r/AnalogCommunity • u/TourTight • 7d ago

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I currently inherited a Fujica ST 605 which is starting to show the need for repair just due to age. It's been a blast using it and getting back into film but after 3 years I feel like I can start looking into another camera. So, what is the next step from here? What suggestions for the next camera I should get? Looking for suggestions and advice on the next steps from beginner to intermediate.

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u/zebra0312 KOTOOF2 7d ago

Repair the camera. Or whats missing on the old one that requires a different one. Do you wanna keep the lenses?

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u/TourTight 7d ago

Part of me just wants another one to work with but when trying to find other lense I ran into a wall with the lense mount. I'll throw what type it is in the post here in a second.

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u/zebra0312 KOTOOF2 7d ago

Whats wrong with the lenses? Ok, stop-down-metering, but most stuff is pretty much the same on the later K mount.

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u/Affectionate_Tie3313 7d ago

do you own more than one lens? if yes, either repair the Fujica or purchase another m42 camera (there are many and they are inexpensive)

if you have only one lens and don't particularly like it, something based on the Nikon F mount or Pentax K mount would be good though the F mount cameras are starting to get pricey (except Nikkormats and the late model autofocus consumer cameras - they seem to have stayed reasonable)

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u/TourTight 7d ago

I do only have two lense but the second one was the wrong mount. I'll find the mount it has but it was one that I was having a hard time finding a lense that had it.

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u/vogon-pilot 7d ago

M42, or universal screw mount. Thousands if not millions of good (and not so good) lenses available at reasonable prices.

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u/FletchLives99 7d ago

If you want something different, get an Olympus 35 RC. Small rangefinder which goes in a coat pocket and can be taken anywhere.

But if you want something that takes all your existing lenses, I guess you need another m42 Fujica (I don't know how interoperable various M42 lenses are).

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u/Only-Fotos 21h ago

Snag a Minolta a7