Photojournalists use Nikon and Canon cameras. If you buy a 35mm Nikon or Canon SLR, eventually when you graduate and start shooting digital images, the lenses you acquire during school will fit your new DSLR. When I was in school, we used mostly Niko...
Nikon currently has a great film camera, the FM-10 that's available for $249 with a 35-70mm zoom lens. But I think you'd do better by looking for a gently used N series 35mm. I have a N2000, N60, and N65 and find them all great cameras. Older all-met...
I assume by 35mm you are talking about film cameras, not digital. In that case, I don't think there is any agrument -- Leica is the best 35mm SLR. That said, I would still probably stay with Nikon simply because it has a wider variety of lenses avail...