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Buying a 35mm Camera

BUYING A USED CAMERA

Let's say you want to buy a Canon AE-1. You will find many available on ebay and prices will vary.One listing shows a fuzzy photo of the camera showing no detail. The seller says "it worked the last timeI used it." or "This camera is from an estate sale...I don't know much about cameras." Another listingshows several photos of the camera in great detail and the seller gives a detailed description of thecamera's operating condition...better yet, the camera has been recently serviced. The second camera is selling for $40 more than the first.Both sellers have decent feedback...but, is the one that's $40 cheaper a better buy?A classic camera like the one in the example above is likely 20-35 years old. It is estimated that 80%of all cameras (older than 8 years) sold on ebay are in need of immediate servicing or will need servicing in the very near future. Call your local camera repair shop and ask how much it costs for a simple CLA(clean, lube and adjust). They will quote you $85-$120 plus extra if repairs are needed.

A dead giveaway to stay away from a particular listing is when the seller states that the camera works fine,but it has no battery. Many cameras will not operate at all without a battery. How can the seller know that the camera works if the battery is dead and cannot even be tested.If you go for the cheaper deal, you may be one of the 20% that gets lucky. If not, servicing will end up costing you more than you paid for the camera and more than if you had bought the camera that was serviced.Which is a better buy? You decide.BUYING A USED LENS OR FLASHYou should consider the fact that most people cannot tell the difference between photos taken with a good quality $200 lens and a top of the line $1200 lens. Unless you're a "purist" with money to burn or you plan to print 16x20 enlargements and examine the corners with a magnifying glass, you don't have to spend a fortune to get good quality photos and slides. Often you can save money by buying a "store-brand" such as Quantaray or Pro master. These products are usually made by companies like Sigma or Cosina/Voightlanderand are often identical to the product sold under their own well-known brand label.

This brief guide assumes basic photo knowledge & covers 5 specific topics:

1. Filters for film vs. digital

2. Cokin vs. traditional glass filters

3. Top filter brands

4. Things to watch for when buying filters on eBay

5. Interpreting used equipment ratings

The most useful filters for digital are:

UV to protect lenses. Sensors aren’t UV sensitive, so you’re just looking for the protection. eBay’s guide incorrectly lumps Skylight filters into this category, but they have a slightly warm color, which should be avoided.

Polarizer to control reflections, sky density, specular highlights & color saturation. eBay says that auto-focus cameras call for circular polarizing filters, but that’s a misleading generalization. It depends on the type of auto-focus your camera uses. AF SLR’s / DSLR's use beam-splitting mirrors that require circular. Point & shoot cameras, including consumer digital models, work equally well with linear or circular polarizing filters. I have another eBay guide dedicated specifically to polarizers: Circular-vs-Linear-Polarizing-Filters

Special Effects that would be difficult to accomplish w/ software. This includes cross-star, multi-image & close-up lenses. ND could be in this category, for long daylight exposures (may also be needed if your camera can’t adjust to extremely bright light).

Graduated filters are a bit of a judgment call. Processing & blending different versions of the same RAW image file works much better, but using a filter might be easier. I carry a gray grad myself.

Soft-effects are another maybe. While I prefer to avoid any sharpening, for a slightly soft look, other photographers say that a filter is the only way to get the effect they want. A sophisticated filter like a Softar, layers a sharp image with a slightly diffused one. Blending sharp & unsharp layers in Photoshop doesn’t give the same result.

Filters intended for B&W film don’t work w/ digital, with the exception of Infrared. However, not all camera models work well for infrared (because there’s an IR blocking filter over the sensor). Try a Yahoo or Google search for infrared + your camera model to see if people are experiencing success. You can also search for samples of infrared photos, if you’re not familiar with their distinctive look. Note that inexpensive 25 & 29 red filters used for b&w film don’t work for digital. You’ll need the more expensive RM72 (the even more expensive RM90 is popular with people who think they’re going to photograph through clothing, but it’s not a very worthwhile trick).

Color conversion filters have no digital application because the color of a digital image is determined by software.

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