Amelia and her Mermaids

January 27, 2026January 27, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

A black and white rendition to show off the little moon just to the left of her hair.

It’s a beautiful statue along the beach. My guess is f/8 at ISO200.

Canon EOS R mirrorless digital camera with a Canon FD 28mm f3.5 lens from 1972.

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Rare Canon EF Brochure – 1974

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026Chris and Carol 2 Comments

Pictured is an early version of the famous Canon EF.

The EF is a close cousin of the Canon F-1.

The EF has many more features than the F-1 right out of the box.

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Canon Chrome Nose 28/3.5 Lens

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

An early Canon wide-angle lens with its desirable chrome nose.

I enjoy collecting these lenses. They are from the very earliest days of the Canon F-1, and they have a heft to them that’s very reassuring. Lots of brass and glass. The lens weighs 290 grams.

Considering its age, the markings are super sharp and crazy clean.

The JCII inspection sticker (the gold thingy) was likely placed before the lens was fully assembled.

Canon stamped a date code on most everything it produced. Here, M1010 indicates the lens was completed and passed an internal inspection in October 1972. N = 1972 and 10 = October. The last two numbers are an internal code only known to Canon.

Here is the lens mounted to my earliest Canon F-1 from late 1970 or early 1971.

The early chrome-nose Canon lenses are a fun way to collect classic camera gear. If you can find a nice, clean example, you won’t be disappointed.

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wordless wednesday

January 21, 2026January 21, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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Contax RX – a gem and the end of an era.

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

It is a beautiful and well-balanced camera set. The RX was first released in 1996, towards the end of Contax’s 35mm film era. Yashica was long gone by then.
Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Lens.

Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Lens.

The beauty of pure black & white negative film.

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Nikon F2A Photomic Camera Set

January 18, 2026January 21, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

My Nikon F2A set.

I’m moving on from it. Enjoyed every minute of using and collecting all of the bits that make it special.

My set includes the super-sharp Nikkor 50mm f/2 Ai lens with hood, cap, and filter.

It’s available in my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com

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Happy SUNday!

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026Chris and Carol Leave a comment

This is the last Canon EF 35mm film camera in my collection. I’ve owned quite a few over the years, but I kept this one because it’s in mint condition and works perfectly. This EF was made in early 1976. It’s affectionally know as the Black Beauty.

It’s a very close cousin to the Canon F-1. The original F-1 was released in March 1971. The EF made its appearance in November 1973.

It’s one of the most underrated cameras of the 1970s, and in some ways was better than the F-1 straight out of the box.

If you’re looking to add a classic film camera from the seventies, the Canon EF is worth the chase!

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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.