I think the T-90 has an electronic shutter. If you want a purely mechanical camera, a Canon FT-B is a good choice. It has Quickload to boot!I picked up a Canon AE-1 with 50mm f1.4 last week at a thrift store. Unfortunately, the camera doesn't work so I have a 50mm with nothing to use it on. I was wondering what body to buy. I thought about one of the all mechanical bodies, but saw a post about the T90 on another site. I have 50mm f1.4 lenses in other mounts but have always wanted to try the Canon. I like the idea of being independent of batteries for everything except the metering, but something about the T90 is appealing.
The advantage of the FD mount is that chances are good to find a mass of really cheap lenses of all kinds even locally, in contrast to Nikon-mount lenses. (Buying a Adaptall-2 Nikon adapter aside...)Thanks for the advice. I really shouldn't be buying another system, but I don't think one Canon body and lens could lead to buying too much gear.
FT or FTb, great cameras.I was fond of the FTb in its day.
KEEP at least one of the 1.8 lenses, one in best overall shape of course. While all Quickload bodies (FT and the likes) are solid cameras, F1 beats them all, and you siad it "quality". Of course it will cost more than any other body.I think I will check out KEH and ebay to see what is available and how much I would need to spend. The AE-1 body that I got with the 50 f1.4 is beyond economical repair. I am fortunate to have a camera repair tech in my hometown and he checked it out for me. Apparently, someone else had tried to work on it and couldn't fix it. I guess that is why it was donated to a thrift store. In addition to the f1.4 lens, there were 2-50mm fd 1.8 lenses and an older 50 1.8. I am going to sell them and should get a good bit more than the $25 I spent on the whole collection.
Something is off tracks with your F1, it does not slap any more than FT, and in my case F1 mirror foam strip needs replacement.The F1 is a great camera, but my FT has less mirror slap than my F1, and surprisingly I can't tell the difference in IQ between the F1. FT, FTb.....
Also I prefer the FT's square finder opening that can take a EOS eyecup over the round one on the F1.
And, fwiw, the FT is lighter than a F1.
I was fond of the FTb in its day.
Something is off tracks with your F1, it does not slap any more than FT, and in my case F1 mirror foam strip needs replacement.
OK, so I don't get that on my bodies, must be mine then.I replaced the foam on my F1 and FT, FTb. THe F1 had/has the most mirror slap
Nothing is off at all, theyre all in great shape mechanically..
Have you looked into the Canon EF (aka Black Beauty)? Despite its name it's an FD-mount body. And because of its name, a little difficult to find on the auction site. Try "Canon EF body". Usually a number of them are proposed by Japanese sellers at decent prices.
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Canon_EF
Canon EF is indeed a great camera. For some reason not that many were made, not that many are offered, and many are in real bad shape. In the end price of an EF body in really good shape is not far off from an F1 in correspondingly same shape. And no matter how sympathetic we want to be towards EF, F1 is far away better in every dimension. But, if you can find an EF all working right and looking good at good price, for sure buy it.
Indeed you are. Problem is for some of us buying from Japanese sellers means a steep up tick on the price from customs, guaranteed. In the range of extra 30% +. All I've seen offered in Europe is crappy or untested or both when price dips under 100, and there are not too many. Japan is different for sure. Same applies to most film cameras made in Japan in OGD.I guess I'm very lucky if this is indeed the case. I acquired two Black Beauty bodies from Japanese eBay sellers in decent condition for bargain price.
Indeed you are. Problem is for some of us buying from Japanese sellers means a steep up tick on the price from customs, guaranteed. In the range of extra 30% +. All I've seen offered in Europe is crappy or untested or both when price dips under 100, and there are not too many. Japan is different for sure. Same applies to most film cameras made in Japan in OGD.
That is true, US customs do not charge for used photo gear, probably more than just that, but I never had anything delivered to the States outside of photo gear from Japan.That's sad. Being in India I share your concern as customs duty is quite high here as well.
OP is from USA (Charleston SC) and therefore customs shouldn't be a concern for him when buying from Japanese sellers. Lucky Americans.
The customs for cameras from Japan is nihil, if there is any customs at all. You got something completely wrong.Problem is for some of us buying from Japanese sellers means a steep up tick on the price from customs, guaranteed. In the range of extra 30% +.
Nothing wrong, but I failed to mention the BIG part of charges: VAT. So it is VAT + customs and customs are relatively small. Better yet, this applies to entire mony invested, including shipping. It's EU law by the way.The customs for cameras from Japan is nihil, if there is any customs at all. You got something completely wrong.
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