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12 Mar, 19:28, "Fred Anonymous" <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "norman" <lovel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Thanks Gary and Nospam, I have have asked Canon if the battery can be
>> replaced and it is a great idea to keep the lenses. I used to have a
>> A1 which actually lknocked spots off the T90 so I might look for one
>> of those
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>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm curious - what was the advantage of the A1 over the T90? I had an
A1
>> and
>> swapped to the T90 due to some shortcomings of the A1.
>>
>> Regards, Ian.
>It was along time ago and my memory is'nt so good, but I still regard
>the A1 with affection. I believe it was the way it handled nice and
>snug in the hand, not so complicated and felt lighter even if it
>was'nt. I took some pretty good glamour shots mostly with the 85mm.
>The only drawback that I remember was having to get a special
>attachment for the hot shoe to be able to use off camers flash, but
>that seems to be standard now.
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Hello Norman.
The A1 had a standard hot shoe and just needed an off-shoe cord in order
to
use a flash off the body.
The F1 needed an adaptor to accept a hot shoe flash or hot shoe cord, if I
remember. Its standard flash connector was a PC socket (once again, if I
remember correctly).
I had an A1 and changed to a T90 (20 years old and still working) which
gave
me the following advantages:
- vertical metal shutter rather than a fabric horizontal one gave me a
higher flash sync speed and hand-holding at a lower shutter speed;
- spot metering;
- TTL flash;
- motor drive;
On the other hand, the A1 was much more compact than the T90 - something I
appreciated when I went travelling with the T90.
Regards, Ian.
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