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Yeah I think I may pre order one when I get paid. Having never developed at home it makes it look insanely easy.
Thanks for the info re rangefinders. I may well just be a dick and buy an M3 and sell it if I don’t like it. Or a Nikon S2. They’re plentiful and relatively cheap in the U.S..
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I am finding it hard to not buy this: https://ffordes.com/product/18043014191981
cc/ tina
but kinda done with 35mm
amey
I've been interested in Lab Box since day one. I didn't back it because I got a bit burnt by kickstarter around that time. Super interested. I want home C41 and E6.
The QL17 (and a most of the Japanese 70s rangefinders like the Oly SP) go bad eventually with heavy use. They were build a bit light compared to Pro SLRs. Something like a Canon P is better imho. They have nice large viewfinders which you can calibrate, the 50 1.8 is sharp in a classic kinda way, there are quite a few around, and they're really well made. No meter and the patch isn't the best but it's fine.
Like a lot of old gear these things are going up in value so you can't go wrong... unless it goes wrong (or becomes somehow unserviceable, sat-on, dropped off a bike or boat, left on a car roof in a service station before rejoining a motorway etc*). So... TL:DR: go mechanical, something that functions without electronics. Go 1960s.
*I have done all these things #worstcameraowner