Happy SUNday! – Canon WP-1

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A favorite of mine: the Canon Sure Shot WP-1 35mm compact, take-anywhere film camera from the mid 1990s. My complete set is still new in its original box and waiting for the next collector to give it a home.

Just as it was back in 1997.
Weather- and water-resistant, not waterproof (not for underwater use). It features a super-sharp Canon 32mm f/3.5 lens and full automatic exposure and autofocus.
Easy-to-operate controls, even with wet hands and cold fingers.
Nice, big, and bright viewfinder.
The business end.
Locks shut for a good weatherproof seal.
It fits snuggly in its nylon case and pouch.

It’s a high-quality plastic fantastic from the 1990s. This camera was designed to go on adventures without fear of getting wet. Here’s a similar camera from Fujifilm, a decade before the Canon.

An early 1980s rugged camera from Fuji Photo Film Company.
Fuji’s K28. How cool is that having a dozer on the box?

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Canon EOS R with a Canon RF 70-200mm f4L IS USM lens at 200mm.

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Happy SUNday!

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Which is better, or are they both good?

I used very limited post-production on this image of a young hawk in my backyard. It’s far from a perfect image since I didn’t use a flash or knock down the highlights behind the bird.

Shot with a Canon EOS R with a Canon RF 70-200mm f4L IS USM lens at 200mm.

A computer-assisted enhancement of my image. Which is more ‘real’?

In the second image, the computer corrected my exposure mistakes. Is it AI or is it my image?

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visitor

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Backyard visitor. Young hawk is letting me know my limits.
Canon EOS R with Canon RF 70-200mm f4L IS USM zoom lens at 200mm.
Pirates Bay neighborhood.

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single frame – tanx

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Tanx, but no tanx!

Tank cars loaded with chemicals are destined for our local paper mills.

Canon EOS R
Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM Lens

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Canon T70 USN Model

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Canon T70 USN model from May 1985.
The lens is from September 1987.
A Grab and Go set designed for instant capture on the go by Navy pilots and ships’ crew standing watch on the bridge.

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Canon T70 USN model.
Super sharp Canon NFD 100mm f2.8 lens. A short telephoto.
USN markings on the camera and the command back.
A sharp, reliable 35mm SLR.

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Happy SUNday!

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About 1983.
Aerographer’s Mate First Class Petty Officer, AG1.
Weather forecaster at the weather facility at NAS Jacksonville, Florida (NOCF JAX).

Happy Sailor. Recently found and enhanced picture of me.

At home pic from around 1983.
Through the ‘magic’ of AI, I’m standing in front of the second carrier I served on. The USS Forrestal (CV-59) is shown moored at the Naval Station Mayport, Florida. I served onboard the Forrestal from May 1985 to April 1988.

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Canon U.S. Navy Lens

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Canon New F-1 with a Canon U.S. Navy NFD 100mm f2.8 fixed focus lens. The lens was designed by Canon for use by the Navy as a point-and-shoot option for quick shots from aircraft and from ships’ bridges. Sailor Proof.

To use aperture priority on a New F-1, set the shutter speed to ‘A’ and release the stop-down slide (the chrome thingy with the red line to the left of the lens). The AE Finder will then set the exposure for the shutter speed it selects.
Canon calls it ‘Stopped Down AE.
The camera was made in December 1982, and the lens in September 1987.

Compact point and shoot short telephoto lens that can be used on the Canon New F-1 (pictured), and select other Canon FD lens mount 35mm SLRs.
Canon NFD 100mm f2.8 fixed focus lens.
Rare Canon NFD 400mm f4.5 U.S. Navy marked long telephoto lens.
Canon T70 with U.S. Navy markings.

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USS Midway (CV-41)

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USS Midway (CV-41)
Anchored off the coast of Western Australia near Fremantle.
September 1977.
In the lower left of the image, you can see the Liberty Party about to board one of the many ferries that carried us ashore.
The Midway was a grand old ship, first commissioned in September 1945.
I served onboard in the Operations Department, OA Division, as an Aerographer’s Mate assistant forecaster from March 1977 to March 1980.

Yashica TL Electro X 35mm SLR on Kodacolor.

USS Midway (CV-41) anchored off the coast of Fremantle, Western Australia, 1977. Yashica TL Electro X 35mm SLR on Kodacolor.

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