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Anonymous
I'm interested in starting with photography, but I haven't got a clue what to begin with.
I looked through our cellar after some old camera I know my father owned and I found it.
It's a Canon FTb, no manual, no nothing.
I'm used to digital cameras and as so I don't really now what to do... :(
Is it a good beginners camera or is it complete crap?
The review I found didn't say much more than that it was good due to nostalgia...

Note: english is not my
>> Anonymous
>>49614
Note: english is not my ->

OP here, I do not speak english at all. Thats what Im trying to say. It's not my first language and what not. European. Gah.
>> des
Match needle for the win~
Mercury cell for the meter kind of sucks, but it's a nice centre weighted meter. If it's not gummed up with old foam or otherwise rusty, it's more than adequate.
>> Anonymous
Run it through all the shutter speed settings (the dial that should start on B and go up from there). These settings, once you get into the fractions of seconds time how long the shutter stays open when you press the release button (do it without film in the camera). For example, set it to 1/2 second and see if it "sounds" like the shutter is open for a half of a second. Move up through the dial and it should get faster as you go along. If any of the settings are sticky, the time the shutter is open will change.

If that is ok, put a roll of film through it and see if it works properly.
>> Anonymous
Really really nice, in fact I'd like to have one like that since I'm used to it and find that digital camera sucks for artistic pics
>> Anonymous
>>50101
surrender to the byte revolution, heathen!
>> Anonymous
I have a few of these, and must say I love using them for infrared. You will likely not have a problem with the meter due to not being able to use mercury cells. The only problem with these is if the timer springs are going, or have already gone, as they do not use an electronic timer for the shutter (same problem my F-1 eventually got replaced for. A 3 story drop didn't kill the camera but the two shutter timing springs failing after 30 years did).

This is in my opinion one of the best beginners cameras that I have run across. Its easy to use, very durable, and doesn't overwhelm you with features.