Yes, shooting film is a lot less convenient, and more expensive than shooting digital, but if you enjoy being a contrarian, iconoclast or outlier, being a Film Dinosaur is a great way to go.Īside from film, and a good film lab, anyone who shoots with old cameras, even very well made and reliable ones, needs a good camera repair outfit to keep them in good fettle. That’s why all the cameras on my 10 Favorites list below are prime, high-performance user-collectibles capable of outstanding image quality that can give those digital upstarts a run for the money.
But unlike many of my fellow film camera fanatics, I actually use these things to make pictures, which is a lot more fun. I’ve been collecting cameras for ( ahem) well over half a century.
All images courtesy of the George Eastman House
