Canon EOS A2 (EOS 5) for $10
That’s right. Picked up a nice used semi professional film SLR for 10 bucks. Worth the 90 mile roundtrip to San Francisco on my ST1300. Why 10 bucks for a camera usually available for 100-150 bucks used ? The command dial is broken which is a common issue of that model. It will “click” only in the “lock” position (to switch off the camera) and wont click when changing shooting modes. That means I have to look on the top LCD for confirmation when changing, say from Av to M mode. Not a big deal for me at all. Every frame counts when shooting film and I guess I will notice if anything changes accidentally.
I am having a renewed interest in film, especially bw film, after yesterday’s darkroom experience. I am gonna finish a couple 35mm rolls, and then looking forward to renting out a hasselblad (medium format film SLR) from Keeble & Schuchat.
Interesting times ahead I guess.