On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 07:17:24 GMT, svejk@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>I am in interesting situation now. I was a professional photograph in 1961-73.
>After that I worked as a manager. Now I decided to remember my first job and
>buy good professional camera (just for fun - I love photographing architecture
>and landscapes). But...
>I've found that I understand nothing in modern photo-equipment. Cameras are
>absolutely another than in 1973, films are absolutely another etc.
>So, who can recommend me some good professional camera? I worked with Leica
>(property of our corporation :-)), but, please, don't recommend buying Leica -
>it's too expensive for my personal using :-).
>The assortment of the nearest photo-shop is:
>1. Minolta Dynax 500si - 700 si.
>2. Nikon F-50/70
>3. Canon EOS 5/50/500/5000
>Are these cameras good enough for professional photograph?
>Which middle-expensive professional camera can you recommend?

For architecture and landscape work, the Nikon F3 is unbeatable
(excellent, undistorted, sharp viewfinder; good metering for
this kind of work [especially with PC lenses]; durable; pleasant
and easy to use even under poor conditions; takes any of the vast
array of new and used Nikkors [see my Nikkor evaluation list, on
my web page under "I babble", to get an idea of the vastness of
the Nikkor lens pool...;-]).
Used, you can probably find one in your price range - and it
will even accept old, inexpensive "non-AI" Nikkors...
As for film, either Kodak or Fuji 100-speed slide films (or
100-400 speed color negative films) are excellent (film has
improved noticeably, but cameras..... [lotsa mostly gimmicky
features, except for flash improvements, but...;-]).