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13 Mar, 19:13, "Fred Anonymous" <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 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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> >> ================
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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.
Hello Fred,
told you my memory had gone. I checked for myself and you are right.
in fact I found in my camera bag the hot shoe attachment for the T90.
I now have an answer to my original question ie replacement of the
internal battery. Fixation uk can't do it any more but Colchester
Camera Repair service can for £30.00 + vat
Sounds good to me.
Roger
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