>>3462013I spent the last weekend trying and fumbling with my old F-1 at a con. I missed half the shots I took because I got the flash exposure wrong. One of the lenses slowly lost infinity focus thanks to wear in the bushings. Another fungus'd overnight. And it took twice as long to get any picture in focus.
it's sole crowning glory was that the con's actual photographer didn't turn up for the Cosplay so it may have - just may have - the only photographs from the con's cosplay events. If I didn't fuck it up. It was big and brutal enough that the con-staff thought I was the con's photographer.... until I told them I wasn't.
It's a nice old brute of a thing with sentimental value. And it does start conversations.
But I'd rather have used me EOS650. It's fast - can still be manually focused if the Zoot-Zoot from the old lens is intrusive - can usually be manually operated, and has full auto flash that works and bounces. And that I can get a new Samyang 35mm F1.4 for... which will fit and be tack-sharp. It's quiter - even with the motor. And it cost me 25 quid with a 50mm STM,
Even the T70 worked well. Sometimes it's nice not to worry about exposure and shit and just shoot.
