Hi guys!! I recently had a procedure done that had me out of school for a minute so I got bored and took my dad's camera. I found out 1. I'm not that bad at photography and 2. I am really enjoying this. It has been a few weeks now and I even got my old instax fixed however I want an actual camera that works, not a digital have to tape for the batteries to work (if y'all are interested, it's a fujifilm finepix from like 2003 it has the fat SD card). I did some research and found I really like the idea at least of film cameras.

I looked at some reviews and found an OM-1 is good enough for beginners but I am a skeptic. What would y'all recommend? If it helps I like to take photos of people and close-ups of plant life. I want to learn manual. I'm capping my budget at 400 (not including film), Thank you!! :)

I had some shots on a roll left over from when I returned from vacation, so I figured I’d try a new setup for this lens out at the mall early before they opened. I’m using an improvised “shade” that is 3 large panels connected to the tripod via 3 flexible arms with clamps on each end. It seems able to tame the flare quite well as long as you’re careful about how the lighting is falling in the scene. Luckily you can usually see the flare clearly inside the viewfinder so it’s pretty easy positioning the panels to block any offending light sources.

Using the 6x finder with the E screen really helps really with composing and keeping things straight, although I did mess up the framing very slightly. Practice makes perfect. Really excited to use this setup again, hopefully with a finer grain film like Ektar (or Velvia if the colour temperature in the scene is good).

My camera only shoots a shutter speed of /1000. I like to shoot wide open. I also have to get an external meter. Since the external meter isn’t metering through the lens of the camera, how do you compensate? Thanks

I’m new to analog photography, I had fuck around with a cheap Kodak I bought. Recently I bought a Canon Ae1 Program, with a 25mm and a 50 and I’m still getting to know her, I just finished my first roll of film and I was wondering if I could use the B mode, that controls the shutter (as long as I press it stays open) to capture movements, without having them overexposed. Is that possible?

Thank you in advance :)

Ps: If I didn’t knew how to properly explained ( I’m a lil high rn) and you need more info please feel free to ask