I bought the T80 in 1985 and still have it. Works fine, but I don't use it. I replaced the T80 with the Canon 50E, which I also still have but don't use anymore! Might be time to sell up.
Wonderful instructive video. I clean the battery compartment with a cotton swab and vinegar. I was given my T80 in about 2009 and was very surprisingly pleased with the photos from it. I think it always hit focus and the lens performed fine. The camera is still operational and works the same as when I got it. I've shot portraits, landscapes and some street with it. Never disappointed in the camera or lens. Requires a little patience when focusing.
Very helpful video, thank you. I bought one on eBay for £30 + postage and it came with new batteries. I didn’t remove them and I’ve had to replace them after 3 weeks having not even used the camera apart from testing the AF. My sense is that this camera drains batteries quite quickly, understandable as they have to power quite a lot of functions including of course the AF lens. I’m really looking forward to using the camera and this video has encouraged me to get out there and start shooting.
I remember those coming onto the market and thinking how autofocus would never catch on. The arrival of the T90 reinforced my way of thinking. In 1987, Canon released the EOS650 and changed the design ethos of the 35mm slr forever. I’m a fan of the FD system and my cameras of choice are the A-1 and T90.
Great video, I just got one of these cameras and found it easy to fit a filter to the lens if you set zoom to 35 and focus to macro, that way the filter thread comes to the front of the lens.
I got one for 10 and figured it be good beginner to play with. It came with the instructions two lenses one is like a telescope with how it moves and the one seen here. It also still had its original receipt for 300 in 1990.
I have one of thee monsters, only without the AF lens. I shot a roll with the FD 50mm f/1.8 chrome nose. The photos turned out great, but it was not a pleasant camera to shoot. The audio beep to focus confirm is silly when the AL-1 already did focus confirmation better with directional LEDs in the finder. To me, this is the worst FD camera by far.
Hello Rhett, Thank you for your comments, in spite or perhaps because of it's drawbacks I rather like using the T80 but I have to confess I never used one with a manual focus lens. When I started making these videos there were a number of cameras I knew I wanted to include. This list includes the T80 and also the AL-1. I don't have an AL-1 but I'm sure one will cross my path one day! All the best MVC
I just got my second AL-1. It's one of my favorite FD cameras. Aperture priority, reasonable array of manual speeds, and the nice looks of the A series. The battery cover door latch breaking is the chief weakness of the AL-1. I actually enjoy my T-80 somewhat for its brutalist style, It works OK with manual lenses but the focus circle is an odd pattern. Aside from the beep being the chosen focus alert and the inscrutable pictographs where we can't break down much more than the fact that two of them feature high shutter speed open aperture and the others feature low shutter speed closed aperture, the camera strap lugs are placed in front of the camera and make the camera flop around on your chest while it bobs around looking to the sky, all the while knifing into your ribs. I assume this lug placement was to accomodate the heavy AF lenses, but that leaves a short lens extremely unbalanced. I'm fascinated by the decision making that goes into the placement of the lugs. The Pentax LX is another victim of strange lug placement. Anyway, I enjoy the T-80 but I still think it's a mess. I love all vintage cameras.
You've probably never held a Canon T-50 in your hand. This one is really bad. It has only one exposure mode and that's program! You don't know anything about exposure, it's like having a point and shoot in your hand.
Sadly I've had the misfortune of owning a used T-50 in the 90s and another one starting last year. The first one had a wobbly lens mount and eventually died completely and got thrown in the garbage. I got the second one because it was cheap and I have most of the FD cameras. It really is bad. But it knows what it is--like you said a point and shoot SLR. The T-80 is much weirder and more tragic. I love to hate it and I hate to love it. I might write a blog post about the ways it amazes me in its terribleness.
@@RhettAnderson My experience with FD mount cameras is good. I own Canon AE-1 Program and T-70. Both are great devices for both amateurs and professionals. My girlfriend owns an A-1, when I borrowed it I immediately liked the camera. I like the possibility to use several exposure modes and the exposure meter that shows the current time and aperture. So I will be happy to buy it in the future. I also plan to buy Canon AT-1, AV-1, AL-1, T-50, T-80 and T-90. I am a Canon collector.
I bought the T80 in 1985 and still have it. Works fine, but I don't use it. I replaced the T80 with the Canon 50E, which I also still have but don't use anymore! Might be time to sell up.
Wonderful instructive video. I clean the battery compartment with a cotton swab and vinegar. I was given my T80 in about 2009 and was very surprisingly pleased with the photos from it. I think it always hit focus and the lens performed fine. The camera is still operational and works the same as when I got it. I've shot portraits, landscapes and some street with it. Never disappointed in the camera or lens. Requires a little patience when focusing.
Very helpful video, thank you. I bought one on eBay for £30 + postage and it came with new batteries. I didn’t remove them and I’ve had to replace them after 3 weeks having not even used the camera apart from testing the AF. My sense is that this camera drains batteries quite quickly, understandable as they have to power quite a lot of functions including of course the AF lens. I’m really looking forward to using the camera and this video has encouraged me to get out there and start shooting.
I remember those coming onto the market and thinking how autofocus would never catch on. The arrival of the T90 reinforced my way of thinking. In 1987, Canon released the EOS650 and changed the design ethos of the 35mm slr forever.
I’m a fan of the FD system and my cameras of choice are the A-1 and T90.
Great video, I just got one of these cameras and found it easy to fit a filter to the lens if you set zoom to 35 and focus to macro, that way the filter thread comes to the front of the lens.
I got one for 10 and figured it be good beginner to play with. It came with the instructions two lenses one is like a telescope with how it moves and the one seen here. It also still had its original receipt for 300 in 1990.
Just picked up two for about £10 with 35-70 lense and a 50. Seems like I got a steal
I have one of thee monsters, only without the AF lens. I shot a roll with the FD 50mm f/1.8 chrome nose. The photos turned out great, but it was not a pleasant camera to shoot. The audio beep to focus confirm is silly when the AL-1 already did focus confirmation better with directional LEDs in the finder.
To me, this is the worst FD camera by far.
Hello Rhett, Thank you for your comments, in spite or perhaps because of it's drawbacks I rather like using the T80 but I have to confess I never used one with a manual focus lens. When I started making these videos there were a number of cameras I knew I wanted to include. This list includes the T80 and also the AL-1. I don't have an AL-1 but I'm sure one will cross my path one day!
All the best
MVC
I just got my second AL-1. It's one of my favorite FD cameras. Aperture priority, reasonable array of manual speeds, and the nice looks of the A series. The battery cover door latch breaking is the chief weakness of the AL-1.
I actually enjoy my T-80 somewhat for its brutalist style, It works OK with manual lenses but the focus circle is an odd pattern. Aside from the beep being the chosen focus alert and the inscrutable pictographs where we can't break down much more than the fact that two of them feature high shutter speed open aperture and the others feature low shutter speed closed aperture, the camera strap lugs are placed in front of the camera and make the camera flop around on your chest while it bobs around looking to the sky, all the while knifing into your ribs. I assume this lug placement was to accomodate the heavy AF lenses, but that leaves a short lens extremely unbalanced.
I'm fascinated by the decision making that goes into the placement of the lugs. The Pentax LX is another victim of strange lug placement.
Anyway, I enjoy the T-80 but I still think it's a mess. I love all vintage cameras.
You've probably never held a Canon T-50 in your hand.
This one is really bad.
It has only one exposure mode and that's program!
You don't know anything about exposure, it's like having a point and shoot in your hand.
Sadly I've had the misfortune of owning a used T-50 in the 90s and another one starting last year. The first one had a wobbly lens mount and eventually died completely and got thrown in the garbage. I got the second one because it was cheap and I have most of the FD cameras.
It really is bad. But it knows what it is--like you said a point and shoot SLR. The T-80 is much weirder and more tragic. I love to hate it and I hate to love it. I might write a blog post about the ways it amazes me in its terribleness.
@@RhettAnderson My experience with FD mount cameras is good.
I own Canon AE-1 Program and T-70.
Both are great devices for both amateurs and professionals.
My girlfriend owns an A-1, when I borrowed it I immediately liked the camera.
I like the possibility to use several exposure modes and the exposure meter that shows the current time and aperture.
So I will be happy to buy it in the future.
I also plan to buy Canon AT-1, AV-1, AL-1, T-50, T-80 and T-90.
I am a Canon collector.