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I always think when it comes to film, a camera is a camera, it doesn't matter what body you get, it's the lens and the type of film you use that matter, also the format like 35mm, medium or large, of course. If its just for fun, I'd just pick the cheapest decent one. Lke one of my tutors at uni used to say, a camera body is merely a box with a mirror in it. This is obviously a very simplified description of a camera, but in nutshell, that's what it is.
Did you also want to develop the film as well? As in process it too? Doing black and white shoud be easy enough but I'd be carful with doing colour, i have only ever know 2 people who have been brave enough to have tried it and the result was not worth the time and money put in it. If you were talking about developing the actually photos then again, black and white is easy as long as you have all the bits and room, but I'd stay away from "wet" processing colour photo, unless you have a RA-4 machine whuch would allow you to develop the exposed photo paper from Dry to dry. Mainly because the chemicals needed for such process is toxic. Also, you'd have to do it in complete darkness, no safe light is allowed.
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