In article <30BD1020.70DC@inow.com>, jeffp@inow.com says...(....)
>I want to get a used totally manual second body that will be my
>"backup". Since I have only recently started "Nikon watching", I
>don't know beans about all of the old models. The following are my
>"needs and wants" along this line. I would appreciate some advice
>as to which of the older models I am describing:
>needs:
>1) fully manual...will fire shutter at all speeds with no battery in
>sight.
>2) center weighted /o/r/ /s/p/o/t/ m/e/t/e/r/i/n/g/
>3) works with the newest lenses without any modification.
>4) inexpensive and available as used equipt.
-------FM (maybe a beater F2A - otherwise expensive) (no spotmetering)
>wants:
>1) /T/T/L/ /f/l/a/s/h/ /m/e/t/e/r/i/n/g/
>2) would prefer a black one
>3) the lighter the better (i.e. no F3's)
-------FM (but, sorry, no TTL flash metering - FE-2 offers that, but
-------it breaks some of your other rules)
-------Hope this helps.