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From: "Adam Maas"
Subject: Re: K1D aperture simulator survey, part Deaux Now in Digest 
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> 1. Only one body, and it was the cheapest. They killed the F1 and the
> T90, T80 and T70 off almost immediately after the EOS introduction.
> Can't sell what you don't make.

It was an economic decision for sure.
Force the FD users to buy into a new system, and hope that they aren't 
too pissed off to buy another Canon.
A friend of mine had a T-90, which was very similar to one of the early 
EOS camera bodies, as you may recall.
It stopped firing the flash at some point not long after the 
introduction of the EOS, so he sent it to Canon Canada for repair. They 
sent back a basket case (literally, I saw the thing, it looked like a 
goat had exploded in the box), and told him it was unrepairable.
They offered him a good price on an EOS camera body as a goodwill 
gesture.

The T-90 suited his needs very well, he didn't need or want the new AF 
technology, or the new and improved interface. He wanted to use a metal 
bodied lens with good manual focus feel.
Canon's lack of support didn't go over well with him.

William Robb




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