be most suitable - especially with regard to photographing models! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted October 23, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2012 Following up I spent last weekend on holiday in Rome and borrowed my father inlaws Nikon fitted with an 18 - 250 lens. And it's more or less convinced me that I want the slr Which lead to a bit more research, and a plan to add another lens comes together with a 50-250 looking at £150 or so on amazon Next time I go to Devon I will dig out my old kit and check the part references etc I assume film based slrs are practically worthless now? Was thinking about seeing what the two bodies would sell for to offset the cost of the new one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJones Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Following up I spent last weekend on holiday in Rome and borrowed my father inlaws Nikon fitted with an 18 - 250 lens. And it's more or less convinced me that I want the slr Which lead to a bit more research, and a plan to add another lens comes together with a 50-250 looking at £150 or so on amazon Next time I go to Devon I will dig out my old kit and check the part references etc I assume film based slrs are practically worthless now? Was thinking about seeing what the two bodies would sell for to offset the cost of the new one... Some are worthless, some are worth as much as your proposed DSLR, all depends what it is. My main SLR cost me more than my DSLR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2012 Some are worthless, some are worth as much as your proposed DSLR, all depends what it is. My main SLR cost me more than my DSLR. I find the last statement surprising. The film SLR must be quite a beast. Taking this specialist Central London dealer's secondhand prices for example http://www.apertureuk.com/nikon_auto_focus.html only the rare F6 (it's actually still made) is really up there with present day DSLR prices, and then only the consumer-level models. The D200 and D300 are several years out of production, albeit still take great pics, of course. As noted in another thread, there are bargains to be had among secondhand DSLRs, less so with lenses. I have just inherited my wife's D300 - should I sell it, or keep it as a backup to my D300s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJones Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 It is rather nice, yes: Film Is Not Dead by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr Just to be clear the OP's budget is circa £300 and he's looking at a D3100 not anything like a full frame pro model, and there are a lot of film SLRs that still command that (And it may surprise you but Nikon aren't the dominant force in sought after film SLRs!) That said, if you can find me a price on an Olympus OM3Ti, it will make your eyes water I guarantee it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2012 Collectors' cameras command a very different sort of price, largely based upon availability - we both know that. And there are Nikons that fall into that category - but they are rangefinder. The OM series was a great step forward, and I much admired the OM-1 that Deb bought in 1974, but less than 1% of the camera-buyers of today would consider a model without either autofocus or power-wind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado64 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 It is rather nice, yes: Film Is Not Dead by R. Alan Jones, on Flickr That said, if you can find me a price on an Olympus OM3Ti, it will make your eyes water I guarantee it! the om 3 ti and om 4 ti were very saught after by me when i used to shoot film have to confess i'd still like one but won't pay prices asked for something i'm just going to put in a cabinet !! the ti range was a robust camera due to it's titanium frame ( hence it's branding letters ) i did lust after one in my teenage years but at a retail price of about £1600.00 (body only ) it was a little out of budget so an OM40 programe was baught instead a comparable difrence at around £500.00 with olympus 50mm lens flash and tripod in the deal it still occupies the cabinet next to my desk having given up the ghost a couple of years ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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