When you buy a camera, consider that youre buying in to a lens system. Your cameras lens mount determines what lenses you can use, and that camera brands lenses will be dependent on whether or not the camera brand changes its lens mount. Nikon has not changed its lens mount since 1959 and it is well known in the industry for great lenses with very good glass formulas. You wont have problems finding lenses in the future. Get the instructions manual; there are many more features that I do not have the time or space to include here. CD made by the lab that processes your film. Youll the have the film for future use, and not have to worry about archival issues, still not unsettled in the digital technology. It does not have interchangeable lens but it has many good features considering its price range.

Nikon D50; or, the Nikon D70S with the kit lens; this camera is still going strong and people are still raving over its many good qualities. For now, buy good but used cameras in good shape and buy only from reputable places where youll have a certain degree of security.

530 for a Nikon D50 with the kit lens. Dont fall into this trap as so many others have; get into good habits from the start.

Best way to get good pictures with a cell phone is to buy a digital camera. Then you ought to let someone else scan it for your.

Find an art school next to your and post a job in the career services department.

100 bucks to scan 400 negatives to CD. Most art students are really tight on money and some might just have the resources and time to do this for you at school. Or if you have a friend with an old Nikon digital camera Coolpix 990, and a negative scanner then your in luck for doing it the cheapest way. Just slide the negative in and start taking pictures of your negative. Although the image will not be as sharp as a scanner, but you will be saving allot of time and money.

You could also crop and zoom in o the images on your negative.

Scanners are really slow at any cost. There are many different kinds of cameras used by the astronauts. Hasselblad 500ELcameras modified for 70 mm film quite extensively, with a 500 mm telephoto lens added on Apollo 15. Ive seen Nikon digital camera bodies used on ISS, as well as Canon digital bodies.

Lenses, of course, are chosen based on what needs to be photographed. The astronauts get their own personal choices of camera for their own personal photos. Sometimes the shuttle astronauts carry up 90 mm IMax cameras, too.