chrishayden

Hi. My old EF has serial no. 103887. Not sure of the date as the code is difficult to read.

<p>Hi. These are the best screw-mount Leicas to use. Go out and buy a roll of 35mm film and trim the leader as per the diagram on the inside of the base plate. Then use a hand-held light meter (or use the readings from a digital camera) and take a few photos of some of your friends, etc. You will be amazed at the quality of the images and the fun to be had taking them. Using a classic Leica like this is a real experience of the way photography used to be - the era of working out the approx. exposure, focusing by hand and capturing the essence of what you see. Or, sell this camera and suffer the remorse!</p>

What's wrong with you all? Of course you would use the video-on-DSLR feature of the D90. Why? Because it's there!

As we all know, video is simply a faster series of fps. 5min limit - no problem. The ability to flip a switch

and record some great event in video may capture the event of the decade. And, now we can do it without reaching

into our camera bags. Good on the Nikon engineers for coming up with this feature - it is simply fantastic. I

have longed for it for ages, despite making extensive use of mini DV on a camcorder. So, I rang my Nikon agent

today and have my name on the waiting list.

I am an avid user of the older model Canon F1n (I have used about 4 different ones now) and also use my

daughter's AE-1 P. I prefer the manual control offered by the F1n and also its superb, rugged quality. These

cameras were machined to 1/100,000th of an inch and would be far too expensive to manufacture today.

Apprarentlyt, Canon kept improving on the design of only a couple of their camera models (during its production

run) - the F1 being one on them. I love to be able to easily overide the meter, hook up to a simple flash system

and know and feel when the exposure is right. I used to have a Canon T90, but one of the built in motors failed

to work when I was on a wedding shoot! The T90, A-series and newer EOS Canon's do a fine job, but for reliability

under pressure you can't beat the old F1n's. I am confident that the old F1's will outlive the likes of the T90's and

A1's, etc. There were two slighly different models - the F1 and F1n. The first went to ASA1600 and the second to

ASA 3200. The second model has the film reminder in the back and had some internal improvements. If you can,

get the second model. They both tend to sell for around the same price. I hope this helps.

The FD 20mm f2.8 is one of Canon's very best wide angle lenses and I tend to use mine as a standard lens most

of the time. Great performance wide open and tack sharp prints. The first time I used this lens the results were

obviously superior on 6 x 4 prints. I have spoken with others who rave about this model. I would prefer the new

FD version over the old. A great optical performer and wonderful side angle effect.