For my wonderful wife, best friend and fellow photographer – Carol
Happy Birthday!!!
On the road to Fuji – March 1979
Chris
Tag Canon Camera
Taking an old friend out and about… Canon EOS Rebel 2000
I know – what a goofy name! Rebel 2000? WTFO! (a nautical term often heard aboard U.S. Navy ships at sea).
Silly names aside, it’s been a good little Canon and has done pretty much everything I’ve asked it to do over the years. No outstanding features – just sharp images and as close to a point and shoot analog SLR as there was in the late 1990s. I believe Carol gave me this one for Christmas 2003.
Since we’ve decided to pare down our collection of cameras, this one will be listed for sale soon. We like to test our cameras with film first so that we can state that the camera and lens works as advertised -plus we get to shoot some film with an old friend one last time.
It takes two CR2 batteries which we found for under $10 (with shipping) on eBay. We’ve loaded a fresh roll of Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400 and now all we need is a sunny day. The Acros 100 is for another day and another camera.
The camera and lens weigh next to nothing – a breeze to carry around places like Walt Disney World and it did well when we used it on our trip to Disneyland and Yosemite back in 2004. After years of carrying around a heavy Canon F-1 with equally heavy lenses, this camera and lens set me free to concentrate on composition and not the gear (and the pain in my neck). It’s a camera that’s had enough versions made over the years and in enough quantities that finding additional lenses for it would not be a problem if we were keeping it. The next owner will get a very well taken care of SLR that should be trouble free for years to come.
Standard issue EOS Rebel 2000 with the 28-80mm zoom lens. ⇓
Super clear and easy to understand LCD with just the right amount of info. ⇓
It takes 58mm screw-in filters. ⇓
It’s a good looking camera with an easy to keep clean surface. ⇑ ⇓
Nice fill-in flash when needed. ⇓
So there you have it. A simple Canon that’s very capable of delivering sharp, well exposed images. Lightweight – easy to pack. It makes it easy to concentrate on composition and not the camera. Just what you want when venturing out with an old friend.
Thanks for stopping by!
Chris
Sankei-en… Yokohama’s Beautiful Gem
Escape the hustle of the big city – Sankei-en is Yokohama’s beautiful gem.
Soon the sakura and azalea will bloom. Photographers will come. School children and couples. Families love Sankei-en.
It was a pleasant ride to Sankei-en from our house so we went often.
Admission – 100 yen. All smiles.
Sakura from long ago. Avenue D in Naka-ku, Honmoku. 1979
Spring returns to Sankei-en soon. The blossoms will be everywhere. Come to this spot and enjoy!
Images from 1978 and 1979. Canon F-1 and Canon AE-1. Kodak Kodachrome film.
Thank you for your visit.
Chris & Carol ^.^
Amboseli N.P., Kenya 1979
Mount Kilimanjaro as seen from Amboseli N.P., Kenya.
After endless weeks and months at sea (Indian Ocean), my U.S. Navy ship arrived in the port city of Mombasa, Kenya for a bit of ‘liberty’. As a Sailor on government pay (1979) there would have been no way I would have been able to go on a photographic safari in Africa – I might have had a better chance at going to the moon. But along with a few of my shipmates we were able to afford (with the Navy’s help), to get out of Mombasa (a good thing) and see sights we might never had the chance to see otherwise. It was November 1979 – just a few days before the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and more endless days, weeks and months at sea for me and about 25,000 other U.S. Navy Sailors.
I traded one distant horizon at sea for another on land – no contest. I can say that my two days touring Amboseli made up for two months at sea (well almost).
These images are but a few from the dozens that I have still need to scan. The film used was Kodak Kodachrome 25 and 64 shot with my trusty Canon F-1 (1978 version) and Canon’s FD lenses.
Kilimanjaro from our VW safari bus. Canon FD 80-200mm f/ 4 lens at 200mm and a bit of cropping.
This image was taken from outside the ‘safety’ of our VW bus. Billions of mosquitoes kept me from wandering too close to this beautiful elephant.
Amazing animals… not much more to say.
The exposure was off a tad but elephants and Kilimanjaro are not an easy capture!
Maasai tribesmen giving me his ‘best’ hunters pose. He was a pretty funny guy and we hung out for a bit until an elder butted in and wanted in on the action (cigarettes for poses).
I know I say this almost every time I post travel pics from the ancient days – if you ever get the chance to travel to Kenya and Tanzania on a photo safari then jump on it!
Thanks for your visit!
Chris
Fuji… just Fuji
Mount Fuji from Yokohama.
That simple four letter word needs no other introduction. Known the world over for its beautiful conical shape. We were lucky to live in the Naka Ward in Kanagawa Prefecture and would often have this view to our west on a clear evening. Carol and I never grew tired of looking for it whenever we traveled somewhere new – hoping to see it from a new vantage point. These images are but a few of the hundreds of images of Fuji. They are in no set order and all were taken from 1977 to late 1979. Primarily shot with a Canon F-1 (1978 version) and a Canon AE-1.
Our go to film while living in Yokohama. Kodachrome holds up well over the years when properly stored.
Freezing cold and crystal clear winter day near the base of Fuji.
Carol enjoying the view and freezing to death while doing so.
Canon F-1 with FD 80-200mm zoom lens at 200mm.
Road trip to Fuji-san.
A reminder that Fuji is an active volcano.
Fuji sunset as seen from the hill behind our home in Yokohama.
We never had the chance to climb Fuji while we were there. The constant deployments of my Navy ship kept me on an unpredictable schedule and made it impossible to find the time during the climbing months. Maybe we will have a chance – we are always hopeful.
Many thanks for your visit.
Chris and Carol
Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris 