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in Explore on Flickr

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With the thousands of images I’ve posted on Flickr over the years, these are the only ones featured in Explore. Go figure.

Yashica TL Electro X from 1973.
Yashica catalog from 1973.
Minolta Maxxum 7000 from 1984.
Yashica A presentation box 1964.
A Yashica chrome tripod from the late 1950s.
Konica Kanpa! camera set from 1984.

What I find funny about Flickr and Explore, at least with my images, is that they are all images of things and not my photographic experiences.

These two images have had the most Favs of any that I’ve posted. Neither was ever in Explore.

Jacksonville Ikea store.
Yashica Pentamatic from 1960.

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Happy SUNday!

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In a flash!

It’s a Thanksgiving cactus, which bloomed this past Thanksgiving and now again this past week. We also have a Christmas cactus that blooms every Christmas, like clockwork. I’ve never seen it bloom again this time of year.

I wanted to use a flash to emphasize the blossom’s stark beauty.

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A “new old” Canon lens.

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Happy to add this wonderful Canon FL 28mm f3.5 lens to my hoard (did I say that out loud?) of Canon gear. It’s the first and only FL in my collection. It looks unused.

It also has an <E.P> mark. It’s reported to have been introduced in December 1966 – is that correct?

7/7, 6-blades, 269 g, W-60-B hood, 58mm filters, and 60mm metal cap.

Looking forward to taking it for a spin.

FL lenses feature the same Canon breech lock mount as the previous Canon R lenses and the most modern FD lens, which came out in 1971.

A true gem of a lens.
Reportedly, the lens was released in 1966.
Even the inspection sticker looks untouched.
For me, the coveted <E.P> mark, which indicates the lens was likely sold at a US military store in Japan.
These details were published by Canon in 1971.

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Happy SUNday!

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Whelan Drug Store on Long Island, New York. This one was in Hicksville (just north of Levittown, where I grew up). Same family name but no direct relationship. They were all over New York, and there was even one in Times Square.

Early 1950s on Long Island.
Times Square in the 1930s.
The less glamorous part of Times Square.

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Previously unknown Canon camera.

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I’m aware of the Canon T-50 from the early 1980s, but I never knew about this version.
I see nothing different about it other than the logo change.
The T-50 was the first camera in the Canon T Series.
*Not my camera or image.

Please visit for more info. https://cameracollection.eu/2026/02/14/canon-t-5-as-underappreciated-rarity/

Canon T-5 35mm SLR film camera. It looks like an authentic Canon-made logo and camera.
Here is a regular T50 set (mine). Notice how different the fonts are.

Please share if you’ve seen this camera before. Thanks.

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In my camera shop this week.

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My Etsy camera shop is at http://www.ccstudio2380.com

Some of my featured items.
From Canon to Nikon and Yashica. Lots to look at.
Classic items from my collection.

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When it all comes together.

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My early Canon F-1 set.

All the correct bits.

Part of the fun of collecting is when all of the bits come together. My Canon F-1 is from 1971, the first year of the F-1 (released in March). The lens is from late 1972 and is affectionally known as a chrome nose (for obvious reasons). The chrome filter is from 1963, but it would have still been the appropriate filter for this later lens. The lens hood is an all-metal model designed for this lens. Even the rear lens cap is correct.

It’s a beautiful lens that Canon described as a super-wide-angle lens back in the day.
Top view with the correct front lens cap.

The beauty of collecting these early Canon F-1s is that they are still very affordable and still plentiful. Because of their popularity, they are easy to have professionally repaired and adjusted by qualified technicians at a reasonable price.

The early F-1. Serial numbers start at 100001, so my F-1 was number 2,597 and was assembled in July 1971.
1971 price list. It wasn’t an inexpensive camera.

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