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Given the price of the film SLR camera nowadays, it may be advisable to buy a new(er) film camera that uses alkaline ( eg LR44 ) than to mess with the mercury batteries or any pricy adaptors.

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real-mccoy 發表於 2009-3-20 23:39

A76 is Silver Oxide.  Voltage starts from 1.6V.  So your exposure will be quite off.
Zinc air are the batteries used for hearing aids.  Voltage starts from 1.4V, but their life only lasts few months once exposed to air.  If you do occasional shootings, you may need to prepare few spares.

28Ti is the choice for most Nikon users because it is a good companion for landscape, especially with the panaroma mode.  It gives great result for this size of camera.  35Ti... more a street-and-field type.  Depends on your shooting style ( and $$$ ).

The Nikon 35Ti is definitely fun to play with as it 'fulfills' my desire to own a 'rich man Nikon point-and-shoot'.  But as a real work horse, other film / digital will be much better.

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Nice to meet you all, especially Ding Dong fans!!!

My photo skill is really bad, so I also play more gears these days.  Good that film camera are so cheap nowadays, I have a chance to get some and appreciate the great works from the engineers.  Imagine, like 50 years ago, when there is no computer, engineers working nights and days to design such precise devices using mechanical gears?

I have mostly Nikon cameras, and among all my beloved one is still the Nikon F100 ( no $ for the pro series ).  I hope I can get a chance to try other brand's camera too!

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I'm just a frog under a well... so I can only compare Nikon series films SLRs.

As Catpiano says, price/performance on F100 is best bang for the buck.  F6 is nice, but not affordable; F5 is good, but it's not option to take grip off.  Focus speed, viewfinder magnification and brightness, handling, balance, features in my opinion  Nikon ever had ( on film ).  Those features I find even better than the digital D300 now.  

If I need minimum weight and doesn't require focusing need, FE2 will be my candidate.  It is actually not much bigger than RF with a prime.

All Nikkors has their own character, and can almost be used on any Nikon F mount cameras ( except G lenses which can only use min aperture ).  For budget-limited player like myself, that's a good investment.

Next wishes, like other says, RF and MF.

Maybe Catpiano should bring all his Canon camera and I bring all my Nikon and share among.