Film Camera FF

I have always missed my EOS-3 bodies. Weather sealed, rugged, and 45 point AF that has never been equaled by any Canon digital crop frame camera that I have owned since.

newphoto wrote in post #10014343
I have always missed my EOS-3 bodies. Weather sealed, rugged, and 45 point AF that has never been equaled by any Canon digital crop frame camera that I have owned since.

Yup. I've got an EOS 3 and its pretty sweet. With a grip it feels like a 1 series. It makes me wanna save up for a 1D. In fact thats exactly what I am doing

EOS 3

One day they will make a digital equivalent of this... one day...

msowsun wrote in post #10007308
You can have APS film.... APS-C, APS-H, and APS-P

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You are showing your age *LOL*

So do you know what APS stands for????

jr_senator wrote in post #10009387
About the most reasonable way (money wise) to get really nice film results would be a good used Mamiya RB67 (I so miss mine). You won't even need batteries.

The RB67 is a beast.. Great camera but still BIG and HEAVY

scorpio_e wrote in post #10018151
You are showing your age *LOL*

So do you know what APS stands for?

Advanced Photo System I believe......

Jim_T wrote in post #10007307
I would think you would need a medium format SLR if you wanted a FULL frame film camera (Something like the Pentax 67 II).

No, you'd need large format, or heck move on up to Photostat with a 12" x 8" negative!

Mark_48 wrote in post #10014242
A nice complement to your 50D might be a 645 format MF camera. I got lucky about a year ago and picked up a Mamiya 645ProTL from Craigslist that a photography student had owned - $250 for the whole kit which included two backs, 45mm, 80mm, and 120mm lenses, and two shutter release adapters.

Don't know if you've tried it yet, but that 120 macro will work very well on your dSLR. I'm loving mine.

msowsun wrote in post #10018164
Advanced Photo System I believe......

You are correct


No one really like it...Except consumers who could not load 35mm

huh, and I JUST returned my EOS-3 to the camera store because it didn't get used. I picked up the EOS-3 with a winder for $200, so it's pretty much a gimmie for anyone who actually wants it.

scorpio_e wrote in post #10018220
No one really like it...Except consumers who could not load 35mm

And the timing was bad... When Kodak, Fuji, Canon and Nikon agreed to develop APS, nobody could have predicted the phenomenal growth of digital photography.

The term "full frame" as we use it today on forums came about only because the first DSLR bodies had sensors smaller than the traditional 35mm frame (24X36mm). As recently as ten years ago, the term was almost virtually unheard of. It was only with the advent of cameras like the 1Ds and the 5D did "full frame" come into common usage.

If you take it out of the context of digital camera sensor size, it's really quite inaccurate. "Full frame" as related to what? An 8"X10" view camera negative? I have a collection of film cameras of varying vintages and, with the exception of the ones that are 35mm, they all have different negative sizes.

krb wrote in post #10018205
Don't know if you've tried it yet, but that 120 macro will work very well on your dSLR. I'm loving mine.

Yup, bought a Mamiya to EOS adapter a while ago.

newphoto wrote in post #10014343
I have always missed my EOS-3 bodies. Weather sealed, rugged, and 45 point AF that has never been equaled by any Canon digital crop frame camera that I have owned since.

Really? I much prefer the AF of my 7D...

Erik_L wrote in post #10018288
huh, and I JUST returned my EOS-3 to the camera store because it didn't get used. I picked up the EOS-3 with a winder for $200, so it's pretty much a gimmie for anyone who actually wants it.

Eric, I see you're in Minnesota. Interested in meeting to show me the EOS-3? You are offering it up for sale right? I'm near the University.

Damn, I would have, but like I said, I took it back the other day. the National Camera Exchange in Plymouth has a few in stock with winders - go check them out!