Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>If Looking for a good bargin on good equipment and want a manual camera look >into an older Canon F1 and 300 2.8. The F1 with motor runs appx 6fps, will >work on ALL shutter speeds without batteries, has a bright viewfinder, and is >relatively more inexpensive than the newer EOS gear or Nikon. >- -- >Harrison McClary As a user of 3 F-1fn's, I can tell you they are great cameras. But they only get 5 frames a second with a motor (which uses 12 AA batteries) and they only work without batteries from 1/60th (or 1/90th, someone who reads instruction manuals will have to tell you cause I don't remember) to 1/2000. I carry spare batteries! I wouldn't use the old mechanical F-1's, screens are too dark and it doesn't have spot metering, and the meter is turned on and off by a knob vs the shutter release. (it also uses a 625 battery) The motors were clunky too! For what it's worth, Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador