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  • Re: Photography

    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nook8081 on Sun Jul 12 09:25:24 2026
    Nook8081 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    AE-1 Program years ago, am looking over at my bookcase now at a Canon
    FTb with that lens...

    Ooo, that's sick, I have always wanted a AE-1.

    They are great cameras. Shutter priority exposure, take modern
    batteries, built like tanks, lots of spare parts available. Used ones do
    get the "Canon Squeak" when the lube dries out.

    I got a CLA on mine (Clean, Lube, Adjust) and it shot like new. Shoot
    with the 50/1.8 wide open on Kodak Porta 160VC or Fuji 100 film and be
    amazed.

    The FTb I have now is a predecessor - mechanical shutter, match-needle exposure. It takes 1.5v Mercury batteries that aren't made any more, you can either fake it with 1.5v zinc-air hearing aid batteries or get the meter adjusted to use 1.35v silver-oxide batteries.

    Or just tweak the exposure by a stop...





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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nook8081 on Sun Jul 12 09:25:25 2026
    Nook8081 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    That is sick, how does the buffer hold up shooting raw on that camera?

    There's a bit of a delay, less than a second?

    4300, those models from the early 2000s with the rotating body. They're
    fun because they have a threaded ring on the lens and can mount a
    polarizer, neutral density filter, wide angle and telephoto
    attachments. It also has a full manual setting.

    Me too for the most part, I have a baseline minimum I won't go below,
    but I'm not interested in getting a high MP camera just for the high
    MP, I have to like it for other reasons too.

    Most of my fun was street shooting with 640x480 toycams. At that level,
    it's all about creativity, composition and capturing light.



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