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When one buys an old camera, there is a choice to be made amidst the improving quality of the equipment and increasing number of features as time went by. It is an individual choice: one person's great advancement may be another person's silly widget. This is a "real" 35 mm camera. It does not have auto focus, which may seem like a fault, but focusing is something I automatically do when I compose the shot. That is why they made SLR's to begin with. In my humble opinion, this camera has a sweet combination of features. It uses "Off The Film" light metering (I find that to be a major improvement), a selectable two zone Matrix light metering system (ESP)(can be useful, and I can turn it off if I want to), a depth of field preview button on the lens if I use auto, and the usual features such as self timer (with full mirror lock up), ISO 25–3200 (with automatic DX coding), flash automation ... The camera feels solid like a rock. My original photography training was with viewfinder cameras and light meters, for those of you who know what that is. I mostly use this camera like a semi-automatic camera with aperture priority, which is the best of all worlds as IMHO, or simply manual with build-in light meter. By setting the aperture, you really decide what type of shot you will be taking: artistic with selective focus type or crystal clear detailed. The build-in light meter tells you approx what speed it will use; I use that as a sanity check. If the exposure is too long, I will brace to avoid shake, set up my tripod or change the aperture setting. For quick snapshots, I prefer using digital cameras for their lightning quick set up and incredible good automatic settings, and then use software to stitch or enhance the pictures. What keeps me from going completely digital, or rather, made me go back to film are these: The bad low light performance, the high cost of the DSLR's when you consider the short life due to obsolescence or outclassing by newer models and the still limited resolution compared to film. J.P. Cloot Watertown, NYRead full review
This is a brand new camera! It's like a time capsule back to the 1980s when this model was made. I have loaded it with film and have not had the opportunity to put it too the test, but everything on it is absolutely functioning as it should. What a find this was! I will be trying it out this weekend on a getaway to meet with family in another state. What a great value this is.
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