Hi, Paul, Well, I don't have an F, but I've got several Spotties.
I think I'd love the open-aperture metering (although I"ve gotten quite used to stop-down metering on the SP's), but what I don't like is the fact that the meter comes one as soon as the lens cap comes off. So, if you walk around with the cap off, ready as always for that great photo op, you're using batteries! Plus, if you leave the cap off when you get home, you're draining the batteries as well. For those reasons, I think I'd prefer an SPII. That way you still get the hotshoe. Dave, I think Paul's pretty bang on as far as pricing (converting to Canadian dollars). Somewhere around $150 to $160 seems about right for a chrome body. Double that for black (but theyr'e so beautiful!). cheers, frank Paul Stenquist wrote: > Spotmatic F's are probably the best screw mount cameras on the planet. > They're not beleaguered with the electrnics of the ES models yet they > stop down the lens for metering. I love mine. I would pay a hundred > books for a nice chrome body or two hun for a pretty black one. > Paul > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
