The Best 35mm Film Camera For Beginners 

Amazing video! And I am eternally grateful for being suggested for my photo to be shared ! Thank you 🙏🏽

Love my Minolta and its my must used camera of my 6 film cameras! Such a beast!!

I love my Minolta Maxxum 9000 which I do not use often and My Minolta SRT 101 which I use often.

I love the x700 a lot, just as the x300! It are great camera’s with great lenses! Even though I als own and use a Nikon F2, Olympus OM-1, Pentax Spot F and K1000 to name a few, I like the Minolta’s a lot.

Minolta was supposed to be our secret! Jokes aside, I like to suggest to go with the autofocus SLR. When shooting first time with the film, you want to see the photos after and you want them sharp. Focusing manually might be a bit harder at the beggining and very likely to have at least few shots out of focus on the first roll.

Love my Minolta x700.... Also have and use the Olympus OM1 and Canon A1 too.... All fantastic 👌🏼👌🏼

The X700 was technically my second camera (I started with a Canon Rebel 2000), but you're 100% right here. Between the quality of the camera and amount of quality and cheap lenses, it's such a good beginner camera.

I just bought the olympus xa as my first film camera. Did a lot of research and i think i picked a good one

Film got really internet dam. Ive also noticed every film channel i come across all the guys or girls look like they are in metalcore/post hardcore screamo bands like theres a dress code for youtube film photography channels. No diss just something ive noticed. Keep it up you have good knowledge in your videos.

For beginners how about this suggestion? A Canon EOS 500. Reason. They cost about $20. They are, for 35mm cameras, thoroughly modern, with DSLR-like controls. The exposures are likely to be more accurate than older cameras (shutter-speed fall off is a big issue with older mechanical cameras). ..... LENSES !!!!! Remember that a 35mm camera is just a box with a hole in it. There's no sensor to worry about, it ALL comes down to the lenses you put in front of the hole. The EOS 500 takes EF lenses and that means you can put high-quality, auto-focus, stabilised, lenses on it. The nify-fifty f/1.8 is around $50 used. What better way to start? I have a collection of EF lenses for my Canon DSLRs. Now I have the rather amusing combination of a $20 film camera with a $800 16-35mm f/4 L lens on the front. Top quality glass.

I just bought a spotmatic F, do you think that’s a good choice?

Actually first 😎

I can think of many film cameras better than any Minolta models. Minolta does not come close to Canon or the Nikon FM3A, which is not fully electronic and doesn't rely exclusively on a battery. It doesn't have a program mode but it does have aperture priority, and is just a much better camera than anything from Minolta. The Minolta may be a good entry level camera, but it is not a very good camera for the long term.

If you are starting in film, get a lot of money. Learn how to develop film. A Canon rebel G is also a decent film camera.