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From: simsong@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Simson Garfinkel)
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Subject: Re: Nikon N2000
Message-ID: <34@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 16:18:25 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 14 16:18:25 1985
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In article <1633@hammer.UUCP>, seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) writes:
> Does any Nikon have shutter-priority?  (possibly the FA?)
> 
Yes, the FA does. That's why I bought it; I thought that
shutter-priority was the thing, and I really wanted to Nikon lenses.
It's not a hard thing to do, if you've already got a program mode. And I
think that its much nicer than program. Are you listening, Nikon?

> Most manufacturers have the same problem, which is why most cameras
> offer aperture-priority rather than shutter-priority.  (Then their
> marketing dept tries to cover-up the problem by concentrating on
> depth of field shooting still-lifes rather than freezing action.
> If you're shooting still-life, who needs automation?)

I believe that the Cannon AE1 also offers a shutter-priority mode. Also
the new Pentax super-program (my, that's an old camera now, isn't it?)
The problem with the Pentax is that it doesn't work with the old
non-electronic lenses. If you put an old lense on the new Pentax, you
only get aperature-priority.