Good 35mm film Camera for Black and White shots?

That's awesome! I'm always glad to meet people who are expanding their photographic horizons and learning film in particular!

As others have said, with film cameras, the main thing that affects if an image is in colour or b&w is not the camera, it's the film. And what of the camera does affect the look of the film is the lens more so than the camera. You should read a basic 35mm photography guide such as the one below in order to understand basic concept like this and all the other things you'll need to know to get started:

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-35mm-Photo-Guide-Photo...

For starters, if you are not taking a photography class, get your stuff processed at Target or any local one hour lab. In order to do this with b&w, you can use Kodak bw400cn or Ilford XP2. These are the only b&w films you don't have to process yourself or at a professional lab. I suggest just learning how to use the camera and handle film before moving onto paying the costs of pro labs or learning to process your own film.

After about 10 years of shooting and buying and selling many different model 35mm SLR's, there are two which stand out to me as the most reliable, easy to come by, easy to resell and easy to find accessories for but also aren't too expensive for someone just starting out yet give professional results when used properly.

They are the Pentax K1000 with Pentax SMC-A or M 50mm f2 or 1.7 and the Nikon FM with Nikkor 50mm 1.8 or 1.4.

I have owned many of these cameras as well as other similar models but these served the functions I described the best, in my opinion. I feel completely comfortable suggesting them to a student and knowing that they will get their full value of both learning and enjoyment out of these models.

You can download users manuals for them for free and you'll want to pick up a basic photography manual also.

Buy your first 35mm camera from eBay and you will probably own a broken camera that you can't return. Don't fool around, buy cameras from camera stores. KEH.com, CollectibleCameras.com, Adorama.com and CameraRepair.com are all excellent used camera dealers.

If you are not comfortable buying vintage cameras, Nikon still sells the Nikon FM10 brand new, which costs nearly twice as much as the K1000 and original FM but may be less hassle in some ways than an old camera. Be sure if you get the FM10, you also pick up a Nikon 50mm 1.4 or 1.8 to learn on instead of the zoom lens they come with. The Vivitar V3800N is also a new all mechanical 35mm SLR. It's a bit cheaper than the Nikon FM10 and comes with a proper 50mm lens instead of the zoom. It takes Pentax lenses.

When you buy vintage Nikon and Pentax lenses, you can keep them for a digital camera you may buy later because they are compatible with new models. This makes buying into these brands a little nicer for the modern film shooter than other brands.

If $100-$200 is too expensive, you may also be able to find a Nikkormat FTn and 50mm lens on KEH.com for even less. These are also excellent cameras but have a few quirks to using them that the aforementioned don't such as a slower process to mount lenses, rarer battery type and and up-side-down meter read-out. They're fun cameras though.

I hope that whatever you choose to buy, you enjoy learning about film photography and do some work you are really proud of. Feel free to email me at any time for questions.

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Try taking a class in photography at your local community college. There you will learn how to compose, expose, develop and print your images ... once you have accomplished that, this question and much, much more will be answered for you. And yes unless the film was loaded properly and actually went through the camera and then was developed with the proper developer, you will get a blank roll of film To see which it is, look on the "blank" film .. if there are edge numbers on it, then the film did not go through your camera. If it does, but they are very dim or not even on the film, the problem was at the lab. In today's world there is a special black and white film that is designed to be processed in C-41 colour developer. That film can be developed by any photolab with no extra handling. If you are using actual black and white film, then it usually has to be processed by a pro or custom lab or has to be sent to a black and while lab. From your question, it is clear than you are not very experienced with using a fully adjustable camera, nor the kinds of film available for them. Take the camera into your local camera store and have them show you how to load the film and how to check and make sure film is going through the camera after you have loaded it.

Any 35mm film camera will be capable of taking Black & White. You just buy Black & White film rather than Color film.

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No special camera needed. It is possible the the film was not loaded properly, and the feeder sprocket did not engage the sprocket hold in the film. If this is what happened, then every time you tried to andvance the film, the film did not feed and stayed in the cartridge. I make sure that I've advanced the film for plenty of length to make sure it is properly loaded. I don't mind "wasting" a few inches of film and losing a couple of frames, as long as I can be assured that the whole roll will not be wasted. I can only hope you didn't do the obvious cliche' mistake of leaving the lens cap on. In terms of focus, exposure, and so on, as long as you chose the proper settings for the film's ISO number, you would take the pics the same way you would for color.

B/W film is B/W film. Kodak has been making the best film in either for many years. Fuji is another choice but any 35mm slr camera will do well with either if you know how to operate the camera.

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