Originally posted by Ratmagiclady That's correct: Canon tended to produce shutter-priority cameras where most others made aperture-priority, but a number of Canon A-series shooters I've known just stay in manual most of the time, anyway, since the manual mode's so convenient and all. (One place I think the ME Super just kind of doesn't cut the mustard for me is in the manual metering department.) I'm forgetting if KXes have aperture priority, but that might be a good choice, (was there another) ....Or the K2, which I'm sure does. If you like the needle displays. Nuffin wrong with an MX, either, I think, for manual/LED metering.
As an old Canon FD shooter I think those are probably the most appealing. LXes aside, that is, which... of course. The Super A/Super Program is rather like an A-1's opposite number, and I'm kind of fond of these, too.
KX is fully mechanical, manual, with match-needle metering and aperture visible through the Judas window/
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K2 is aperture priority automatic exposure, match-needle, a stepless 8 ~ 1/1000 shutter, +/-2 EV and some manual mechanical options.
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K2DMD has some other bells, such as Exposure Lock and motor drive option.
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All three are the large-format, Spotmatic body.
Corollaries are close to:
KX = MX
K2 = MESuper (sort of - MESuper was more oriented to consumers)
K2DMD = LX (closer to a professional system camera)
AE-1 = superProgram (Shutter Priority available, but still had the finicky buttons and is not really a professional camera). Can use the "A"contacts on your FA lenses in manual focus
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