Keep quiet and buy that gear while the prices are low!
Indeed these are all very different in terms of functionality and choice may be dictated by the purpose. If the use requires 10fps then the choice is easy . . .
I think we've established in this thread that today's appearance-obsessed hipsters want a camera that looks like a manual camera, not a DSLR, and so shallowly scorns the EOS. Also that Photrio's traditionalist wing eschews blobby plastic cameras for the reliability of good old metal, and so profoundly scorns the EOS.
I guess I fall in the "traditionalist" camp.I think we've established in this thread that today's appearance-obsessed hipsters want a camera that looks like a manual camera, not a DSLR, and so shallowly scorns the EOS. Also that Photrio's traditionalist wing eschews blobby plastic cameras for the reliability of good old metal, and so profoundly scorns the EOS.
That cheerleader shot is not so great. Eadweard Muybridge managed to do those kind of shots without a Canon EOS a 100 years before. Speaking of Eadweard Muybridge, here is a fun fact to know and tell I ran across in Wikipedia: "In 1874, Muybridge shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover, but was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of justifiable homicide." Probably didn't need a Canon EOS for that either. He was a pretty versatile guy.
The use of a "computer" on these cameras was a huge advance because it allowed change of mechanical linkages to electronic linkages (e.g., command dial, micromotors, relays, etc.).This is not to depsise the EOS3, as it was a very capable camera that I really liked, but it's more a computer that photographs than a camera (yes I also had an EOS 7D, and it was worse in terms of settings).
The T-90 and EOS 3 were notorious for problems with the magnetic shutter release. I was able to buy my EOS 3 for something like US$50 because the owner said it was broken. After banging the camera a few dozen times on my carpeted floor, the shutter started working again. I gave it a lot of exercise by tripping the shutter a few hundred times and since then I have not had the shutter freeze occur.I sold the EOS 3 because the shutter developed the same issue as my T90 and I did not want to pay for a new shutter as I did for the T90, and my only regret is that I should have bought a F1New (I really balanced at this time) which most likely would still work like a charm. I don't know if all EOS bodies have the same shutter issue or if I was unlucky.
No, the back has the AF switch that changes the AF from narrow to wide and the AEL and meter modes. I really like my 600, one of favs for travel. I should spend the money and get the battery grip.
The EOS 1V 945g, EOS 1 850g, EOS 3 780g and the MX at 499g so the MX is much lighter.For all that I'd say the EOS weighs as much as the MX. Although the MX is one of the smallest SLRs designed. Compare the EOS to an F4 or F3 with an MD.
Keep quiet and buy that gear while the prices are low!
Well, no, pulled out my 600, popped in a fresh battery, dead, nothing.
The EOS 1V 945g, EOS 1 850g, EOS 3 780g and the MX at 499g so the MX is much lighter.
I agree on the advance it represents, but in the end it made photography less fun for me since it implied so much control. I'm much happier using a mechanical camera and messing some shots.The use of a "computer" on these cameras was a huge advance because it allowed change of mechanical linkages to electronic linkages (e.g., command dial, micromotors, relays, etc.).
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I tried this on mine with no results, it worked but unreliabky. My Ae1P had one CLA in 40 years ( mainly to fix the squeak) and still works fine.The T-90 and EOS 3 were notorious for problems with the magnetic shutter release. I was able to buy my EOS 3 for something like US$50 because the owner said it was broken. After banging the camera a few dozen times on my carpeted floor, the shutter started working again. I gave it a lot of exercise by tripping the shutter a few hundred times and since then I have not had the shutter freeze occur.
Just to be serious for a split-second, was the trend toward autofocus driven by photographers or camera manufacturers? I never had any trouble focusing until I got a digital camera with an autofocus lens. Now I've got about a half dozen menu options and I still have to trick the lens into focusing on what I want it to. I remember buying my first digital camera. The guy at the camera shop handed it to me to try out, so I held it up to my eye and I started turning the lens and nothing happened. I sort of looked at him and he said I needed to turn it on first and then it would automatically focus on the wrong thing. No wonder so many old people buy digital Leicas.
The EOS 1V 945g, EOS 1 850g, EOS 3 780g and the MX at 499g so the MX is much lighter.
I should get a couple of M42 to EF mount adapters for my 6 Pentax lenses just to see how they do.You can even use manual focus Olympus OM lenses (has focus confirmation with the right adapter) as well as the Varimamifinder . . .
Seems like I'm in the minority...
I guess I fall in the "traditionalist" camp.At any rate, I have F-1n, F-1N AE and A-1 FD cameras, and EOS A2E and EOS 3 EF cameras. The curvy body style of the EF cameras originated with the T-90 FD camera. Much of it was about ergonomics; I think the EOS cameras are much more comfortable. And all this problem talk about the "plastic" used on these cameras is grossly overstated. If they can build these using "plastic" (composite polymers):
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Then, surely they can be good enough for cameras.
I use my FD cameras more (F-1N, mostly) simply because I have a lot more FD lenses - something like 9 or 10, vs. 2 EF lenses.
Right, now pop a lens on and see how it balances out. 50mm on either.
Not with all EOS bodies though, some are incompatible with these adapters.
I should get a couple of M42 to EF mount adapters for my 6 Pentax lenses just to see how they do.
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