The F601s I used to own took a twin cell that cost £15 in the big photo chain stores in 1990! Shooting flash you could get through one battery in two rolls of film - that's more expensive than shooting chromes!Welp, prior to owning my N80, I'd never heard of the CR123. So I take a trip down to my local Walgreens to buy a couple -- and guess how much they wanted for them? Over $12 each! I went back home and googled the number and found a seller on the internet where I was able to buy a 4-pack for about 4 bucks. That's more like it! So, anyway, that's why they're oddball to me.
F601s I used to own took a twin cell that cost £15
Working slowly and meticulously, it still only took me a couple of hours to assemble this:
Mirror box including shutter and flash synchronization terminal are preassembled, and it goes together quickly as a result. No painting or cementing required. There's no mention of lubrication, but I found that a bit of dry graphite burnished onto the focusing helicoid and film transport seemed to help a lot.
Well, prior to owning my N80, I'd never heard of the CR123..Over $12 each!.
$40 or so.I like it...price?
CR123A and CR2 are the most common batteries found in the latest AF-compacts.
Your price is madness. That is nearly the price of a 10x-pack.
I have two Canon plastic cameras, An A1, and a T90, I have had them more than 25 years and both have been trouble free and both still work perfectly.
I have two Canon plastic cameras, An A1, and a T90, I have had them more than 25 years and both have been trouble free and both still work perfectly.
I would not call either a plastic camera. The A-series cameras got a cast-metal carcas. The T90 still got a metall mirrorbox and for the rest does not "feel plastic" at all.
I like my A1 and T90 but the bodies are plastic, I have often thought if the T90 was all metal like my F1's it would weigh a ton.I would not call either a plastic camera. The A-series cameras got a cast-metal carcas. The T90 still got a metall mirrorbox and for the rest does not "feel plastic" at all.
I like my A1 and T90 but the bodies are plastic, I have often thought if the T90 was all metal like my F1's it would weigh a ton.
I'm slinging around T50 with an FD 1.8 it looks and sounds like 1984. No controls, just put the lens into A and shoot. I have a roll of UltrafineExtreem 400 in there pushing to 1600. I'll see what the camera does with it...
I did a lot of freelancing as a motorsports photographer back in the 1980s. I remember running into another freelancer at a drag race and this guy was a hoot. Definitely struck me as the type who was used to living off the land, so to speak. He was a Canon shooter, which made him rather unique right there, since most pros shot Nikon back then. But I remember that he was covering that drag race with a T50 and a nFD 200mm f/4. And here I was dragging around a big bag of Canon F-1s with motor drives and a bunch of lenses, and this guy's out there shooting away with a T50! It kind of made me rethink things, and I haven't belittled that camera as much ever since. This guy also showed me a cover page of some motorcycling magazine he had stuffed in his backpack that he shot with a QL-17 GIII, which was when I first became interested in that little gem.
The shutter is borked on my T50, but I share your liking for simple point and shoot SLRs. The Canon AV-1 and Pentax MV do something similar, but the pared down SLR reached its apogee (or nadir depending on your perspective) with the Konica FP-1. Although it took standard Konica lenses, they only functioned at f2.8, f5.6 or f11.I find the T50 to be refreshing, leave it up to the camera and focus on the...focus. I love the screech of the film advance. I also bang around with a QL, the electronics are shot so I shoot commando. Fun camera, my first rangefinder.
The shutter is borked on my T50, but I share your liking for simple point and shoot SLRs. The Canon AV-1 and Pentax MV do something similar, but the pared down SLR reached its apogee (or nadir depending on your perspective) with the Konica FP-1. Although it took standard Konica lenses, they only functioned at f2.8, f5.6 or f11.
Since the spring I've shot with a Nikon F60 almost exclusively however, amounting to more than 40 rolls of film, probably a lot more. It never missed a beat. Having had five cameras die on me in the last year (2 SLRs and 3 compacts) I've become choosy about which one to pick for important occasions, but the F60 just keeps going.
Also recently picked up a Canon 5000 as back up the 3000n.
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