In your opinion, what are the best modern 35mm film SLRs ever built?

[Cholentpot]

Modern SLR should have AF. IMHO

Agree.

I think the interpretation of modern reflects on photrio’s demographic.

Same people here would classify a modern car as something that runs on those new fangled pneumatic tires.

Windscreens are for chumps.

 

[Huss]

Agree.



Windscreens are for chumps.

Exactly. How else can you taste that bug's last meal?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Exactly. How else can you taste that bug's last meal?

How does one determine how happy a motorcycle rider is? Count the bugs on his or her teeth.

 

[benjiboy]

I think the interpretation of modern reflects on photrio’s demographic.

Same people here would classify a modern car as something that runs on those new-fangled pneumatic tires.

Or batteries.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Or batteries.

Or uses an internal combustion engine (vice steam-powered).

 

[benjiboy]

Or uses an internal combustion engine (vice steam-powered).

The old steam cars were very environmentally friendly, and that may be of interest currently. The Stanley Steamer could do 100 m.p.h, just think Scott if this technology would have been developed further instead of gasoline how much better off we would be.

 

[Cholentpot]

The old steam cars were very environmentally friendly, and that may be of interest currently. The Stanley Steamer could do 100 m.p.h, just think Scott if this technology would have been developed further instead of gasoline how much better off we would be.

Used coal or kerosene to heat the water.

 

[Sirius Glass]

The old steam cars were very environmentally friendly, and that may be of interest currently. The Stanley Steamer could do 100 m.p.h, just think Scott if this technology would have been developed further instead of gasoline how much better off we would be.

If one waited 20 or 30 minutes for the Stanley Steamer to build up enough steam and therein lay the problem.

 

[Paul Howell]

A couple of months I found a copy of Popular Mechanics dated mid 70s, at a thrift store, there was an article on the Lear Steam Car, it was going to be a hybrid, Steam Electric, the car would use batteries until the Steam engine was up to full power. Should have bought the edition.

 

[Sirius Glass]

A couple of months I found a copy of Popular Mechanics dated mid 70s, at a thrift store, there was an article on the Lear Steam Car, it was going to be a hybrid, Steam Electric, the car would use batteries until the Steam engine was up to full power. Should have bought the edition.

Getting parts would be a problem, common with small production numbers.

 

[Paul Howell]

I don't it was ever made, maybe a porotype, by the 70s Lear was no longer pursuing steam power.

 

[Huss]

What is Photrio?:

1/ Best modern camera?
2/ Let's talk about steam powered cars.

My takeaway? This may not be the best place to ask this question.

 

[MattKing]

I'm just marveling that we see the need to discuss "modern".

 

[madNbad]

Maybe I could use steam power to replace the crummy battery in my Sony.

 

[jay moussy]

What is Photrio?:

1/ Best modern camera?
2/ Let's talk about steam powered cars.

My takeaway? This may not be the best place to ask this question.

1900's, the owner of Stanley Dry Plate Company, Newton, Mass. was curious enough to take ideas from his neighbor's cycle business that he ended up making his own steam powered cars!
(source: "Images and Enterprise", as recommended read by a poster on this forum!)

 

[reddesert]

When one asks about "modern film camera" some divergence of idea about what is meant is likely, unless the criteria are very clearly specified at the outset. People outside Photrio probably think "modern film camera" is an oxymoron. And inside Photrio, even if it's clearly specified, responders will diverge from the criteria. Combine that with "best" and you can expect a random walk diverging from consensus (random walks diverge as the square root of the number of steps).

 

[Huss]

If something isn't made anymore, is it modern?

 

[waynecrider]

I think I personally would prefer a P67II. I like the 35mm style of body over most MF.

 

[B+WFriend]

I have similar desires in my kit and my 35mm choices are: Nikon F, F3, F5 (for taking pics of kids and other moving subjects). Not expensive and a good range of lenses available. I used an Canon Ftb in school and really liked it but the current kit I have is as good or better from a user standpoint. My all time fav is the F3. Very easy to use, aperture priority speeds things up a little and there are many out there in good condition.

 

[waynecrider]

I have similar desires in my kit and my 35mm choices are: Nikon F, F3, F5 (for taking pics of kids and other moving subjects). Not expensive and a good range of lenses available. I used an Canon Ftb in school and really liked it but the current kit I have is as good or better from a user standpoint. My all time fav is the F3. Very easy to use, aperture priority speeds things up a little and there are many out there in good condition.

Whats the deal with flash and the F3?

 

[B+WFriend]

Whats the deal with flash and the F3?

A simple attachment bracket and fits like normal hot shoe. AS-11 I think. I don’t use on camera flash much… but use pc sync to a strobe with reflector fairly often.

 

[flavio81]

Whats the deal with flash and the F3?

No problem, i used a dedicated Nikon flash and it worked great.

 

[Tony-S]

I'm just marveling that we see the need to discuss "modern".

In my head, I have three generations of 35mm SLRs:

1. All mechanical cameras (e.g., Nikon F, Canon F-1/F-1n, Pentax Spotmatic)
2. Electronically controlled shutters (e.g., Canon AE-1, Pentax ME, Olympus OM-2, Nikon FE)
3. Autofocus cameras (e.g., Canon EOS, Nikon F6, etc.)

I see #1 as not modern and #3 and modern. The gray area are the cameras in group #2.

 

[grat]

Or batteries.

One of Jay Leno's favorite cars is his 1909 Baker Electric.

 

[Paul Howell]

In my head, I have three generations of 35mm SLRs:

1. All mechanical cameras (e.g., Nikon F, Canon F-1/F-1n, Pentax Spotmatic)
2. Electronically controlled shutters (e.g., Canon AE-1, Pentax ME, Olympus OM-2, Nikon FE)
3. Autofocus cameras (e.g., Canon EOS, Nikon F6, etc.)

I see #1 as not modern and #3 and modern. The gray area are the cameras in group #2.

Number 2, why not OM4, Leica R 8 or 9 or Contax RE?