Oooh, the F5. I've had one for fifteen years plus. To this day, the only camera I've owned which is actually a physical experience to shoot; the AF and film dr

Oooh, the F5. I've had one for fifteen years plus. To this day, the only camera I've owned which is actually a physical experience to shoot; the AF and film drive motors are actually strong enough for you to feel the torque they develop as you shoot. (The F5 could officially shoot 8fps; on a fresh set of batteries you would often get nine; this thing could focus, evaluate the exposure, advance the film, stop down the aperture and trigger the shutter _nine_ times a second.) The metering system can only be described as exquisite; after a few dozen rolls on the F5 I actually got into the (bad!) habit of not bracketing most of my color positive shots - the metering was spot on just about all the time, regardless of tricky conditions. I think I'll take it out for a shooting session tomorrow, it's been a few months since it last saw any use. Thanks for the reminder!