wally (11/19/82)
I've had my Canon A-1 about 5 months now and am very happy with it. I admit the depth of field preview is a problem, but I can't tell whether something is going to be in focus in an 8x10 print by using the depth of field preview anyway, I have to use the d-o-f scale on the lens. (I can tell when it's going to be out of focus, but I want more positive information than that!) To answer your question about other cameras with program mode, there was a very interesting article about programmed exposure SLR's in the July '82 issue of Popular Photography. It sounds like the Minolta X-700 has the kind of program you want, it sacrifices depth of field for fast shutter speeds more that the A-1 does. Unfortunately, the X-700 doesn't have shutter priority auto exposure, only prog'd and aperture priority (plus auto flash mode, I suppose.) That issue also has some neat pictures taken by moonlight in Hawaii.