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Stupid things Camera Companies leave out...
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T mode... They just leave B for almost everything when an old fashioned T mode would be so much better for long exposures... Ugh...
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Has any manufacturer made a film camera with shutter counter.. that would make a better indicator of the state of a used camera than going by the state of the outer shell.
Only on digital cameras sadly....
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The Fuji GW690 has a 3 digit shutter actuation counter -> http://imagesandcameras.com/fuji-fujifilm-gw690-iii-manual
In digital the counter is really helpful. You don't see a Nikon D3 with 120K actuations advertised as "amateur use only!" even when it's excellent cosmetically.
I actually checked some sale offers for the Fuji GW690 and many has quoted the actuation count. I wonder if one can obtain actuation count for Nikon F6!
I actually checked some sale offers for the Fuji GW690 and many has quoted the actuation count. I wonder if one can obtain actuation count for Nikon F6!
On the subject of the Fuji GW690, it has two shutter release buttons. One on top and one on the front, I always use the front one as it falls conveniently under my finger. Unfortunately it falls conveniently under my finger when I pick the camera up to use it! When you only have 8 exposures on a film it is very annoying to waste one. A shutter lock button would be useful.
Plaubel Makiflex has a counter, there may be others.
I believe camera like the Nikon F5, F100 and F6 do have the shutter counter but can not be read by the user but only Nikon service facility.
How about MLU (mirror lock up). This was a feature that if it were introduced in the first model, was usually omitted in the following models. Sure, MLU was a feature they reserved for their top models but they even omitted this in their top models as in the examples listed below:
Were there other examples?
- Olympus OM1 had it then omitted in the OM2
- Canon F-1 had it then omitted in the New F-1
- Minolta SRT-101 had it carried over to the SRT-102 but was omitted in the later production versions
Were there other examples?
Minolta had the mirror lock up on the SR-1, SR-7, SRT-101 and SRT-102. It was on those cameras because the 21mm lens for the camera was not a retrofocus lens and the mirror needed to be out of the way. When Minolta brought out a retrofocus 21mm lens, there was no longer a need for a mirror lockup.
There were a few SR-1 versions and the SR-1e version I have does not have MLU. According to the Dead Link Removed only the SR-1V - the last version, had it and it was required in order to use the 21mm lens.
Extending the film advance lever to activate the meter with half press of the shutter. I suppose the thought process was that this would prevent battery drain when a camera is in a bag and something may contact the shutter accidentally. Of course this method tends to poke into the eyes of those who are left eyed. A more clever implementation can be found in the Pentax MX and LX (possible others too?) that have a shutter lock to prevent accidental activation of the meter or shutter. Also, the meter can be activated and the shutter can be fired without the film advance sticking out.
Minolta invented the Senswitch for the Minolta XM (X-1, XK).
I personally think that was brilliant.
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The X-700 and the XG series have a not less brilliant feature: a surface on the shutter release senses the conductivity of the finger and turns the light meter on. So the light meter stays on when your finger is on the shutter release and stays off (after 20 seconds or so) when you take your finger out of the shutter release.
The result is the same as the Senswitch: you can walk for hours keeping the light meter "on" so that you have it immediately ready but without wasting the energy during most of the time, when you actually just "walk".
I personally think that was brilliant.
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The X-700 and the XG series have a not less brilliant feature: a surface on the shutter release senses the conductivity of the finger and turns the light meter on. So the light meter stays on when your finger is on the shutter release and stays off (after 20 seconds or so) when you take your finger out of the shutter release.
The result is the same as the Senswitch: you can walk for hours keeping the light meter "on" so that you have it immediately ready but without wasting the energy during most of the time, when you actually just "walk".
Sounds like a wonderful idea! Does it work with gloved hands?
No, and it doesn't work with hands which are too thoroughly cleaned with soap.
It works with normal hands normally dirty though
The XM device, on the other hand, works with gloves as well.
Hmmm..."Stupid things Camera Companies leave out".
You know, I don't really mind if they leave out the stupid things...
You know, I don't really mind if they leave out the stupid things...
Perhaps the thread should have been titled "Things Stupid Camera Companies Leave Out"?
Likewise, that's what prevents a camera from coming with a threatening textbook of a manual.
To Nikon F4 users, you know how the analog frame counter actually counts backward when you're rewinding your film? How come more cameras don't have that?
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Didn't know the F4 did this too as my Nikon experience ends at the F3. The Pentax LX does this too keeping the frame registration perfectly so that you can go back and forth to multiexpose any frame.
I don't know how useful it really is for most users, but it's nice to have. The F4 has both an analog frame counter as well as a digital counter which can be seen inside the finder. Come to think of it, I've never looked in the viewfinder to see if the digital counter counts backward as the film rewinds. Unfortunately, my own F4 is resting in pieces. Towards the end of its life, the analog and digital frame counters didn't agree with each other!
How about stupid things they put it?
Nikon introduced a feature into their aperture priority capable cameras (F3, FE2 & FA and others?) that sets a fix shutter speed when you load a new roll and advancing it to frame 1. This is to prevent you from accidentally setting it in aperture priority with the lens cap on and the camera setting a long exposure as you try to advance to frame 1.
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Not sure if anyone mentioned the annoying low shutter speed beep... seriously? (Nikon EM/FG/FG-20)
I wish more cameras had a shutter button lock
My F2 has one, but it's not nearly as efficient as the Nikon F3 and later (which just shuts off the power)
I do love the FM2/FE2, "push lever in to lock the shutter button", but then they put in the stupid tap shutter button to activate meter
I wish more cameras had a shutter button lock
My F2 has one, but it's not nearly as efficient as the Nikon F3 and later (which just shuts off the power)
I do love the FM2/FE2, "push lever in to lock the shutter button", but then they put in the stupid tap shutter button to activate meter
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