Re: ATM 35MM- Camera

[scott.barrie@CIMtegration.COM (Scott Barrie)]

Pete Brooks wrote:

>You'll get my F2 (purchased new back in 1977 or so) when you pry my cold dead
>fingers off it....  Mine fell off a top bunk in a sailboat (well, it was
>downwind when I put it there, and was too seasick to remember to move it) and
>it just got a minor dent.

Clearly a man after my own heart.

My F2 has accompanied me from the Arctic to the Cape of Good Hope and to
many, many, many places in between. It's performed flawlessly all along the
way. The only attention it has had was a cleaning (in 1982 - it's probably
due again) and a few (surprisingly few) battery changes. It's no longer my
primary camera but I wouldn't part with it and it still feels as solid and
capable as the day I bought it.

I recently came across a Beatty Intenscreen (sp?) that supposedly provides
a better, brighter focussing surface for astro work and I'm anxious to try
it out. If these clouds ever go away. Has anyone out there tried one of
these screens?

Cheers

Scott Barrie