Re: Canon T90

"Garry Douglas" <garry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Fred Anonymous" <anon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>
>> 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).
>
> Just had a look at my old  A1 and F1n. The A1 indeed has a standard hot 
> shoe and a PC socket. I never had a Canon flash (used Vivitar instead)
but 
> can't for the life of me remember how I handled off camera flash. I'm 
> fairly sure my 5600 had a removable dedicated Canon module so there may 
> have been a module extension lead that fitted in the hot shoe..
>
> The F1n also has a standard hot shoe and a PC socket but I have the AE 
> head on it and am not sure about the standard head.
>
>> 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;
>
> The A1 had a moror drive. You just had to screw it on the bottom of the 
> body :-)
>
> Garry
>
>

Hi Garry.

I think (please don't make me try to find the leaflets and books about the

A1) that the A1 had a choice of autowinder or motor drive.

For me, that vertical metal shutter of the T90 was noticeably better than 
the horizontal cloth shutter of the A1. This still doesn't detract from
the 
fact that the A1 was a major landmark in its day.

Regards, Ian.