Category Happy SUNday

Happy SUNday! – more cameras

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As I continue to reduce my camera collection, I’ve added these two gems to my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com.

The original Nikon F 35mm SLR film camera was introduced in 1959. Here is my 1969 model.
Introduced in 1971, this is a mid-1973 model of the Canon F-1 35mm SLR film camera.
You can’t ask for a better camera in the Nikon line.
Canon’s top-of-the-line camera for a decade.

Off subject, here is a beautiful picture that a dear friend took along the north coast of Long Island.

Wildwood SP on New York’s Long Island.

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Happy SUNday! – Rare Canon A-1

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From what I understand, Canon Japan may have authorized a third party to produce this limited-edition A-1 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Japan Camera Show in 1979. Other similar special editions were also made for Pentax and Minolta, and possibly others, although no concrete evidence exists.

Only 20 were produced and were only available in Japan at the show.

Its design was typical of many of the best-known Japanese camera manufacturers at that time. Canon, Contax, Nikon, and Yashica all produced similar commemorative editions featuring lizard-skin finishes and unique badges.

Twenty is an extremely low amount from such a large manufacturer. This one is currently available on eBay and Etsy.

1959-1979.

For further reading, please visit Mr. Carlos Snap’s excellent article. https://cameracollection.eu/2025/03/30/canon-a-1

My Contax 137 MD Quartz anniversary camera.

Contax 50th Anniversary Edition 1932 to 1982.

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Summer on Amelia Island is getting closer!

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Happy SUNday! – sky trails and sky snakes.

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Two jets at different flight levels along the same high-altitude jet route over Amelia Island.

What’s fascinating about these two jets’ contrails is that the higher jet’s trail lasts just a bit longer, as at that level (probably at 35k), the air was more favorable for the condesation trail, so it persisted longer than the lower jet (probably at 30k).

The jet route from South Florida that runs northward along the East Coast of the U.S. crosses over Amelia Island. The atmosphere was favorable for the formation of contrails on this day.

As a U.S. Navy meteorologist, I was often tasked to forecast the formation of condensation trails, as they play an important role in operations. As an observer, I called them sky snakes.

Just a few minutes before the top pictures depicting different aircraft.
Boeing 777, photographed on another day with a 300mm lens.
Enhanced and cropped.

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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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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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Chilly SUNday!

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Amelia Island, Florida, at 7 AM this morning. Wind chill at 5 degrees!

A hard freeze overnight and even a few snowflakes yesterday afternoon.

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Happy SUNday!

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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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Happy SUNday! – camera brochures

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Collecting classic camera sales brochures is fun, but it’s also educational. If the marketing departments did their jobs correctly, then the information should be entertaining and a great way to enhance your collecting experience.

Here are five recent acquisitions.

Likely the first and most complete brochure for the new Canon F-1, which was released in March 1971. This brochure is dated November 1970.
An often overlooked early Canon camera. Dated November 1970.
Part of Canon’s building blocks of sophisticated 35mm SLRs on their way to developing the F-1. Dated September 1969.
I had the next model up from this classic. Dated March 1971.
Check out these guys with their Canon Super 8 movie camera. Dated March 1971.
Available Canon lenses as of late 1970.

I have more brochures in my collection, with the earliest being from the mid-1950s.

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Happy SUNday! – rolling stock

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Canon EOS R
Canon RF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM Lens

Along the waterfront, Fernandina Beach.

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From a recent outing along the tracks in Fernandina Beach. The trains supply two paper mills along the Amelia River.

The tale of two realities. Amelia Island, with some of the best beaches and natural beauty, shares this.

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