What camera should I buy?

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Allow me a bit of nostalgia. At the time of the OM cameras the trend was for smaller cameras, Pentax had at last changed from screw thread and gone to bayonet. They introduced 2 small slr's...the MX and ME. Both good cameras, but too small. Olympus had got the dimensions right. Canon had the AE 1 and Nikon had an FM 1 (not sure if model no is correct), but all looked to reduce dimensions.

Numerous camera shops and pharmicies combined populated the streets of Dublin. Not too many left now. Who can start populating the list?
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Gunns
Conns
Berminghams
Halls
Camera Exchange


thats it really.....
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Dont forget Hamilton Long. They had shops in O Connell St and Mary St. I think they also had 1 in Grafton St
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Oh sorry - picked you up wrong.... those are the only ones left I think......
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Conns had a great sale of vintage analogue leftovers recently
Got a lovely canon slr body and lens for ¢25 each, with strap, case & film thrown in!
they might have a few left...
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Is that a typo...?!
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yep
what button did i push?
was 25 Euro each, silly me..
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Even still, that's great value!
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Fran wrote:Gunns
Good Lord, is John Gunn still in business?
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Yes, very much so, one of the nicest shops to do business in, lovely people, incredibly helpful and knowledgeable! Seems busy too any time I've been in there too....
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