Moose asked Ken: What were you shooting in 1970?
I thought that made for a new subject. In 1970 I was shooting with a
Miranda GT with one lens, the standard 50/1.8. The page where this
image is from <http://www.mirandacamera.com/_intro/Image17.jpg> says:
"The Model F was extended into the more comprehensive Model G, with
interchangeable focus screens, an oversize mirror, and mirror lockup.
This last feature, coupled with the availability of a magnifying finder,
made the G particularly attractive to astronomers for telescope use".
My wife bought it for me in 1968 as my university graduation present. I
sorely wanted to do astrophotgraphy at the time and my Petri 7s
<http://photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/Petri7s.html> rangefinder
(my very first camera bought in Germany in 1963) was a significant
impediment. The "T" in Miranda GT meant TTL metering in the T prism.
Of course, removing the metering pentaprism for other prism or the 5X
magnifier option meant losing all metering but that didn't matter for
astro work.
In 1974 I came into some unexpected money and used part of it to buy a
Celestron 8 (2000mm f/10) with equatorial fork mount and an OM-1 with
50/1.8. But what I really wanted was a Canon F1. I didn't like the
idea that the OM-1's pentaprism wasn't removable and that the focusing
screen was a piece of plastic that had to be removed through the lens
mount. The Canon F-1 was like the Miranda. The pentaprism was
removable and it used real glass focusing screens in brass frames just
like the Miranda. But I bought the OM-1 because it was lots cheaper.
Little did I know that I made the right long term decision for the wrong
reason. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
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