~fossilizednell

Yesterday I was carousing around Philly with a friend of mine and I was taking pictures and I stuck my Ricoh in my backpack (instead of the camera bag at my waiste) and at some point we found an outdoor café and sat down for a game of chess and a few rounds of set. I must have not been careful when putting down my backpack because when we were walking later I saw something (I was shooting slide film at the time) that would look really good on cross-processed film and I took out my camera and he said “look!” and I wasn’t looking because I was trying to get it to focus and then I looked and the cover lens was cracked and I said oh that’s ok. I’ll just have to buy a new one that doesn’t cost much. BUT then I realized that the focus part of the lens was jammed in on one side and it was sideways so it couldn’t move. I sat there for several moments in silence but since my friend was there, I wasn’t really sad but the point is:
I don’t have much money and I’ve been beating up my Ricoh way too much… (also I stepped on the door of the body of the camera once and I have to use tape to hold it tight so the film doesn’t get exposed.)
Film hasn’t been good to me: always breaking in the camera and stuff.
Maybe I should forget photography and go back to painting all the time.

Does anyone have any suggestions on other (cheap) SLR film cameras? I need something that will never go out of style, that’s partially why I haven’t gone digital.

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I will never put my camera in my backpack and will always keep it around my neck or in the camera bag that I cradle like a baby if I ever have to run so help me god.