Monster Canon F-1

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

This isn’t mine – I found it surfing on eBay. It’s an early production F-1 body mated to an aftermarket control unit mounted on the back, a Canon Film Chamber 250 film holder, and a Canon Motor Drive MF.

Rear view. Made under U.S. Government contract. True unmanned photography. The only thing missing is the Canon Servo EE Finder.

Hopefully, no one needed to tote it around!

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Yashica brochures in my camera shop. Let’s make a movie!

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

I’ve just added some hard-to-find Yashica sales brochures and instruction booklets in my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com.

Probably one of the most popular Yashica cameras ever made.

Yashica movie camera brochures are often difficult to find.

This was a very sophisticated Super 8 camera, as good as any made during that period.

A popular movie camera of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Yashima Flex – 1954

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

As it would have looked back in 1954, leaving the factory in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Built by the talented craftspeople of Yashima Kogaku Seiki Co., Ltd.

Yashima’s first twin-lens reflex camera was to bear the company name. The Yashima Flex launched a wave of TLRs manufactured by Yashima and later Yashica. By the end of the 1950s, Yashica produced more of these types of cameras than anyone else in the world.

We are very lucky to add such a historic camera to our collection. We enjoy sharing these simple machines with others and hope to pass along a better understanding of the importance of these classic film cameras.