Which aperture priority SLR?

[Fraser]

Has anyone here mentioned the Canon T90? It is an awesome camera.

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I've had a couple the last one i bought for £15ish with the sticky shutter magnets 20 minute fix works perfect and the great thing about the t90 it uses AAs not those 4lr44 that lots of the other fd cameras take.

 

[raid]

How did you fix the shutter magnets issue yourself?

 

[Huss]

Nikon FE2 for manual focus
Nikon F100 for autofocus. Love shooting with both and both are real bargains now.
National Geographic used Nikon 100s for 5 years until F6 came out.

I have the Fe2, the F100 and the F6. The F6 is actually the best MF camera Nikon has ever made, it is better with manual lenses thanks to the incredible vf and focus screen than the FE2 (and my F, F2, Nikkormat, FM2). Then, when you put an AF lens on it, it is the best AF film camera Nikon has ever made. Much better than my F100. The F100 is an excellent deal if you want an AF film camera - my excellent shape one was $125.

 

[Fraser]

How did you fix the shutter magnets issue yourself?

you magnetise a small screw driver and there is a certain place in the body you touch with the screwdriver which releases the magnets.

there is a chap on flickr called Thomas Peddle who seems to of worked it out and has posted pics.

 

[skucera]

I may be a good three pages late to the discussion, but I recommend getting any name brand Japanese SLR in good condition at any thrift shop for as little money as you can get away with. Download the manual online and read it through. Buy a battery and a roll of film, and then just get out there and shoot some pictures. Oh, and clean the glass too.

All the name brand cameras from the Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, or the twilight of the film SLR era in the early 2000's are very good cameras. They all have advantages. The brand doesn't matter, but having it in good working order does matter tremendously. The important thing is to just get out there and shoot. People are donating excellent film cameras to thrift shops because they just don't use them anymore in this era of cell phone photography, which is an opportunity to get some excellent gear.

Scott

 

[stupid leica]

Has anyone here mentioned the Canon T90? It is an awesome camera.

I know I did, but I am pretty sure I'm taking crazy pills and/or speaking into a vacuum, because nobody seems to have noticed my rather extensive post. Everything else is getting quoted and commented on haha.

 

[raid]

you magnetise a small screw driver and there is a certain place in the body you touch with the screwdriver which releases the magnets.

there is a chap on flickr called Thomas Peddle who seems to of worked it out and has posted pics.

Cool! Thanks for the tip.

 

[David Hughes]

I may be a good three pages late to the discussion, but I recommend getting any name brand Japanese SLR in good condition at any thrift shop for as little money as you can get away with. Download the manual online and read it through. Buy a battery and a roll of film, and then just get out there and shoot some pictures. Oh, and clean the glass too.

All the name brand cameras from the Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, or the twilight of the film SLR era in the early 2000's are very good cameras. They all have advantages. The brand doesn't matter, but having it in good working order does matter tremendously. The important thing is to just get out there and shoot. People are donating excellent film cameras to thrift shops because they just don't use them anymore in this era of cell phone photography, which is an opportunity to get some excellent gear.

Scott

This is so true, there are all those SLR's out there and most of them are brilliant. And the not quite brilliant ones are pretty good too.


Regards, David