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From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Manual SLRs - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 21:10:32 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  5 21:10:32 1983
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#R:rocheste:-26100:umn-cs:9000002:000:791
umn-cs!smith    Dec  1 14:24:00 1982

  I've been using a "manual" camera for years now and I feel rather
uncertain about changing to an automatic, too.  My Nikkormat FTN
is starting to show the ravages of age (not even Nikon in Flushing
could quite fix the meter after its most recent crash landing on
concrete).  But Nikon's latest manual camera (the FM2) costs more
than either the FG or the cheapo EM, both of which are automatic.
  I'm starting to weaken, since the FG is rumored to support manual
use as well as automatic....
  I like to aim the camera from one angle and take a meter
reading, aim it somewhere else and focus, then aim and shoot.  If
you're taking several shots under similiar conditions you only have
to do your camera settings once.  This works poorly on automatics
without a genuine manual mode.

Rick.