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Post by John Parry on Nov 18, 2007 10:04:17 GMT -5
Came across something I hadn't seen before. Do an eBay search on item
220170984168
Not so much the camera (I know we have Cosina fans who can give chapter & verse on that), but have a look at the attachment. Anyone seen one of those? Were they specific to the camera model? (I should think it had to be). Why wouldn't you just go for an aperture priority camera in the first place?
Any thoughts?
Regards - John
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Post by olroy2044 on Nov 18, 2007 12:57:22 GMT -5
Never seen or heard of one. Interesting gizmo. Roy
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Post by doubs43 on Nov 18, 2007 13:19:19 GMT -5
John, that's the first time I've encountered such an accessory and it is very interesting. No doubt it's rare too. It doesn't improve the appearance of the camera but most add-on extras don't.
Walker
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Post by herron on Nov 19, 2007 10:50:32 GMT -5
Fascinating, John. Instead of building the functionality into the camera to change from shutter priority to aperture priority they build an accessory attachment! I don't know that I've ever seen one of those either, and I agree with Walker that it sure doesn't add much to the appearance...but what the heck, it is interesting!  |
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Post by nikonbob on Nov 19, 2007 12:04:07 GMT -5
John
And here I thought that Nikon was the only one with that sort of attachment. Nikon's was called an EE Aperture Control Unit and when attached to to an F2 turned it into an aperature priority camera. It was bulky and works slowly, trust me. I think that Cosina SLR is very interesting for that attachment alone. Thanks for posting it, you learn something new everyday.
Bob
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Post by John Parry on Nov 19, 2007 17:26:35 GMT -5
I wasn't thinking so much of the appearance (my Contina looks quite dashing with its external rangefinder, and I think the Exacta metering viewfinders give the cameras a certain something). No, it was the idea of converting to shutter priority from aperture priority - why would you want to?
I only have one non-AF with shutter and aperture priority - the Konica FP1. That's fully automatic other than the focussing, and although it takes good snaps you have limited control over the DOF. I believe it was particularly good for fast internal flash shots with a dedicated flash, so that may have something to do with it..
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Nov 20, 2007 15:18:14 GMT -5
Bob
Exactly right... I asked the seller, and he said you had to wait while the servo geared up to change the film speed, but he'd got used to that and found it very useful. What we had to put up with hey?
Regards - John
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