Subj : Re: Photography
To   : Nook8081
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Jul 12 2026 09:25:24

-=> Nook8081 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 > AE-1 Program years ago, am looking over at my bookcase now at a Canon
 > FTb with that lens...

 No> Ooo, that's sick, I have always wanted a AE-1.

They are great cameras. Shutter priority exposure, take modern
batteries, built like tanks, lots of spare parts available. Used ones do
get the "Canon Squeak" when the lube dries out.

I got a CLA on mine (Clean, Lube, Adjust) and it shot like new. Shoot
with the 50/1.8 wide open on Kodak Porta 160VC or Fuji 100 film and be
amazed.

The FTb I have now is a predecessor - mechanical shutter, match-needle
exposure. It takes 1.5v Mercury batteries that aren't made any more, you can
either fake it with 1.5v zinc-air hearing aid batteries or get the meter
adjusted to use 1.35v silver-oxide batteries.

Or just tweak the exposure by a stop...





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