tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32569695.post115901865387372996..comments2024-02-05T08:42:52.032+00:00Comments on Photo Utopia: Photo–Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14933432574703415143noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32569695.post-34346345905571559802009-05-08T11:44:00.000+00:002009-05-08T11:44:00.000+00:00the EF was an electronic slimmed down F1? ... chec...<I> the EF was an electronic slimmed down F1?</I> ... check (though still big & heavy; I just <I>loved</I> the noise it made when I dropped it on to cobblestones once!)<br /><br /><I>Copal square</I> ... check<br /><br />I have a couple of them, and when the meter failed on one and the flash sync on the other, I feared that I'd have to see if someone could cannibalise the 2 to give me one fully-working one, and one with no flash or meter. Fortunately, the company in Sydney that I sent them to had a technician who also owned an EF, so he went to town on them and gave them both back, fully restored. Much better than I could have dreamed, for a camera that old.<br /><br /><I>...Benbo ... have you tried ringing them?</I> ... S'funny - when I went looking last year, I found that Paterson had taken them over, but don't remember finding much else. Now, I see that there is an Aussie distributor, so will go there when the need arises. Wonder why I couldn't find them last time?<br /><br />I dropped in to a local photshop today, and the owner was wrestling with a stubborn speck of dust on the sensor of a 5D. I jokingly asked him if he had any proper cameras, like an F1, and he muttered something about film cameras being less trouble :->Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32569695.post-58345864104541596242009-05-07T13:57:00.000+00:002009-05-07T13:57:00.000+00:00Ah yes the EF I remember it now kind of a back-up ...Ah yes the EF I remember it now kind of a back-up to the original 1970's F1. I had an AE-1 as a back-up to my F1n in the 80s. From memory the EF was an electronic slimmed down F1? I think it also had a vertical Metal Copal square shutter (the same one as on theNikkormat) very un Canon like;-)<br /><br />Some of the the old FD lenses were excellent, the 24 F1,4L I played with for a while but couldn't afford it. I quite liked the 85 F1.8 but plumped for the 100mm F2,8 which is lighter than (and just as good) than my Nikon 105 F2,5 and not much bigger than a 50mm F1,4.<br />Another great lens is the 200mm F2,8 but I didn't buy it as I really work in the narrow 28-100 range.<br />I remember Benbo and find it strange they don't reply have you tried ringing them?<br />If not try one of their suppliers someone like Morris photographic or Firstcall give them a call rather than e-mail.Photo–Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933432574703415143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32569695.post-91001701404313504432009-05-07T12:37:00.000+00:002009-05-07T12:37:00.000+00:00Ah, not the modern EF-mount EOS system, but the FD...Ah, not the modern EF-mount EOS system, but the <A HREF="http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/size:ularge/view:main/1201811-3-the-twins.jpg" REL="nofollow">FD-mount EF</A> - Canon's equivalent to the Nikkormat EL (but much better).<br /><br />I was drooling over many listings of the 85/1.2 last night - I'd really like to get hold of one of them, but the price is a bit high at present.<br /><br />Incidentally, that's my battered Benbo holding up one of the Twins, and I was dismayed last year to find it impossible to locate a source of spares for this tripod. It was just the rubber feet that had disintegrated, so an alternative wasn't too hard to find, but I hope that nothing more important fails. If you know anything about Benbo suppliers in the UK, I'd be interested to hear about them. I was under the impression that Paterson had bought the company, but a query to them brought no response. Scary.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32569695.post-21092553212595314292009-05-07T09:09:00.000+00:002009-05-07T09:09:00.000+00:00I had a Canon F1n between 1984-2003
It doesn't rea...I had a Canon F1n between 1984-2003<br />It doesn't really match the EFs as the camera needs FD lenses which sadly can't be mounted.<br />The F1 is a great camera, probably one of the best made for a while I had the awesome 50 f1,2 and the equally good 100 F2,8- I feel a blog post coming on....Photo–Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933432574703415143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32569695.post-47479135676515472882009-05-07T00:37:00.000+00:002009-05-07T00:37:00.000+00:00Don't you just love a proper brass camera? I'd cer...Don't you just love a proper brass camera? I'd certainly love this for what it is - a fine old keep-on-going classic - but being a long-time Canon man, I'd probably go for an F1 to match my EFs. Can't really justify it, but it's only a matter of time...Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573730243954350196noreply@blogger.com