Different Film-Based SLR Camera Models & Accessories

Canon EOS 3000
- a compact, lightweight yet capable camera offering a full range of operation modes with sophisticated metering and multi-zone autofocusing.
- its pop-up flash is useful for providing fill-in lighting.
- dial-operated setting selection aids the ease of handling.

Pentax MZ-5N
This is an easy-to-handle, compact, and very likable autofocus SLR camera, capable of producing good results and able to accept a wide range of inexpensive lenses.

Nikon FM3A
Hybrid electronic-mechanical shutter in a manual-focus SLR camera suitable for work in challenging environments but capable, at less than half the cost of some other equipment of first-class results.

Minolta Dynax 7
A substantial SLR camera with rapid autofocusing, a flash system that takes focusing distance into account, controls that are easy to set and a top shutter time of 1/8,000 sec.

Leica R8
A sleek but very substantially built and very smoothly operating camera, which concentrates on manual focusing and, mostly, top-quality lenses. Rim advance is manual but a motordrive can be attached if required.

Canon EOS 1V
A superb camera, which is refined, highly rugged, and moisture-proof. Its autofocus is extremely rapid, yet offers 45 different focus points. Features versatile exposure controls and a supplementary, class-leading motordrive.

Rolleiflex 6008 Integral
Deserving of its "classic" status: reliable, medium-format camera that almost guarantees immaculate results. The camera body forms part of a system that includes superlative lenses and a range of accessories.

SLR viewing system
Light enters the camera, where it is reflected upward by an angled mirror to the focusing screen and then into the pentaprism's mirrored interior, where a correctly orientated image can be seen through the viewfinder. Pressing the shutter flips the mirror up (blanking out the viewfinder), allowing light to reach the film.


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