john_lane5

<p>I am now the proud owner of three lightly used EF's, averaging about $70 each. As noted above, I will likely keep them all, for usage and then eventually parts cameras, with the goal to keep at least one alive for years to come. Can't wait to get my hands on them.</p>

<p>Well, you all have intrigued me enough, along with a video on Youtube by GasStation, and will purchase. I actually think the wife will love this camera, with its semi-auto mode. I gotta say though....I really, really love the FTBn's...... Yep, I am all over the old-school, retro thing.</p>

<p>I'm on a quest to collect and build a stable of Cannon FD cameras and lenses. I just love grabbing one on any given day and experiencing it. And for pennies on the dollar from what they originally cost, its a reasonably painless passion. I have purchased and experienced about a dozen from the QL17 to the T90. Heck, I even picked put a fabulous, but dirt cheap, EOS Elan 7N that feels and shoots super nice in my hands and uses my DSLR lenses. My two favorites so far are the FTbn Black and the F1N. I tend to prefer the bulky, heavy and mechanical ones.<br> On this forum, you all have such awesome threads on many cameras and great comparisons, but I cannot find a head to head of the FTbn and the EF. Yes I know the EF has some automation and a unique shutter, but shooting the cameras side by side, what is the experience and the opinions? I have not held or experienced an EF and wonder if I should stake $100 to give one a go. What are the opinions and comparisons?</p>

<p>Is it me....or only me.....<br> The FTb is just the most satisfying, manual camera ever?<br> I have a couple F1N's....and love them, but for beating around and no-worries photography....I love my FTb "black".</p>