Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Aperture vs. shutter priority Message-ID: <1035@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 09:18:05 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1035 Posted: Thu Feb 28 09:18:05 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Mar-85 08:30:01 EST References: <1917@sdcc6.UUCP> <8474@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 31 In article <8474@brl-tgr.ARPA> ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) writes: >> It would probably bother me to know that there are such complex >> & fragile parts in my camera - I'm not saying that they can't be >> made to work reliably, but to me it's simply several more things >> that can jam, break or malfunction in some other way. I suspect that >> this is precisely the reason why the cameras used by most >> professionals (Nikon F3, Pentax LX, Canon F1) have only aperture >> priority. > >Probably the reason the Nikon and the Canon you list do not offer >shutter preffered is because they are relatively old designs compared >to the rest of the market these days. Back when these cameras were >new it just wasn't practical to make the automatic lens required. >I would have loved to have an F1, but I had to settle for a Yashica >and then a Pentax. A basic New F-1 (which has been on the market for about two years) is fully manual. One can buy an aperture-priority viewfinder, and buying a motor drive gives shutter priority (why? Don't ask me!). Also, Canon's FD lenses have always offered automatic aperture. Canon is a shutter-priority-priority ( :-) ) company, and I believe they have had auto lenses since the early 1970's. \tom haapanen watmath!watdcsu!haapanen Don't cry, don't do anything No lies, back in the government No tears, party time is here again President Gas is up for president (c) Psychedelic Furs, 1982