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From: citrin@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Citrin)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Replacing my Canon A1 - suggestions?
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Date: Sun, 8-Apr-84 00:38:38 EST
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You might consider buying a camera without all of the automation.
I own an A-1, and took lots of pictures with it (at least 5 rolls of film
a week for a year - lots for an amateur, that is).  As time went on, I
started trusting the built-in meter less and less and compensating
manually for different lighting conditions.  Eventually I bought a Luna-Pro
sbc hand-held meter and did all my metering with it.  When it came time to
buy a second camera body I bought a used Canon F-1 (the old version, not the 
new one).  Since the prism over the meter is broken and thus the meter is
unreadable, the camera effectively has no electronics and I love it.
The thing is incredibly rugged (you could drop kick it, take it to a war, etc)
and the shutter goes up to 1/2000 sec.  You should consider buying an
F-1, particularly if you still have your Canon lenses.  I think that even
a brand new (old version) F-1 would be a good deal.  In combination with
the hand held meter I have no complaints.  (Yes, I still use my A-1,
mainly with a motor drive, but the settings almost always come from my
hand-held meter).

Wayne Citrin
(ucbvax!citrin)