So I put together a list of must haves and a list of nice to haves:
Must haves:
- From a top manufacturer. I.e. Olympus, Canon, Nikon or Minolta. Pentax are already out.
- A manual focus camera, not an autofocus camera in manual mode.
- Aperture priority AE
- Metered manual
- A real shutter speed dial
- Shutter and aperture info visible in viewfinder
- DoF preview
- +/- exposure correction
- manual film speed setting
- Wide range of available lenses
Nice to haves:
- Self timer
- Program exposure mode
- Exposure lock
- Black finish
I dropped Minolta as their entire range is unfathomable to me. I'm not sure about the availability of lenses either. Canon went the same way as the AE-1 is shutter priority and the AV-1 doesn't have full manual. Which narrows us down to Olympus and Nikon.
I like the OM-2. I like it alot. But you loose shutter info in the viewfinder in manual mode. The OM40 looks good has program mode, but I don't like the way the manual metering works. In the Nikon camp there's the FG, also with program mode. Nice, compact, available in black. But for the same money I can get an FE, a proper camera made of metal.
So I did. £40 bought me a lightly brassed FE in black. The perfect camera? Pretty close. Watch this space!
1 comment:
I await the pictures...
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