Analog film photography and cameras

New toy !
Praktica MTL5, made in East Germany during the Cold War.
I had it with several high-range (I think?) lenses

• a 50mm Carl Zeiss Jena 1.8 Pentacon lens
  
• a Vivitar Carl Zeiss (m42 too) 35-85mm 2.8
  
  
  

Now I'm waiting for all the Fujicolor that I bought on Amazon for few bucks :)

Actually I've got an olympus AF-10, £10?

My first camera was an mtl3 those cameras are indestructible.

I bought half a dozen with 35-85 lenses for TVEI photography in the 90s - almost bomb proof and certainly resistant to the casual carelessness of teenagers.

What kind?
Neither of them is pocket-sized small but you're welcome to either/both the 35mm cameras here https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13069257/ - the Kiev has gone so it's the Nikon TW-zoom or the Smena 8M

Yes,
Indeed it's one of my pros choosing this camera and lenses. It's pretty cheap on eBay, and evenmore it seems to be a really good "school" camera as I'm only learning photography at 18y-o.

Oops.
Didn't mean to suggest carelessness on your part...
Learning photography as part of mainstream education?

Yes pls! I'll PM you

@MrE, no worries!
Well, I would say as part of a grown man, for sure!
I'm studying in Khâgne, a Department of Arts and Humanities which incorporates two sections: History and Modern Languages. So analog photography could never be useless!

Oh and by the way, I'm looking for photographers who are still using analog as a living.
Maybe Eric Bouvet? Branco Prata for wedding photography? Others? :)

Many.

Jamie Hawksworth
Harley Weir
Juno Calypso
Sophie Green

... are a few i follow.

Huh I had no idea Juno Calypso used film...

Then it's worth asking it as I'm a newbie!
Thanks.
If you have a little time, look at Eric Bouvet's work on the Rainbow Family (kinda 21th century hippies). His pictures are astonishing!

That fantastic hotel stuff is on medium format film of some kind. I imagine the recent shoot for the FT probably isn't. Not sure what she's upto now.

Cool. Yeah it's the honeymoon suite stuff I know.

Cheers!

Yeah I had a quick search online and couldn't see anyone with the same problem. I'll be careful to check that I'm not covering the IR window but I don't think that's the problem.

Yeah, if the pictures weren't so good I'd retire it but I'm feeling its worth the risk... Might just stick to using budget film with it.

Finally got some b&w developed from my trip to Hong Kong at easter

Couple more

Really nice.

Some Ektar and some ACROS 100...

The L35AF2 I borrowed seems a bit soft compared to the XA2, currently got a roll of something in the OG L35AF which supposedly has a very sharp lens so let's see how that turns out... Really hope it works fully.

I shot four rolls with one yesterday. It's quite a nice, quick camera. I'm hoping results are alright.

anyone got an olympus XA or XA2 for sells?

The Oxfam website has an xa for sixty sheets.