Arrived yesterday..

[DuncaninFrance]

Arrived yesterday in an old camera bag. Don't think the camera works but the lenses seem good and the film is in date!! The Instructions are dated 1984

[Niner]

Put a battery in it and see what happens. If the camera doesn't work save the battery and get another relic that may work equal to the cost of the battery.

[Niner]

Just looked it up. There is good news and bad news.

All film transport on the T70 was powered—loading, advance and rewind. The continuous shooting rate, at 0.7 frames per second, was slower than rival motor drives, but the drive was nonetheless faster than most people could manually wind. To load the camera, the photographer simply had to pull the film leader out to an orange mark and close the back—the camera did the rest, loading the leader onto the spool, and advancing to the first frame automatically. All powered camera functions drew on two AA batteries in the grip. A built-in lithium battery (BR-1225 or CR-1220) was used to store user settings; the batteries lasted for about five years, and had to be replaced by a technician, since replacing them required partial dismantling of the camera body.

[DuncaninFrance]

Camera is dead, even with new batteries.
I have ordered a converter so I can mount the FD lenses on my 60D - the 35 / 70 mm might be good for portraits