The Hobbyist is the luckiest boy in the whole world!

MarkR · December 25, 2006

Santa heard he wanted an SLR and got him a nice one -- Canon FTb with a 50mm f/1.8 lens in pretty excellent condition. :barb

[edit] Found a manual online. Need to find a battery for the meter and hope it's not broken.

Seymore · December 25, 2006

http://www.canonfd.com/pdf/ftb.pdf . . . . Dis one's free!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-FTb-Owners-Manual-Printed_W0QQitemZ140066615387QQihZ004QQcategoryZ29957QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-AE-1-AT-1-A-1-AL-1-FTB-EF-F-1-T-50-Service-Manual_W0QQitemZ220063734317QQihZ012QQcategoryZ107919QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-FTb-TLb-Camera-Service-Repair-Manual-Complete_W0QQitemZ200061950461QQihZ010QQcategoryZ107919QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-FTb-Manual-English_W0QQitemZ160023242910QQihZ006QQcategoryZ29963QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-FTb-Camera-instruction-handbook-manual-on-CD_W0QQitemZ120018463269QQihZ002QQcategoryZ712QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-FTb-TLb-Service-Manual_W0QQitemZ140066264789QQihZ004QQcategoryZ29957QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

MarkR · December 25, 2006

Seymore wrote:

http://www.canonfd.com/pdf/ftb.pdf . . . . Dis one's free!!!

Thanks! I found it. I just ordered a non-mercury battery online from eBay as well. I hope the meter's not broken but everything else on the camera seems solid.

jsedlak · December 25, 2006

Nice!

I still play around with my parents' AT-1,

David_S85 · December 25, 2006

AT-1. My first real camera! Manual version of the AE-1.

System · December 26, 2006

I have the FTb "n" (1973) that my dad bought when I was born sitting right here. Still a great camera.

Duckys54 · December 26, 2006

Oh boy
That is one sick camera. I have one similar to it, except minolta.

Bob&Glennie · December 26, 2006

Great Camaera!!!
I had an FTB (for the betweener) a LOT of years ago. Solid machine. You could drive nails with it and it would come for more!

The only thing I didn't like was the mirror slap but it has a mirror lockup so that's OK.

Enjoy ... it's a great camera from a time when they made REAL cameras

Bob

Jane B. · December 30, 2006

Which battery does this camera take?
Which battery does this camera take? If it is the 675, I have a hint for you. If you find yourself using it a lot you might want to compare the cost of the #675 hearing aid batteries to the camera version. I wear a hearing aid and after I bought a Vivitar 220, that has a match needle meter, back in that same era, mid 1970's, the local dealer and I discovered this. He was a family friend as well so I felt comfortable trying it. There is a very slight difference in voltage (1.4 compared to 1.35) that he said would not make a difference and it did not.

MarkR · January 4, 2007

Jane B. wrote:

Which battery does this camera take? If it is the 675, I have a hint for you. If you find yourself using it a lot you might want to compare the cost of the #675 hearing aid batteries to the camera version. I wear a hearing aid and after I bought a Vivitar 220, that has a match needle meter, back in that same era, mid 1970's, the local dealer and I discovered this. He was a family friend as well so I felt comfortable trying it. There is a very slight difference in voltage (1.4 compared to 1.35) that he said would not make a difference and it did not.

Thanks for the advice but I (finally!) got my battery and put it in and ... it works! The meter for this 30+ year old camera still works!

Tomorrow, as soon as it's light out, I'm taking pictures!

The Hobbyist is the luckiest boy in the whole world!

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