>>4469078It’s really too bad that shooting film is such a pain in the ass as far as development turnaround times, keeping track of rolls of film, etc.
I don’t even mind manual focus since I don’t take pictures of kids or animals.
I was going to go Fuji, because realistically I don’t print past 8x10 and 99% of the time stuff just goes on IG, but I think I’m leaning Nikon ZF now that it’s got the same customizable jpg profiles for lazy fuckers that Fuji does, and isn’t wildly inflated on used market.
I know a guy who’s trying to sell a Leica M240 and some kind of fast 50mm lens for like $2.4k bundled and it’s so tempting, but it’s also stupid as fuck to spend that on a body from 2013.
ZF plus Voigt or chinese manual lenses is probably as good or better, other than having to use a gay little screen as a viewfinder.
Tbh, I’d buy a d750 instead and use cheap ass screw-AF lenses, but I’m sick of hauling around a big heavy blob camera. Ditching the heavy blobs was what sent me to Fuji in the first place lol, wanted an X-pro since they were new, just never had the $$ until after they blew up.
But let’s be real, all I want to do is take travel photos, hiking photos, and get into portraits as a sideline because I know chicks who want aesthetic portraits for their IG pages and gym people who need a camera guy.
Other than the gym stuff where higher iso is nice, everything I actually envision doing would work just well with an old SLR or 35mm rangefinder and some Kodak Gold. Especially since I’m not actually a pro in any sense.
Just seems like such a headache, although saving the $1500 up front would be nice, you can grab a whole 35mm kit for like $400 these days I swear