Posted by George Leifer on September 28, 2003 at 11:31:44:
In Reply to: Re: Which old, fully-manual Canon? more? posted by rick oleson on September 16, 2003 at 06:27:42:
: Hi Justin:
: Don't worry about hte stop-down metering stuff. The FTb, TLb and TX (also the later AT1, which is another possibility) work exactly the way you indicated originally (similar to the Pentax K1000). Some older models required that you stop down the lens to take a meter reading, but that isn't necessary with any of these.
: For those times when you WANT to see your exact depth of field in the finder, the Canons (unlike the Pentax) have a lever that allows you to stop down the lens... but you don't have to use it. The Canon FTb and AT1 also have self-timers, which the Pentax (and the TLb and TX) don't have.
: The AT1 was the manual-exposure companion to the AE1. It had an electronically controlled shutter but operated and handled similarly to the FTb.
: rick :)=
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I disagree with all of you guys, but Rick is on the right track.
All of you are looking in the wrong direction to answer Justin's question. Instead of looking back and comparing features of an Ftb, a great camera with the added feature of Quick Load with the AE 1, look forward for features he might want to be able to learn to use GOING FORWARD as his skills improve and his interests specialize and change.
The perfect choice would be the Canon A-1, which can be used manually, but has a more sophisticed
metering system, and five or six different exposure modes. It's the natural choice up, and is not one of those super duper automated wonders that paralyzes one with too many techno. choices, or doesn't let you take shot you want.
Good cameras like the A-1 are not much more expensive than the other models already discussed, but offer Sooooo much MORE!!!!
I've owned all of the above named cameras, so I speak from experience.
Also, no one asked Justin how many Canon lenses he owned, but if it's only a few, he really should consider switching to Nikon, like an Nikkormat ELW or the FM2n. I prefer Nikon.
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