Well, I’ve decided to take the plunge and now own my first film camera since a 10 year old me broke his little 126 point and shoot.
While walking around York at the weekend I came across a little stall in Newgate Market selling secondhand film bodys. Had a pretty good chat with the owner, had a play with some Canon bodies and a drool over a nice Mamiya and then gave in and got the wallet out. So I’m now the proud owner of a Canon EOS 300, for which I paid the bargain price of £40.
Luckily there was a camera shop just round the corner so I aquired some Ilford XP2 to have a play with and I’d bought the DSLR with me so I had a 50mm lens to play with.
So there’s about 48 shots of badly exposed portraits, blurry vikings and highlight blown metals sat in 2 film tubs needing developing. Just need to find somewhere in Nottingham to drop them off.
Hi, Do you have a tel number or email address for the camera dealer in York Market.He was getting a lens for me and I have mislaid his card.
Many thanks
Unfortunately not a definite link, but the gent I bought mine from appears to run this shop – http://www.collectablecameras.com/
But a quick look around with google says it might not be him on the market anymore. Perhaps York Council could help? I’m assuming they’ll know who they’re billing- http://www.york.gov.uk/business/Markets/Newgate_market/General_information/