35mm Camera Recommendations (Part One: SLR & Rangefinders)

Film has experienced a bit of a resurgence in the past five or so years. We’ve seen a proliferation of never-before-made film stocks and even some of the ones killed off have been brought back to life (Fujifilm Acros 100 – my favorite b&w stock). As a life-long avid shooter of film, from 35mm to 4x5, and experience with thousands of camera models, I thought I’d do a post on my own suggestions…….

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UsedPhotoPro and KEH: Buy (and Sell) Used Gear

I wanted to do a quick write-up on two of my favorite suppliers of used camera gear (in the United States, anyway) – Robert’s Camera in Indianapolis, better known as UsedPhotoPro when referring to their used department; and KEH Camera in Smyrna, Georgia just outside Atlanta

Disclaimer: I am an affiliate of both UsedPhotoPro and KEH, so any referrals via this site do net me a small fee. However, there are very good reasons I wanted to partner with them. Keep reading for more on that.

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About My Reviews & This Site

First of all, thank you for visiting my new site. As noted above, it is still under construction but should be fully functional shortly.

This is site is centered around photography (and some videography/cinematography). The main types of content you will find here are:

1) Gear reviews (e.g. lenses, cameras, tripods, etc.)
2) Informational articles about photography (e.g. shooting technique or post-processing in ACR & Photoshop)
3) "Musings" or general thoughts about photography and the camera industry.
4) Articles that are more nebulous in nature (for example, I'm working on one about Cinema vs. Stills Photography) - I guess these could be called "philosophical" articles.

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