Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!ward From: ward@ttidcc.UUCP (Don Ward) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Canon A-1 vs T70 Message-ID: <233@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 19:20:50 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.233 Posted: Mon Feb 11 19:20:50 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 03:13:42 EST Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 12 For about the same money (based on NY prices quoted in the photo magazine ads), I would recommend the Canon A-1 over the T70 without question. I think the A-1 is better made and has it's emphasis more on the taking of pictures (as opposed to things like auto-loading/ rewinding, etc.). The LED display is exceptionally nice to use; LCD panels are sometimes difficult to read. Lastly, the A-1 "looks" more like a camera. I just wish that Canon would come out with a new version of the A-1 (which would probably be called something imaginative like "the New A-1") which had spot metering a la the Olympus OM-3/4, a faster shutter, etc. I suppose it depends largely on the sales of the T70 whether Canon stays committed to the T line.