Yop!
I'm venturing into film slr now...so 1st step of course,is to pick up a camera,film slr that is...
long before i've looked into FM10,which isnt practical to me, coz it's fully manual...learning curve would be too steep to me.
then after asking a few frens of mine doin film photographing too,i've search around and come up with these choices.
1. Nikon F65/N65 (full kit with mens at RM450)
2. Canon 500N/Rebel G (with lens only, RM500)
3. Minolta Dynax 5 (full kit with lens (RM475)
4. Pentax P3/P30 (with lens only,lens with fungus... RM150)
5. Canon EOS 3000v (full kit with lens RM800)

read all the reviews...all of their comments are mostly positive so am now preety much stuck...
all in all...please help me in choosing which camera is best for beginner in film photographing...
by the way,my budget would be RM300-400...(of course less is better)

i am using nikon f65 or 55, cant remember but still it produce great photos.

but i am looking to letting go mine....dont have time to take pictures anymore...

the body is light as well.

err..so which one izzit?F65/F55?

Being a member since dec 2006 doesnt mean you can be lax on the rules and simply create topic in inappropiate place.

It was a mistake...sorry.Thx for reminding.

@kel_jink

Doesn't really matter which film slr you start with as the film matters most. I have a canon 3000N which served me well enough. It's identical to the 300V btw

yeah,read more n more bout film photographing since last week.
it seems dat i need to find a camera with semi auto,so dat i wont get too fed up with fiddling with manual controls...haha!

if u plan to move to dslr, u have to make sure 1 type of brand u going to stick to, so that u can save up a lot of upgrading lens. I would suggest u if possible get canon eos 30/33, boeing s.wang still have few unit left, i may get 1 as collection also, good camera and good body material, shall last u forever. spend little bit more for better film camera, then save all the money for good lens, and some good negative, such as fujifilm velvia, sensia, kodak elitechrome/ektachrome....

a lot to explain, hehehhehe

I kinda like Nikon ya know...i've seen Canon's camera, i don quite like it's colour reproduction,too sharp...
Anyway,welcome for more advice...and offer!

Dude,

For film cameras it's not the cam that affects the color production. It's your film. So it doesn't matter which brand you choose.

well...i saw it myself,nikon f65 n canon rebel sumtin,both using fujifilm velvia 100 daylight...