What new film cameras are still available apart from Leica and Nikon?
What new film cameras are still available apart from Leica and Nikon?
Not many…
I know the Chinese are still making Minolta X-300 and Pentax K1000 clones, and Zenit are still going strong, but whether or not they're still being imported into your country is a matter of conjecture.
Of course, the Lomography range are available too, but they're grossly over-priced junk.
Canon still makes some I believe.
35mm - Canon EOS-1V, Voigtlander- 6 different "flavors"
Medium format- Mamiya RZ67, Mamiya 645 AFD III, Mamiya 7 II, Hasselblad 503CW
Still large format view camera kits in 4x5 and 8x10 size from sources like Bender.
Large Format Horsemans, Toyos, Calumets, and Cambo
There are actually a number of them out there.
As you mentioned, there's the Leica MP and M7 as well as the Nikon FM10 and F6.
Nikon doesn't actually make the FM10 though and this brings up a company that makes many 35mm cameras but is not widely known. It is a Japanese company called Cosina. They also own the Voigtlander namesake and make several 35mm rangefinder bodies with Leica mounts called the Bessa R series. Cosina, also collaborated with Fuji to make a medium format folding camera. In fact, Voigtlander only makes film cameras and they are listed in the link below.
http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_asan6m4e2c.html
Cosina also makes superb lenses as well as the Zeiss Ikon body and nearly all the current Zeiss lenses which are among the nicest lenses available.
Cosina is also behind the Vivitar v3800n:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/...amera.html
Lomo makes quite a number of very interesting yet very controversial 35mm and medium format cameras that are known for poor build quality that produce unique images. Say what you will about Lomo but they are a big part of the film photography game now and they are always coming up with creative new cameras such as the Kino which uses still 35mm film to make short movies in a hand cranked motion picture camera.
Chinese camera-maker Seagull still gives us twin lens reflex medium format cameras, large format field cameras and numerous accessories:
http://www.camerachina.com/
Russian camera-makers Zenit and Kiev offer multiple 35mm SLR's, a medium format panoramic camera and a medium format SLR:
http://www.zenit-camera.com/cameras.htm
Fuji has been making a killing off Polaroid's lost market with their Instax instant film line. The line of several models of camera and two film formats has become so popular that Polaroid even bought rights to put their name the Fuji Instax 7s and call it the Polaroid 300, along with Instax Mini film now being called 300 film. Talk about ironic!
You can still buy a brand new film back from Hasselblad.
And there are still numerous specialty large format cameras (Horseman, Toyo etc), bottom-feeder point and shoot 35mm cameras, build-your-own-pinhole camera kits, instant cameras for passport photos and the list goes on and on.
Many film shooters use vintage cameras though. The repair industry is working their hardest to keep classic cameras alive and on the market. Just look at sites like KEH.com, CameraRepair.com and CollectibleCameras.com where vintage cameras are "flipped" regularly.
Don't worry.
Film is not dead!
METAL AND MANUAL! FILM FOREVER!
Http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Film-Cameras/ci/9812/N/4288586278
There are some new Minolta Maxxums being sold on Amazon, although they aren't currently in production. They will accept all of Sony's lenses though. I think Canon is still making a film EOS.
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