Which Canon EOS AF SLR Camera to use? As all photo enthusiasts know, there are two subjects which make for good topics in universal debates: 1) Is it the photographer or the camera? 2) Preferring to use the "manual" SLR cameras over the electronic versions. In this issue, I will try to give an insight into what the right answers to the two debates should be. For answer 1), it is the photographer who makes the difference and for answer 2) "Manual" is the wrong term. Ask those who have answered question No 2 just what do they mean by "manual", the reply will be: "I can still use my camera even when the battery has run out of power". There is nothing wrong with such answers except that the term "manual" does not necessarily apply to mechanical cameras alone since the electronic types are also capable of setting everything manually. Feel free to remind those who have bragged about their ''right answers'' that they have got it all wrong. Examples are Canon's A-series cameras like the AE-1 of 1976 and A-1 of 1978, or the T-series models of T70 (1984) and T90 of 1986. So are most manual-focus, electronic 35mm SLR cameras of the 70s and 80s eras offered by other makers that are not of the autofocus type. Back to question No 1, a lot of photo enthusiasts assumed it was the camera they used that made the difference between an excellent picture and a bad one. That, as they have been debating over and over for the last 40 years, is what separates the professionals from the amateurs and beginners. Wouldn't it be nice if that was indeed the case? Why bother to learn about advanced photographic techniques at all if it is really true that the cameras we are using can accomplish any assignment without further input from us? Yeah, right. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 .