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Now, here's a thought - maybe Fuji would put it on one of their cameras, just for fun!
I'll put in another plug for Canon's mid-line; the FTb up through the AE-1. The FTb (and lower featured TLb & TX siblings) are glorious chunks of metal and glass that, in my experience, have been very reliable. The FTb's semi-spot meter is a big advantage. They do use the NLA PX625 battery - but you can get a voltage regulating adapter to use modern batteries (https://shop.criscam.com/products/mr-9-mercury-battery-adapter).
The later AE-1 isn't as solid or nice to the touch but is lighter, uses a common battery, offers auto exposure and has an accessory power winder.
Step up from both is the superb Canon F1 and F1N or even the "tank" T90.
Regarding the Olympus OM-2n. I agree with those touting the shutter dial concentric around the lens. Brilliant. Left hand handled shutter and f-stops and the dials were logically arranged so that exposure adjustment was rational: one click to the right on the f-stop ring was exactly matched by one click right on the shutter speed dial.
Additionally the OM-2n had one killer feature: really long auto exposure. The shutter stayed open until the meter looking at reflected light falling on the film got enough light for a good exposure. This meant that it could do auto exposures up to several minutes long in near darkness. I used this a lot. In fact I got the closing picture in the Day in the Life of America, of a lightning storm over a small town at midnight using that feature. Thank you Maitaini.
Can't believe you didn't include the Canon AE-1!!
A Tamron Adaptall 2 17mm f/3.5, a Tamron Adaptall 2 24mm f/2.5, the 35-70mm, a couple of Minolta's 50mm lenses, f/1.4 (a bit flare prone) and 1.7, the Minolta 135mm f/2.8, and a Tamron Adaptall 2 80-210mm f/3.8-4.
Actually, I ended up with three copies of the Tamron zoom; I bought one, was given one, and the third came with an outfit I bought cheaply to get a Tamron Adaptall 2 mount for Pentax KA. This is how common they are, and they can be found for around £25-30, often with a mount.
I had a couple of X-700 bodies and an XG-M body. With slide film in all three cameras I would set the ASA to a third stop higher than the box speed, as using the box speed meant the shots were consistently a bit "thin".
I've always been a fan of the OM's shutter dial around the lens mount. Grip the camera with the right hand, twist stuff around the lens for focus and exposure. All while keeping the camera at eye level. Works great that way. For me, at least.
Great to see these cameras again. I started on a Minolta XG7 when I was 12 and then graduated to an FE2 when I was HS yearbook photographer. Thanks for the article.
I'd find it hard to recommend an SLR without depth-of-field preview, which the ME Super does not have. Otherwise it's fine, but I got rid of mine because of this. The later Program A did have DoF-preview.
And all four selections are basically a paperweight without batteries. However this is not always a bad thing. I snagged a OM4-Ti for $35 because it was ‘jammed’, with the mirror stuck in the up position. A set of fresh S76 batteries and it’s operation was restored to nominal.
Alexander Thorp, I am not opposed to manual focusing, have been doing it a lot lately, but I want to have at least an option of autofocus. I shoot mostly static subjects and autofocus on my film cameras works fine with them.
A full manual camera can be very off-putting for a "film virgin". My first film camera 10 years ago was a Mamiya C330 with a heavy and dim prism. The pictures were gorgeous but the UX was terrible, and I ended up selling the camera after one year. Now I use relatively modern 35mm SLRs and am very satisfied.
I had them all and only the Om-2’s have gone. They all had a mirror that wouldn’t go down any more. Btw rhe OM-1 was my first camera, secondhand, at the age of fifteen and I loved it, but mechanically they’re not great.
I’ve got an FM2n from when it was introduced and it still is perfect.
In the past 10 years I bought many many analogue cameras - and used many of these.
1/ The beautiful finder of the X-500 and X-700 camera’s (of which I slightly prefer the X-500 (= X-580) because it shows the chosen speeds together with the automatic speeds). Only my R6 has a better finder.
2/ The buttersmooth handling of the Takumar lenses and the ‘filmic’ redering of these lenses ( btw the rendering of the cheapo 55 1.8 i.m.o. Is equally beautiful as my 50 1.4 6 elements.
3/ The rendering of the R50 summicron E55 wide open for portraits. The smoothness and color of that lens can be magic.
Btw the ES ii indeed is a fine camera. But mine eats batteries like there’s no tomorrow..
My first SLR was a Ricoh KR-5. Known at the time for being a little cheaper than the SRT101 and using Pentax K mount.
Nice viewfinder, dependable exposure meter and it came in black, a real plus for me!
Can’t quite get on board with the X-500/570 or any of the other X-xxx models being recommended over the XD-7. The latter is only a bit more expensive but leagues ahead in user experience.
Also, as an added bonus, the lines of the prism housing and that the ‘black’ finish is actually a beautiful slightly gunmetal/charcoal grey. It’s probably the most aesthetically refined of the 70s & 80s auto/manual SLRs.
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