Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!smith From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Manual SLRs - (nf) Message-ID: <260@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 21:10:32 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.260 Posted: Sun Jun 5 21:10:32 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 21:24:06 EDT Lines: 18 #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.