GalaxyCat wrote:
I'm just as guilty as everyone else. I want more gear. I hope my DH gets tired of me spending $20 per roll to get CD, negatives, upload, and 4x6 prints at www.thedarkroom.com and allows me to get a digital SLR, or mirrorless. The price ranges are all over the place. When quality is at stake, and price is not necessarily an indication of quality, it looks like you might regret what you buy. I don't have an answer. I've been using my DH Canon EOS 620 film camera from 1987. It was top of the line (for 35 mm) in those days. It has only a zoom 100-300mm 1:5.6 lens, and that is all he has.
I think the $20 per roll is going to double soon. With inflation, and the cost of living, I don't see how www.thedarkroom.com can tolerate such a low price. IMHO.
So I am trying to enjoy the Canon film camera I have. Plus, thedarkroom company has a B&W photo portrait contest that I want to enter. The idea is to show a "lot of character" in someone's face. I am planning on seeing my best friend, Diana, this coming week and I hope to submit a portrait picture of her. I have B&W film in the Canon right now.
I seriously believe that the prices are going to tumble. And quality is going to tumble too. I banged the Canon on a chair. Not a big impact, but would a cheaper camera survive a bang? Even Amazon is selling " Accident protection warrantee" but is it worth 20% of the sales price? I would seriously wonder if you could even make a claim if you did buy the "Accident protection warrantee." I think you have to just accept that a "bang" is going to break the camera.
If Amazon is selling "Accident Protection warrantee" so blatantly then I guarantee these cameras are going to break easily. And the warrantee might not be available when you need it. I've had experience with added on warrantees. They don't exist after you buy them. I've been there. (For a TV and it happened to me in 1996 - it was a third party).
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Unless you plan to give your digital camera heavy use and bang it around, most modern digital cameras hold up pretty well for amateurs. The only camera we’ve ever had break was a small Nikon P&S where the LCD cracked and Nikon wanted more to repair than the camera was new. You can buy a nice used Canon Rebel T_ at KEH that should last you quite awhile and should be very reasonably priced. It’s sure better than trying to develop film at home and dumping chemicals down the drain - but that’s just my opinion. The reason everyone offers 3rd party extended warranties is because most amateurs DON’T break their cameras even with a plastic body.