F-1/New battery

[benjiboy]

Any of you guys that were a Professional Photographer "Back Then" how often did you see a guy with a Canon F-1 or Nikon F2/F3 using one of those giant battery attachments.?
You would think that they almost made the camera "unusable".
I realize there would have been times when it was important to have that ability, but.......
The fastest motor i eve used were those Smell/Thin units that just added an inch or so to the bottom of the body. They basically saved you from making the motion of winding the film and allowed you to keep looking through the viewfinder and not having to move the camera to advance the film.

The Motor Drive FN Chip for your new F1 shoots 31/2 frames a second and rewinds a 36 exposure film back into the cassette in eight seconds, it takes twelve AA batteries and weighs a ton, I have one, but I only use it when I can't avoid it.

 

[CMoore]

.......I have one, but I only use it when I can't avoid it.

 

[benjiboy]

The Motor Drive FN Chip for your new F1 shoots 31/2 frames a second and rewinds a 36 exposure film back into the cassette in eight seconds, it takes twelve AA batteries and weighs a ton, I have one, but I only use it when I can't avoid it.

I sold my Canon Motor drive FN recently, it was just too heavy to lug about with its 12 AA batteries in addition to the weight of a New F1 AE and a lens.

 

[gordrob]

I have 2 of the New F1s and both have motor drives on them. Actually can't remember them without a motor drive. Also have the FN100 Film Chamber which is fun to use. They are heavy though but beautiful cameras.

 

[benjiboy]

I have 2 of the New F1s and both have motor drives on them. Actually can't remember them without a motor drive. Also have the FN100 Film Chamber which is fun to use. They are heavy though but beautiful cameras.

If I was much younger I would never have sold it,I just can't lug the weight around anymore.