Canon 35mm film camera

Hi i'm a nikon user but i'm getting a canon of some guy for free he said it was 36mm fil but i new he meant 35 but he said it was the canon 50d and that is a digital one so can any one tell m what model it could be please

Man, why don't you just ask the guy?

35 mm film is 24x36 mm

Obviously the guy you're dealing with knows very little about the camera he's offered to give you. Just look at the camera. If it says 50D then its digital.

You can find a listing of all Canon auto focus 35mm cameras here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/.../Canon_EOS

If it has a "D" after the number, then it's a digital camera, not a film camera.

It's a CANON EOS 50D http://www.dpreview.com/...noneos50d/

It has a cropped sensor: 22.3mm x 14.9mm CMOS

If you are looking for a Canon EOS 35mm film camera (an SLR) - then you want one with no "D" after the number

The camera model is always stamped somewhere on the camera body - often on the front of the camera.

There's the EOS 50 (called the Elan II in North America), and the EOS 50e (Elan IIe), both are decent cameras. Built a little stronger than the Rebel line. The e in 50e stands for Eye Controlled Focus. There's an IR sensor in the camera that detects which direction in the viewfinder you're looking at, and the camera then uses that focus point to focus on. Pretty nifty, but there's only 3 focus points, which was 3 times as many as most of your Rebel film cameras.

The EOS 5 is a rockstar of a camera. Built solid with the pro features.

The EOS 650, 750, and 850 are to be avoided. If it's one of those just find someone else to give it too. It's a point and shoot camera with an interchangeable lens, very little in the order of manual settings.

As with any film camera, the lens and film choice make a bigger impact on the image than the body itself. But the better bodies make ergonomical differences and are faster.