Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
This is the first time I’ve seen a Canon camera box (any model) with a tax-free sticker. Apparently, it was placed by Canon. These tax-free cameras were not sold in U.S. military exchange stores in Japan. They were for sale at duty-free shops scattered around the country. So, no <E.P> markings on the camera.
Here is one of my Canon F-1s with an <E.P> mark. It’s an early model from August 1971.
Early original Canon F-1 with the <E.P> mark.The mark is affixed to the leatherette on the lower right of the film back.
The <E.P> mark indicates that the item was an exempt purchase at a U.S. military exchange store overseas, mainly in Japan. It’s not to be confused with Canon cameras and lenses that are marked ‘U.S. Navy’.
Canon 400mm lens with U.S Navy markings. The lens is from 1985.U.S. Navy marked Canon F-1n (late model). The camera is from 1981, the last year of the original F-1.Canon OD F-1. This limited-edition olive-drab-painted camera was made by Canon in early 1978 and was sold only in Japan. It was not made for any military organization.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
The Canon 30D is an 8.2MP APS-C crop sensor camera released in 2006. The T90 is a sophisticated 35mm SLR from 1986. The EOS 5D Mark II was released in 2008. It features a full-frame 21.1MP sensor.
As always, my camera shop, CC Design Studios, is at http://www.ccstudio2380.com. I feature an interesting mix of mostly Canon gear.
I enjoy collecting cameras with their original boxes. For me, it’s a bit like Christmas whenever I get to open a previously unused camera from decades ago.Three interesting cameras from Canon.A gem. Only opened to take pictures of it. It’s for sale in my shop now.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Here are just some of the items I have in my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com. Many of the items are still new and come with their original boxes. I test everything in my collection so you can be assured that it will arrive in a fully working condition.
A brand new Canon EOS Rebel T5 18 MP DSLR set.A Canon AV-1 35mm film camera. It’s an aperture priority camera that uses all of Canon’s FD lenses made from 1971 to 1995.A brand new Fujifilm FinePix compact digital camera set with many extras.A Canon Sure Shot WP-1 35mm film camera set, still new and unused.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
A favorite of mine: the Canon Sure Shot WP-1 35mm compact, take-anywhere film camera from the mid 1990s. My complete set is still new in its original box and waiting for the next collector to give it a home.
Just as it was back in 1997.Weather- and water-resistant, not waterproof (not for underwater use). It features a super-sharp Canon 32mm f/3.5 lens and full automatic exposure and autofocus.Easy-to-operate controls, even with wet hands and cold fingers.Nice, big, and bright viewfinder.The business end.Locks shut for a good weatherproof seal.It fits snuggly in its nylon case and pouch.
It’s a high-quality plastic fantastic from the 1990s. This camera was designed to go on adventures without fear of getting wet. Here’s a similar camera from Fujifilm, a decade before the Canon.
An early 1980s rugged camera from Fuji Photo Film Company.Fuji’s K28. How cool is that having a dozer on the box?
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Canon New F-1 with a Canon U.S. Navy NFD 100mm f2.8 fixed focus lens. The lens was designed by Canon for use by the Navy as a point-and-shoot option for quick shots from aircraft and from ships’ bridges. Sailor Proof.
To use aperture priority on a New F-1, set the shutter speed to ‘A’ and release the stop-down slide (the chrome thingy with the red line to the left of the lens). The AE Finder will then set the exposure for the shutter speed it selects. Canon calls it ‘Stopped Down AE. The camera was made in December 1982, and the lens in September 1987.
Compact point and shoot short telephoto lens that can be used on the Canon New F-1 (pictured), and select other Canon FD lens mount 35mm SLRs.Canon NFD 100mm f2.8 fixed focus lens.Rare Canon NFD 400mm f4.5 U.S. Navy marked long telephoto lens.Canon T70 with U.S. Navy markings.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
USS Midway (CV-41) Anchored off the coast of Western Australia near Fremantle. September 1977. In the lower left of the image, you can see the Liberty Party about to board one of the many ferries that carried us ashore. The Midway was a grand old ship, first commissioned in September 1945. I served onboard in the Operations Department, OA Division, as an Aerographer’s Mate assistant forecaster from March 1977 to March 1980.
Yashica TL Electro X 35mm SLR on Kodacolor.
USS Midway (CV-41) anchored off the coast of Fremantle, Western Australia, 1977. Yashica TL Electro X 35mm SLR on Kodacolor.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Here is an early Canon advertisement for its F-1 (and others).
In the United States, Bell & Howell was the distributor for Canon products.
The Canon F-1 was first released in the US in March 1971. Some cameras were produced as early as September 1970 to meet the release date. If you find an F-1 with a very low serial number (less than 1000), it could have been made in 1970. The internal date code would carry a ‘K’ as its first letter (K=1970).
My earliest F-1 is from mid-1971.
A complete, early, original Canon F-1 set.The F-1’s serial numbers started at 100001. Mine was number 2,597.
Comments are always welcome; I’ve learned a great deal from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by. While there, visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios, hosted on Etsy). – Chris Whelan
Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris 