William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator survey, part Deaux Now in Digest > modeto save bandwidth. > > >> 1. Only one body, and it was the cheapest. They killed the F1 and the >> T90, T80 and T70 off almost immediately after the EOS introduction. >> Can't sell what you don't make. > > It was an economic decision for sure. > Force the FD users to buy into a new system, and hope that they aren't > too pissed off to buy another Canon. > A friend of mine had a T-90, which was very similar to one of the early > EOS camera bodies, as you may recall. > It stopped firing the flash at some point not long after the > introduction of the EOS, so he sent it to Canon Canada for repair. They > sent back a basket case (literally, I saw the thing, it looked like a > goat had exploded in the box), and told him it was unrepairable. > They offered him a good price on an EOS camera body as a goodwill > gesture. > > The T-90 suited his needs very well, he didn't need or want the new AF > technology, or the new and improved interface. He wanted to use a metal > bodied lens with good manual focus feel. > Canon's lack of support didn't go over well with him. > > William Robb >
It's sad what they did with the T90, which is one of the most capable MF bodies ever made, possibly the most capable. They're still desirable today, if you can find one that has been shot regularly, but not excessively (The shutter has issues if not used on a regular basis). I actually wouldn't mind getting a T90 myself, of course I'd be using Pentax lenses on it (I have the Canon M42 adaptor for FD) -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
