New to the Shop – An eclectic mix of neat stuff

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

New in the shop this week I’ve presented a little bit of everything! My camera shop can be found at http://www.ccstudio2380.com

Kinda hard to find early Canon F-1 presentation box. Pre 1974

Mamiya / Sekor 1000 DTL – 1970

Original instruction guidebook for the Graflex Pacemaker Crown and Speed Graphic medium format cameras.

Original and hard to find Canon instruction booklet for the Servo EE finder. Mint condition and from July 1973

Published November 1981, the Canon A-1 sales brochure is a colorful instruction book on steroids.

I need some LOVE… Minolta Maxxum 9000 AF 35mm SLR in need of repair!

Crazy exposure meter from Bertram (W. Germany 1955) – the Bewi Automat ‘A’ is a study in mid-century style… works great too.

Canon Speedlite 155A for the ever popular Canon A Series of cameras from the early 1980s. This one is fully working and in mint condition.

Still new in its box, this super cool Fuji Smart Shot kit is the perfect way to break into 35mm street photography.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for all the support that you’ve my shop over the years! Carol and I appreciate it greatly! ^.^

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Sakura in Naka-ku – Yokohama’s little jewel

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

From the Spring of 1979 – one of the rare times I was home during the Sakura Season in Japan.

Sankei-en in Yokohama

Along Avenue D – Honmoku, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Beautiful Sankei-en (Gardens)

We were very fortunate to live just a short bicycle ride from Sankei-en and although I was seldom home during the Spring we would always find time to spend the day there.

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Camera: Canon F-1 with Canon FD lenses on Kodak Kodachrome film.

Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

I’m running some nice specials in my shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com and I’ll be adding some new cameras shortly!

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Canon Photo Gear in the shop – new arrivals!

January 17, 2019January 22, 2019Chris and Carol 2 Comments

Select items from my collection of Canon photo gear are now on sale in my online shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com – pop on over and check them out – you may find something that strikes your fancy. Some unique Canon items from the Summer Olympics that were held in Los Angeles in 1984 and even a hard to find 1976 Olympics lens cap from the Olympics held in Montreal.

Happy hunting!

Thank you!

Original instructions from 1981

Instruction book for the A-1 from 1981

“Action Grip” for the Canon A-1 and AE-1 Program – SOLD! Thank you!

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A rather rare Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar lens with the Exa-Exakta mount – 1952

Canon fanny pack from the 1984 Olympics

Canon camera strap still new from 1984

Getting harder to find – 55mm lens cap commemorating the 1976 Olympics

Hardly ever seen here in the US – 52mm lens cap

Many more items wait to be discovered in the shop as I continue to sell off my collections of photo stuff. I’ll be listing a mint condition Yashica Mat-124G TLR soon as well as a mint condition Canon New F-1 (F-1N) LA Olympics 35mm SLR! Stay tuned.

Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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Yashica FR II – the camera that made me buy the Canon F-1

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Time for another look at this underappreciated Yashica.

Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris

I know – the FR II and the F-1 are miles apart in features (and price). I purchased my first Yashica, a TL Electro-X in 1971 and used it faithfully through much of the 1970s. Being a young (and married) US Navy Sailor and money deprived, the TL suited me just fine – until I was transferred to Japan in 1977. If you were ever stationed in Yokosuka then you know what Building A33 means. It was the Navy Exchange camera and stereo heaven!!! Reps from all of the major camera manufacturers were present and demonstrated their latest gear to the now cash flush Sailors. Upstairs was a branch of Navy Federal Credit Union… if you couldn’t afford it, finance it! Pure bliss.

I’m so easily distracted.

So it was time for me to upgrade my trusty TL Electro-X, so naturally I looked at what Yashica had to offer. The…

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Battery Burner – Canon’s Massive Motor

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018Chris and Carol 2 Comments

When you chase down something for over forty years the payoff should be special – it was! It’s not like these beasts are rare, if I had had a few more bucks in my pocket back in 1978 I could have purchased it for around $400 at the Navy Exchange in Yokosuka along with my F-1. But being an underpaid and over-deployed Sailor there’s only so much money to throw at cameras when there were hi-end stereos still to buy. ^.^

No one I knew at the time (including myself) needed one of these – they were meant for professional photographers and I was certainly not that. But how could a 25-year-old “camera bug” not want it? Just look at it! Crazy big but powerful and that sound it made when burning through film at 3.5 fps – wow! The F-1 was already a monster to lug around and this bit of motorized mayhem would add over 2 pounds to an already strained neck.

Yum-yum, eat ’em up!

So after 40 years I broke down and bought my Canon Motor Drive MF on eBay from a large camera retailer on the West Coast. I believe I got it at a great price – $60 plus shipping for a fully working and in nearly mint condition. I’m very happy with it and yes, it’s still a ridiculous piece of camera hardware but it harkens back to another time and place in photography and that makes it worth it.

It’s almost as big as the camera itself!

A gentle reminder that when in the continuous mode that the shutter speed range is from a low of 1/60 to a max of 1/2000. Single frame allows shooting down to 1 second.

It looks great on my original F-1 from 1978 and it’s a fun reminder of those heady days back in Japan when I wanted anything that could be attached to the F-1. After 40 years it just feels right! Merry Christmas to me.

Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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Canon F-1 vs. Nikon F

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018Chris and Carol 8 Comments

Two 1970s heavyweights battle it out (well sort of).

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The Canon is from 1978 and the Nikon is from 1972. To me, the clear winner is the F-1. It’s a more robust camera body and the Canon FD lenses are as good as if not better than the Nikkors. Besides, you have to remove the entire baseplate and back (they are one unit) to be able to load film – not the easiest of things to do while bouncing around in a small boat or a safari vehicle. Just sayin’.

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Which camp are you? Canon or Nikon? Or Olympus or Minolta?

Thanks for stopping by!

Chris

Rare First Edition Canon F-1 Book – 1971

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018Chris and Carol 1 Comment

Rare first edition of the Canon F-1 instruction book. This one was printed in Japan in September 1971. It features a unique cover shot of the F-1 – all other books after this one are different.

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The Canon F-1 featured in this book carries a super early serial number – 100251

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Comparing this book to some of our others there are quite a bit of changes which would be typical of a first edition book.

It’s available for purchase at https://www.ccstudio2380.com

Thanks for stopping by!

C&C ^.^

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Our House – Honmoku, Yokohama 1977

December 12, 2017December 25, 2017Chris and Carol 14 Comments

As a tie-in to a recent post by our friend Peggy at Camera Go Camera of our old neighborhood (US Navy Area 2 Military Base Housing) in Japan. Here’s a picture of our house at 283-D Area 2 after a rare light snowfall.

Our US Navy base house in Honmoku, Naka-Ku, Yokohama from May 1977 to February 1980. We were the last Navy family to live there as the US Navy was in the process of turning over control of the land to the Japanese Government.

US Navy housing Area 2 looking east towards the bay. This part of Yokohama was still very industrial in the late 1970s. Our house is the blue two-story in the middle left. This shot was taken on a nice and steamy hot August day.

Camera: Canon F-1 on Kodachrome 25 color slide film

Thanks for stopping by!

Chris and Carol

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Valldemossa, Majorca – Wall Tile

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Beautiful wall tile in Valldemossa.

Canon F-1 with Canon FD 80-200mm f/ 4 zoom lens on Kodak Kodachrome 25 color slide film.

Majorca – Summer 1986

Chris

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Hercules and Cacus – Piazza della Signoria, Florence

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017Chris and Carol 4 Comments

Maybe not my most favorite statue in Florence (so many to choose from) but I like the effect that my 24mm lens gives the viewer – add in contrasty late day lighting and it was a tough shot to get. Wide angle lenses like the 24mm slightly pointed upward will give the most (pleasing) distortion.

Canon F-1 with Canon FD 24mm f/ 2.8 wide angle lens on Kodak Kodachrome 25 color slide film. The light meter in the F-1 handled the tricky lighting rather well. If I remember correctly, I took a spot reading of the building in bright sunlight and then the deep shadows behind the statue – I then adjusted the exposure settings to reflect an average of the two.

Bandinelli’s Hercules and Cacus, 16th Century – Florence

Thanks for your visit to the most beautiful place in all of Tuscany.

Chris

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New to the Shop – An eclectic mix of neat stuff

New in the shop this week I’ve presented a little bit of everything! My camera shop can be found at http://www.ccstudio2380.com

Sakura in Naka-ku – Yokohama’s little jewel

Canon Photo Gear in the shop – new arrivals!

Yashica FR II – the camera that made me buy the Canon F-1

Battery Burner – Canon’s Massive Motor

Canon F-1 vs. Nikon F

Two 1970s heavyweights battle it out (well sort of).

Rare First Edition Canon F-1 Book – 1971

Rare first edition of the Canon F-1 instruction book. This one was printed in Japan in September 1971. It features a unique cover shot of the F-1 – all other books after this one are different.

Our House – Honmoku, Yokohama 1977

Valldemossa, Majorca – Wall Tile

Hercules and Cacus – Piazza della Signoria, Florence