The Sony actually has a Carl Zeiss lens, you don't see too many digital camers with names on the lens other than the maker! I think I paid about $625 for the Sony, you might want to look in www.streetprices.com. Incidently, I only paid $125 for my second OM1 body, brand new, many years ago, worth a lot more than that now! I took a photography course at the college where I work, first and only time I did all the darkroom stuff, we only did B&W but it was a lot of fun! The school supplied all the chemicals, we only had to buy paper and film, I think I shot about 40 rolls of Tri-X and a couple rolls of Infrared.