Camera and Lens – Canon F-1 with Canon FD 80-200 f4 zoom lens.
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Saint Peter’s Basilica -1986Hey, taxi! Just outside of Roma Termini railway station -1986Iconic telephone boxes, Isle of Wight – 1987Tower Bridge viewed from an unusual angle – 1987
Camera – Canon F-1
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Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by and, while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan
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Both of these images were captured with my Canon F-1 on Kodak Kodachrome slide film – handheld at 2-3 seconds. The colors are not the best but sometimes Kodachrome behaves badly at night at long exposures (well, that’s my excuse anyway). I don’t remember where in Hong Kong these were taken except the second image must have been near Fleet Landing if I recall correctly.
Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan
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Canon F-1 with FD80-200mm f/4 on Kodachrome 25. The light was fading fast and ASA 25 doesn’t work well when hand held during telephoto photography.
Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan
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I wanted to share this gorgeous sales brochure from Canon dated 11/79. The cover (above) is one of the best images that I’ve seen on a Canon brochure from that period. Amazing shot! Awesome cameras and lenses.
The back cover with a nice list with prices of available Canon FD lenses.The Canon F-1 and available accessories with prices.
I purchased this brochure directly from a collector in Japan. I hadn’t seen this brochure in an English version previously so I was happy to add it to my collection. Missing is the AE-1 Program and AT-1 as well as any of the cameras in the new T Series.
Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan
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Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan
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I purchased this Super 8 camera from a friend way back in 1977 while stationed in Japan on the USS Midway. I ran quite a few reels of film through it before the video revolution took hold in the early 1980s. I’ve since sold the camera to another collector (a few years back) but I still miss not owning it. What a beast but man was it an awesome camera to use. It’s macro and slow motion capabilities were not to be believed.
Here I am in the Philippines (near the Subic Navy Base) using the Canon with a curious onlooker.
As time went by my original Canon F-1 became somewhat obsolete as new advances in technology and electronics could deliver a lot of camera features in a “compact” 35mm SLR.
The Canon A-1. Lots of stuff packed in a compact camera (compared to the F-1).
I still have a couple of A-1s in my collection – one for show and one for go. Pictured above is the go-to camera in my bag. My Canon F-1 pictured below. This was a beast to carry on a photo walk!
The monster F-1 with all of its goodies. This is my original F-1 that pretty much went with me everywhere in the 1970s and 1980s. See pic below.Me with the F-1 while walking on the outskirts of Kowloon (Hong Kong) around 1978 or so.
I should mention that both images of me were taken by my very good Navy buddy and dear friend Jim. Sadly Jim and his wife were killed in an airplane crash in late 2001. Jim was a Nikon guy and it was always great fun to see who got the best from their cameras.
Comments are always welcomed as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan
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Hi all! We’ve been very busy adding items from our collections of things into our camera shop (CC Design Studios) at http://www.ccstudio2380.com this past week. Here’s a little peek at what’s been added.
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We enjoy collecting various Canon camera bags, cases, backpacks – well, you get the picture. This bright blue bag was rather hard to find amongst all of the bags we’ve chased down over the years. I’m thinking that it wasn’t produced in great quantities (or maybe owners are just holding onto theirs).
At first glance without a camera to gauge its size this Canon bag looks small but put it next to a fully loaded F-1 and it’s clear that its a good size.Lots of zippered compartments and a heavy-duty buckle.Nice little touch – a place to store two pens.Room for two SLRs or one big DSLR and a lens (forgive the blurry image, cameras fault).
Here’s another fanny pack with a Canon logo (below). The Lake Placid bag is a more traditionally styled fanny bag and is much smaller inside compared to the blue bag.
Holds one camera with lens and a few accessories.
We’ve got another Canon bag somewhere – the classic green with brown leather trim. All we have to do is find it!
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A very highly collectible version of the famous Canon F-1 (1971-1981).
This camera was built by Canon in February 1980 which is when the Olympics were being held in upstate New York. The Canon NFD 50mm f1.2 lens is from February 1981.
As Carol and I continue to downsize our camera collection we’re offering this wonderful camera for purchase. It’s fully functional and ready to be a highlight in the next collectors collection.
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