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Please suggest an SLR Hello All, I need help finding a 35mm SLR (new or used) based on the following criterion: Must have features: 1. ability to manually control the Features that would be nice: -in camera light meter This will be the first SLR I've ever owned and I'll be doing a lot of learning with it, so the more manual it is, the better. Not that I have a problem with automation, it's just that I don't want to get confused by all of the features most AE cameras offer. Thanks a bunch and have a good one,
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Kerry L. Walker |
Sounds like the Nikon FM-3A would fit your specs. except for the MLU.
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Will Turner |
You should be consulting a few more specialized astrophotography sites. Not only do they have more information, they can tell you which cameras 'met the specs' but also which ones then froze up during a long night's work, couldn't be repaired, had a unreliable internal component, etc.: http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/I03/I03.HTM http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=349 http://home.g-net.net/~andy/aphoto.htm Once you find a few suitable cameras, check a few enthusiast sites for information on camera ownership experience. You don't want to be the guy who re-discovers the fact that no one wants to repair Minolta XE-7s anymore, that Pentax LX bodies usually need extensive and pricey CLA to replace all those seals, etc. At minimum, you'll want a SLR that mechanically holds its shutter open on bulb or time setting. You are excluding quite a lot of cameras with two of your requirements - most 35mm film SLR cameras cannot achieve your 1/250 flash sync minimum without a modern vertical-travel metal shutter, while most newer SLRs lack MLU. Some SLRs (Yashica FX-3, Nikon FM3a) do have a 'poor man's' MLU in the form of mirror pre-fire, where using the self timer locks up the mirror before the shutter is activated.
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