Show us your SLR ..... WHAT?

2WK said:
Nice F4! I want that battery cover to make my F4s smaller and nicer to carry around.
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julianphotoart said:
Smaller MB-20 makes such a difference. Almost feels like a normal SLR.
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Actually I find the MB21 more comfortable as it's smaller in diameter than the MB20 since the grip part only has to hold 3 rather than 4 AA batteries. I have small hands though.

Ronnie
 
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Greyscale said:
The Yashica Electro AX offered AE as early as 1972. I don't even know if that was the first, but it was the first to offer the ability with legacy lenses. Pentax and Chinon both also had early M42 AE bodies. The AZ-1 is a nice little camera, though. It is the last of the M42 Fujinons.
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Ok. That makes sense. Still, a pretty well made and quirky example of an M42. After my original post earlier I googled and found an old print ad for the AZ-1 that touted it to be the first to be sold with a kit zoom! A dubious distinction.
 
Greyscale said:
The Yashica Electro AX offered AE as early as 1972. I don't even know if that was the first, but it was the first to offer the ability with legacy lenses. Pentax and Chinon both also had early M42 AE bodies. The AZ-1 is a nice little camera, though. It is the last of the M42 Fujinons.
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I didn't recall the Electro AX being offered quite that early. I didn't recall them being available about 1974/75 when I bought my Fuji ST 901. It might have been and I just decided on the Fuji because of the open aperture AE metering. I think when I was deciding on the Fuji, Nikon had their EL out which was also open aperture AE.

I don't recall when the AZ1 came out, but it was not the first with AE metering, nor the first Fuji with AE metering. That was the ST 901. I don't recall now who had open aperture AE first. It might have been Nikon, but was probably one of the 'lesser' brands like Chinon or some such.

Typically the big camera makes didn't come out with innovations first, or in their flagship cameras. Lesser makes would experiment with it first and when it became popular, the big names would then incorporate it as well.

The AZ1 was a good camera and had a dedicated flash and a motor winder available. I expect they are getting harder to find in working order. The AZ1 kept the silicon Blue Cell (SBC) for metering. Fuji said it had better light response, and less memory problems. Gossen evidently thought so too, as they went to an SBC in their Luna Pro SBC.

Use the camera and enjoy it if you can. The Fuji glass is some of the best in the world, but with the M42 mount, you can use a lot of other lenses, including the Pentax M42 lenses of the time.
 
Now I'm a proud owner of Pentax 67ii. It was DP2 Merrill or this and now after few days out with the beast I think I've made the smartest decision in my life 😛


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Two work horses and an accountant (erm, I mean a documending camera).​


Who said SLRs are lardy???


Cheers,
Margus
 
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