I didn’t follow my own advice on how to inspect and buy a film camera and this post is a result of that. While it looked mostly OK at first glance, it had some issues. Below is how I got this classic camera back into working order.

If you’ve always wanted to shoot with film but didn't even know where to begin when it came to picking out a suitable camera, keep reading. I bought and been gifted many film cameras, lenses and accessories. Hopefully, I can use my experiences to help you take the plunge into film photography.

When I arrived at the owner’s house, everything went pretty routinely, like any of the other Craigslist sales I’ve done. He opened up the camera bags and quickly showed me what everything was, bagged it all back up and walked me out to my car. I thanked him and shook his hand at which point he said “I hope you enjoy it, it was my camera when I was working as a photojournalist in Vietnam during the war”. I was stunned.