Film cameras: Is there a reason to consider Nikons and Canons the best brands?

I mean, while most of the people -even those outside the photo world-, tend to consider that this world is divided into two poles: Nikon and Canon… from time to time I meet brilliant people that are really proud of being devoted to Pentax, Minolta or Olympus (of course the list goes on, but this trio is the most consistent ), and almost all of them tell that while with a much smaller amout of models, the brand of their dreams, has every feature to rival Nikons and Canons, no matter their price is sometimes a fraction of these ‘sacred’ names…
Of course I’m 25 so I can´t tell or judge about photo history, but any comment will be really helpful.
Thank you sirs!

Artful has absolutely no idea what he or she’s talking about. I guess there must be a lot of “fools” out there. I know plenty of photographers who prefer using film, especially medium format film.

There are COUNTLESS websites and forums that are devoted specifically to film photography. There are several film forums on Photo.net, and many of the members are professional photographers. There are also literally HUNDREDS of film groups on Flickr. “I Shoot Film” is one of the most active groups on the entire website…it has over 30,000 members and over 800,000 photos in the searchable pool…all from FILM.

Contrary to rumors and popular myths, many companies have also made NEW films. Kodak just started making Ektar 100, and it was so popular in 35mm format that they started making it in 120 size rolls. Demand has already exceeded expectations.

Anyway…back to the original question. I’ll never understand why there is so much debate about two brands of cameras. I have many cameras, including a lot of antique cameras. I think Minolta is awesome. One of my best cameras is a Minolta SRT-101 (a 35mm SLR).

It will blow away a digital camera, especially the cheap little point and shoot digital cameras that most people use. I don’t even have Photoshop. I don’t need it. If you get the picture right the first time, with your camera, you don’t need to “fix” it on your computer.

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