SLR for 35mm B&W Film

[BeepBeep2]

Hey guys I'm thinking about getting a 35mm SLR experiment with and to shoot B&W film. (Tri-X 400 or our school's Arista EDU 400 ISO)...
My research has pointed me to the Canon Elan 7E and a 50mm f/1.8 II where I can get the body for $70 and lens for $120...and stay under my self-imposed $200 budget. Though I already own a Nikon DSLR, I only own DX-format lenses which the 35mm cameras can not take.

I am in "Photo 2" at my high school, which is mostly digital but we have 11 Omega C700 enlargers equipped with 75mm Arista f/3.5 lenses in the darkroom. They do the job (well enough...).

So, used Elan 7E + Nifty Fifty...anyone have anything else to suggest? I've been borrowing my grandmother's AE-1 and her FD-mount 50mm f/1.8 every once in a while, before this.

EDIT:
I've also been throwing around the idea of getting a Nikon 35mm SLR like the Nikon N80 and a Kenko Teleplus 1.4x Teleconverter I can use on both my D5100 and N80 with my current DX lenses, giving me ~24-80mm f/5-f/8 and an 80-420 f/6.3-f/8 lenses for my N80 camera and insane reach possibilities with my D5100 in nature (bird)/daylight scenarios. I want to get a 35mm f/1.8G for my D5100 too, which would become 50mm f/2.8 on the N80. While that would be quite slow (other than the f/2.8 prime @ full frame), it leaves me with interchangeable lenses for both of my cameras and a much simpler collection with less future pocket-hurt.

[chinaguy]

If you are i High School I would stick with borrowing your Grandma's AE1. It is ideal for learning photography and I use to teach basic photography to adult classes.

Use the $200 to buy a second lens in the 28-105mm range or 70-210mm. Plenty to be found in Canon FD in the camera shops second hand self.

[Mescalamba]

If you have Nikon digital, its kinda logical to use same system. F100 might be good choice. Or if you prefer manual everything, there are older F3 and such.

For full-automatic, I would go with Dynax/Maxxum 7 (Konica Minolta), its one of most advanced film SLR. Another one would be Contax RTS 3 (less degree of automation, but some very interesting features, and it looks great). Unfortunately quite expensive.

Then theres classic Olympus OM-1 with biggest OVF for 35mm ever, which even when its pretty much full-manual camera is worth something. Well and Leica.

Tho as I said, if you have Nikon, maybe Nikon is best choice.

[BeepBeep2]

If you are i High School I would stick with borrowing your Grandma's AE1. It is ideal for learning photography and I use to teach basic photography to adult classes.

Use the $200 to buy a second lens in the 28-105mm range or 70-210mm. Plenty to be found in Canon FD in the camera shops second hand self.

I only get to use it once a month, at best...considering Canon uses EF mount lenses now would it not be better for me to get an EF mount camera? I've been shooting film and making my own prints for two years now and will do so increasingly more in the future, I plan to have my own home darkroom eventually. My girlfriend of 6 months, (a freshman in college, but take my high school relationship for what it is of course) is going to college to get a Bachelor's Degree in Photography.

If you have Nikon digital, its kinda logical to use same system. F100 might be good choice. Or if you prefer manual everything, there are older F3 and such.

For full-automatic, I would go with Dynax/Maxxum 7 (Konica Minolta), its one of most advanced film SLR. Another one would be Contax RTS 3 (less degree of automation, but some very interesting features, and it looks great). Unfortunately quite expensive.

Then theres classic Olympus OM-1 with biggest OVF for 35mm ever, which even when its pretty much full-manual camera is worth something. Well and Leica.

Tho as I said, if you have Nikon, maybe Nikon is best choice.

This is what I had thought, however what about the fact that I only have DX lenses? As far as I've seen on the web, the Kenko Teleconverter allows use of the DX lenses perfectly fine on an FX camera. However all of my lenses will become 1 stop slower.

I have looked at the F100 but I'm not sure I can justify paying $200-250 for a used body right now. I've been looking more at the F80 (I can get for less than half the price if I go this route.) I'd like to have a camera that offers all manual + full AF compatibility on the new AF lenses.