hey, thanks for the advices. nono, im not asking for spoonfeeding. lol. i've been reading for a few days non-stop already. but im very blurred by so many different types of films. and cameras. what kind of film camera are considered entry-leveled? i thought all film cameras are similar unlike dslrs?
entry level film slr, usually have lousier build, but are light, cheap, and the good thing about film is that other than features, it's a level playing field, the "sensor" depends on the film you load.. and IQ will be on par if the same lens and film is used.
entry level film slr examples include
pentax mz-30
note the plastic mount
this one, which i have, also only has PREDICTIVE AF. for the love of god, if you want to know what that is, please use google. why i hate starting to bother to answer questions from people who seem to fire them off is that one answer will lead to 400 more. why? because the mentality is "ask lor... got nice person to answer mar." to be fair, there is limited information on film photography on the net in terms of film models.
there are many types of slr based on era..
some will not have af motor, i.e. you can only manually focus with lenses. these may or may not have a lightmeter, and therefore may or may not require batteries.
note that older models will not use common batteries easily found today, you might need battery adaptor, or pay through the nose for custom made batteries.
the more modern ones will operate just like a dslr, just that you will have no playback, etc. for obvious reasons.
here's a higher end slr..
canon eos5, note the metal mount
generally you pay for what you get.. for me, film is just a diversion.. so a cheap one that does the job for what i want to use film for, i.e. portraits of people close to me.. that's enough.