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Fire Ball - 27 Apr 2004 23:16 GMT

Forget the new generation of 3000000 segment metering SLRs. Go back to
basics and think for yourselves!!!!

?100 for the freedom given to our fathers!!!!

FireBall

I bought mine from www.ffordes.co.uk!! Best decision I ever took!

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moda - 28 Apr 2004 08:58 GMT

> Forget the new generation of 3000000 segment metering SLRs. Go back to
> basics and think for yourselves!!!!

I normally shoot a full-automatic canon, but more and more the automatic
functions are left off. I shoot with a handheld incident meter for portraits
inside and outside and cam on full manual. I can fully understand your
point. Even though you have a full-automatic set it to manual focus and
exposure and experiment. My former photo-teacher made us use our cams in
that way to learn the basics. And now I never shoot anything more auto than
aperture priority or shutter priority with careful metering. The meter in my
EOS 7 is very nice with spot, matrix and centreweighted modes.

> ?100 for the freedom given to our fathers!!!!

Very nice price for a well-functioning camera. And lenses are cheap too for
the FD-bayonet.

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wkg - 28 Apr 2004 09:53 GMT

> > ?100 for the freedom given to our fathers!!!!
>
> Very nice price for a well-functioning camera. And lenses are cheap too for
> the FD-bayonet.

Hmmmm ... FD 85/1.8 is about 200 $ in excellent condition, the EF 85/1.8 is
320 in bhphotovideo. I can not see a very big difference. But - of course
the FD lenses are much better built and can work longer than plastic EF-s.

wkg

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moda - 28 Apr 2004 11:15 GMT

> Hmmmm ... FD 85/1.8 is about 200 $ in excellent condition, the EF 85/1.8 is
> 320 in bhphotovideo. I can not see a very big difference. But - of course
> the FD lenses are much better built and can work longer than plastic EF-s.

The plasitc EF 85/1.8 is great. i use it in my studio. I will not let it
taste the use in field work.

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