Would you buy an F4 if you only use MF lenses?

[Two23]

No. It's the heaviest 35mm camera ever made. My taste runs more to a Leica.


Kent in SD

[Les Sarile]

I've had the 1V before but they're still expensive I bought and sold mine for $700. I can get an F4 (or whichever body) for well under $200. Anything more expensive isn't on my radar.

If that's the case then I won't tell you how much it cost me for that Canon 1VHS that I bought from a local forensic lab . . .

[Ricardo Miranda]

No. It's the heaviest 35mm camera ever made. My taste runs more to a Leica.


Kent in SD

Not exactly, it depends on what battery pack is fitted. The F4 with the MB-20 weights 1090kg while the F5 weights 1210kg and the EOS 1V with the PB-E2 weights 1380kg. Granted the F4S with the 6 AAs pack MB-21 weights 1280kg and the F4E with the MB-23 is 1400kg heavy!

See: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...htmls/spec.htm and http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...nF5/specF5.htm

[flatulent1]

If that's the case then I won't tell you how much it cost me for that Canon 1VHS that I bought from a local forensic lab . . .

I am just imagining the photos that came out of that camera.

They didn't leave a roll of film in it when you got it, I suppose?

[agphotography]

Please do tell, I love good bargain stories! Won't bother me in the slightest. I never thought of asking law enforcement departments about their gear, that's not a bad idea! Too bad I don't have any friends in those departments.

[Les Sarile]

I picked it up for $100 with the PBE2 motor and TC-80N3 remote. I don't mind disclosing it now since I traded it all for a Pentax K 50mm f1.2. . .

[agphotography]

OHHHHHHHHH MY GOD.

Ok yeah if I could get a 1V for $100 I'd be all over it. That's a bargain and a half!

[Les Sarile]

That's what I said when I saw it posted locally! Even if I had no intention of keeping it, I figure it would be a quick sell or trade!

[dehk]

EL2. Look it up.

[agphotography]

Hmm, came across an F2A in nice shape for about the same price I was expecting to pay for the F4. I'm not quite ready to buy just yet (later this month) but that had me wondering...