Hello I'm Karl, and I'm a Canon Whore

[kb244]

Hello, I'm Karl, and I'm a Canon Addict. The picture of my babies was even taken with a *sniff* Canon Digital Rebel (oh god I'm such a whore...)

Canon P - Probably my favorite Canon camera right now. Takes Leica screw mount lens, and is a pretty solid camera as both the lens and body is made of brass. Does not have a quick loading mechanism like my G-III or FTb. The lens attached is a Canon 50mm f/1.8 chrome lens. P stood for "Populaire" in french.
Sample Images: Canon P - Celtic Cross - Something... Inspirational

Canon Demi - Demi being the French word for Half. This is my somewhat beat up half frame shooter, with a yellow filter attached. Rewind is stiff, front lens is scratched to hell but gives a funky effect. It too is made of brass, therefore kind of heavy for its size.
Sample Images: Demi Camera - Grainy Grain Mill - Some Color Photos

Canonet QL-17 G-III - The first Canon rangefinder I picked up, somewhat compact, fast and sharp lens considering. Has a quick loading mechanism and a built in meter that can give the camera shutter priority or full manual capabilities.
Sample Images: Canonet G-III - My Coworker - Hour Glass (first test image)

Canon FTbn - My first Canon film SLR, also has a quick loading mechanism. the "n" just meant it had a plastic covered film advance lever and shutter displayed in the viewfinder. Also a very solid camera much like the Canon equivilent of a Pentax K1000 or an older Nikon F system. The lens attached is a Canon 50mm f/1.4 S.S.C (Super Spectra Coating). Has a built in coupled meter but has no effect on operations of the camera.
Sample Images: Canon FTb - This World of Mine - Summer Ride

Canon EOS-1 - This is not the EOS-1n or EOS-1v but rather the original 1989 EOS-1. Fitted with an EC-B focus screen. I usually use my Canon 50mm f/1.8 on it or the Tamron 90mm f/2.8. Pretty solid autofocus body.
Sample Images: Being Kids - Standing Up


Who else here has a collection of a particular brand be it pentax, nikon, minolta, so forth?

... Now just gota find myself a pre-50s Canon rangefinder.

 

[braxus]

Me too...

Well if I still had my Rebel XT that would be 5, but 4 film bodies will do. With me its the FtbN, AE-1, Elan 7, and EOS-1N. The last two are in reverse order, but I count the 1N as the best camera- so its last. Sorry my shot doesn't look as good, as I quickly set this one up for this post. I had to use my Kodak digital for this. I'd get myself a 1V, but I'll see if I'm still shooting 35mm film in a few years as much as today. The 1N may be all I need. I'm still thinking of getting a EOS 5D replacement or 1DsMk3 down the road.

 

[Chazzy]

Since you're a Canon guy, what is your opinion of the way the company abandoned the older SLR lens mount? I don't mean to sound prejudiced--I'm a Minolta MD user, and we got shafted too.

 

[kb244]

Since you're a Canon guy, what is your opinion of the way the company abandoned the older SLR lens mount? I don't mean to sound prejudiced--I'm a Minolta MD user, and we got shafted too.

I was barely an infant when they moved to the EOS/EF mount. But good thing for my collection of Tamron Adaptall Mounts and lens.

 

[kb244]

Since you're a Canon guy, what is your opinion of the way the company abandoned the older SLR lens mount? I don't mean to sound prejudiced--I'm a Minolta MD user, and we got shafted too.

But now that I think of it, Canon abandoned the mount so they could make a better one, which lead to them being the fastest cameras at the time.

 

[kiku]

Hi Karl:
Nice collection but where is the T90?
Kiku (Howard Tanger)

Hello, I'm Karl, and I'm a Canon Addict. The picture of my babies was even taken with a *sniff* Canon Digital Rebel (oh god I'm such a whore...)

Canon P - Probably my favorite Canon camera right now. Takes Leica screw mount lens, and is a pretty solid camera as both the lens and body is made of brass. Does not have a quick loading mechanism like my G-III or FTb. The lens attached is a Canon 50mm f/1.8 chrome lens. P stood for "Populaire" in french.
Sample Images: Canon P - Celtic Cross - Something... Inspirational

Canon Demi - Demi being the French word for Half. This is my somewhat beat up half frame shooter, with a yellow filter attached. Rewind is stiff, front lens is scratched to hell but gives a funky effect. It too is made of brass, therefore kind of heavy for its size.
Sample Images: Demi Camera - Grainy Grain Mill - Some Color Photos

Canonet QL-17 G-III - The first Canon rangefinder I picked up, somewhat compact, fast and sharp lens considering. Has a quick loading mechanism and a built in meter that can give the camera shutter priority or full manual capabilities.
Sample Images: Canonet G-III - My Coworker - Hour Glass (first test image)

Canon FTbn - My first Canon film SLR, also has a quick loading mechanism. the "n" just meant it had a plastic covered film advance lever and shutter displayed in the viewfinder. Also a very solid camera much like the Canon equivilent of a Pentax K1000 or an older Nikon F system. The lens attached is a Canon 50mm f/1.4 S.S.C (Super Spectra Coating). Has a built in coupled meter but has no effect on operations of the camera.
Sample Images: Canon FTb - This World of Mine - Summer Ride

Canon EOS-1 - This is not the EOS-1n or EOS-1v but rather the original 1989 EOS-1. Fitted with an EC-B focus screen. I usually use my Canon 50mm f/1.8 on it or the Tamron 90mm f/2.8. Pretty solid autofocus body.
Sample Images: Being Kids - Standing Up


Who else here has a collection of a particular brand be it pentax, nikon, minolta, so forth?

... Now just gota find myself a pre-50s Canon rangefinder.

 

[kb244]

Hi Karl:
Nice collection but where is the T90?
Kiku (Howard Tanger)

Already got an FD-mount camera in there, and I was never a fan of the T series, figured the full mechanical FTb to be a nicer FD-base camera. If you want to consider completely the collection with a good one of their entire line up, then I would be a LONG LONG way from having that.

Edit: I am told the T90 is an excellent camera tho, and I quote my co-worker "If you like the F1, you'll love the T90"

 

[Petzi]

Nice collection but where is the T90?

My first thought, too.

 

[kb244]

My first thought, too.

Well why don't ya give me one *big grin* (or look at my trade ad in the classified for something to trade me with )

 

[Brian Jeffery]

Edit: I am told the T90 is an excellent camera tho, and I quote my co-worker "If you like the F1, you'll love the T90"

I've got a T90, two A1s, two AE-1s and an AE-1 Program. The T90 sits in a draw and never gets used. All the rest get regular outings. Although the T90 sits in the hand better than any other camera I've picked up it's simply not as good as it's old relation the A1. Why? The manual mode is a pain in the ****.


Oh, by the way my Dad, who has managed to collect one or two cameras (probably over 100, but I haven't counted), has managed to find a Canon R2000. Something I've never seen anywhere else.


Brian

 

[kb244]

I've got a T90, two A1s, two AE-1s and an AE-1 Program. The T90 sits in a draw and never gets used. All the rest get regular outings. Although the T90 sits in the hand better than any other camera I've picked up it's simply not as good as it's old relation the A1. Why? The manual mode is a pain in the ****.


Oh, by the way my Dad, who has managed to collect one or two cameras (probably over 100, but I haven't counted), has managed to find a Canon R2000. Something I've never seen anywhere else.


Brian

See thats the thing, I have to be able to shoot full manual if I so desire.

Are you talking bout the EOS RT (american name) that had the Pellix Mirror, much like the EOS-1N RS.

EDIT Oh you mean the canoflex, the first to goto 1/2000

 

[Brian Jeffery]

See thats the thing, I have to be able to shoot full manual if I so desire.

Are you talking bout the EOS RT (american name) that had the Pellix Mirror, much like the EOS-1N RS.

EDIT Oh you mean the canoflex, the first to goto 1/2000

The R2000 (a Canonflex with 1/2000) came out in the 1960 (or there abouts) and had a lever wind that was on the underside of the camera. More info can be found here

http://www.cameraquest.com/canonflx.htm



Brian

 

[Yaronecek]

What's that ugly block on the right?

 

[copake_ham]

Well I guess you win this week's "Bizarre, I Wanna Be Recognized- So Here's a Teaser Title" thread award.

 

[kb244]

Well I guess you win this week's "Bizarre, I Wanna Be Recognized- So Here's a Teaser Title" thread award.

Wow someone is being a drama king... :rolleyes:

 

[Ed Sukach]

Didn't Johann Pachebel (1607 - 1706) work with a Canon?

1607??? Boy, did I screw that up. Make that 1653!!

 

[Lee L]

Didn't Johann Pachebel (1607 - 1706) work with a Canon?

... and "in D". And we all know what that stands for.

Lee

 

[kb244]

... and "in D". And we all know what that stands for.

Lee

Canon D Minor?

I used to listen to that almost all the time on Windows 3.1 in MIDI format when I was a kid.

 

[Lee L]

Canon D Minor?

I used to listen to that almost all the time on Windows 3.1 in MIDI format when I was a kid.

The most commonly played Pachelbel Canon is in D Major. There might be a D Minor, but I haven't heard (of) it. It has been played incessantly since the film Ordinary People used it on the soundtrack.

Win 3.1 when you were a kid? I feel old.

Lee

 

[kb244]

The most commonly played Pachelbel Canon is in D Major. There might be a D Minor, but I haven't heard (of) it. It has been played incessantly since the film Ordinary People used it on the soundtrack.

Win 3.1 when you were a kid? I feel old.

Lee

Could have been D Major, I couldn't remember which so I googled Minor and it showed up.

I got my first PC when I was about 12, had a 486 25Mhtz SX, 2 meg of ram, 85MB harddrive, a 3" and 5" floppy drive, some small 13" monitor or so. With Dos 5.0 on it and Windows 3.1. I mostly stuck to DOS, eventually did Basic, Visual Basic, Pascal, C++, etc. Did a lot of desktop programming before I was 18, I did not get into web and network programming until I was 18, did ASP, MS SQL, Oracle, ActiveX, VC++ and such at the time, and moved into PHP/XML/MySQL and so forth that I know now days. I'm currently 25, so by no way am I dating myself with these cameras.

 

[jimgalli]

In 1983 as a young married new daddy I was admiring my father in law's new Canon AE-1P and went over to Reseda Camera to purchase one. I didn't know diddly squat about cameras but figured with these new "program" cameras they were getting smart enough that I didn't need to. Well, the salesman said sure, he'd be glad to sell me one...but...(anybody else ever heard this in a camera store before)..that camera is over-rated and this one is better for the same $$$. I went home with a Nikon FG Program. (I knew Paul Simon had to be right, I simply figured they were un-obtainable) Years later when the kids were in high school my mom gave me a Canon AE-1P to give to my oldest daughter, and by that time, I did know a little bit. I figured the Canon would be a great learning tool for Heather and put some film in to see what it was like thinking it was simply a Ford vs Chevy thing. That camera seemed so backwards to me after growing up on aperture priority that after a thorough try, I gave up on it and swapped it out for an FE for Heather.

Now I'm not trying to make enemies here in Canon territory but God bless that salesman whoever he was. It was the only bait and switch that ever worked out in my favor.

For historical sake, Canon and Nikon took 2 different approaches to get to their first computerized cameras. Canon was geared to shutter speeds. Shutter priority. And God help you if you wanted to use a different aperture to make the dof different. It was not a user-intuitive system. imho of course. Nikon went the other road which seemed so much more intuitive to me. Pick the aperture that will make the picture how you want it, and we'll set the speed for you.

It's a long drive to Tonopah, so you'll have to beat me up here. Oh, and welcome to APUG. I'm all about Bokeh.

 

[kb244]

In 1983 as a young married new daddy I was admiring my father in law's new Canon AE-1P and went over to Reseda Camera to purchase one. I didn't know diddly squat about cameras but figured with these new "program" cameras they were getting smart enough that I didn't need to. Well, the salesman said sure, he'd be glad to sell me one...but...(anybody else ever heard this in a camera store before)..that camera is over-rated and this one is better for the same $$$. I went home with a Nikon FG Program. (I knew Paul Simon had to be right, I simply figured they were un-obtainable) Years later when the kids were in high school my mom gave me a Canon AE-1P to give to my oldest daughter, and by that time, I did know a little bit. I figured the Canon would be a great learning tool for Heather and put some film in to see what it was like thinking it was simply a Ford vs Chevy thing. That camera seemed so backwards to me after growing up on aperture priority that after a thorough try, I gave up on it and swapped it out for an FE for Heather.

Now I'm not trying to make enemies here in Canon territory but God bless that salesman whoever he was. It was the only bait and switch that ever worked out in my favor.

For historical sake, Canon and Nikon took 2 different approaches to get to their first computerized cameras. Canon was geared to shutter speeds. Shutter priority. And God help you if you wanted to use a different aperture to make the dof different. It was not a user-intuitive system. imho of course. Nikon went the other road which seemed so much more intuitive to me. Pick the aperture that will make the picture how you want it, and we'll set the speed for you.

It's a long drive to Tonopah, so you'll have to beat me up here. Oh, and welcome to APUG. I'm all about Bokeh.

In the 80s Canon was heavily aimed at automation, you *could* do manual controls, but functions such as metering required metering in automatic mode, then switching to manual to plug in the setting. If you look at Canon's very first EOS or T(FD) camera, its aimed heavily for automation.

The 80s and such was not a good time as I would say for photogrpahy learners as there was so many variations. Nikon had their own share of cameras like an EM that was similar in automation. Now you know why I prefer the Canon FTb which was the last mechanical shutter camera just before the AE-1 came out.

You also have to realize that about this time, Canon was trying to attract very aggressivly the sports and photo journalist market where getting that shut quickly was a factor. Look back at the first Canon SLR and the first Nikon SLR, the Canonflex versus the Nikon F, the F kicked the Canonflex's ass. However 30 years later Canon got its revenge with the EOS system. In time every manufacture has it's good and bad points.

 

[MattKing]

In the middle to late 1970s, I used to sell cameras in camera stores. The Canon AE1 came, and it changed the marketplace forever.

Most of the previous SLRs were very much aimed at a niche market - SLRs were designed for either professionals, or at the least advanced amateurs, who had progressed from either instamatics, or simpler (35mm) cameras, and had learned a lot about the technicalities of photography. The predecessors were almost all manual exposure cameras, and the "full aperature" metering function was considered to be a recent advance.

Many, if not most of the users of those predecessors, would choose their shutter speed first, to take into account the lens used and the movement of the subject, and then adjust the aperture to set the exposure.

When the AE1 was introduced, it was a very early adopter of automatic exposure, and the shutter preferred system it adopted was chosen to mimic what was perceived to be the approach used by most of the users of manual exposure cameras that preceded it.

The AE1 was a revelation, but mostly because it combined automatic exposure, and compatability with a vast array of lenses and accessories, for a price that was, relatively speaking, very low. It was said at the time that Canon made the decision to take a large risk - sell large volumes of a camera, at a much smaller profit margin, with the hope and expectation that the economies of scale and higher volumes would assure appropriate profits. I believe they succeeded.

Even though I sold lots of AE1s, I still preferred the Canon Ftb that my father owned, or the Olympus OM1 I bought for myself.

Matt

 

[braxus]

Hey Matt,
I see we live in the same valley. Anyways my first real use of a 35mm was the AE-1. I used it some times (it was my moms camera at the time) before I finally got my own T-70. I later sold that for a T-90. The T-90 I had to the early 2000s of which I sold it for parts. I was very upset about having that camera turn into junk because of the shutter problem. Anyways after my T-90 went caputt, my mom gave me her AE-1 to use and I used it for a few years before I finally went EOS and got my Elan 7. Even though I now have a 1N now, I still like the refinement the Elan 7 offers. Its a quiet camera to use. The 1N always makes itself known when in use.

 

[kb244]

Hey Matt,
I see we live in the same valley. Anyways my first real use of a 35mm was the AE-1. I used it some times (it was my moms camera at the time) before I finally got my own T-70. I later sold that for a T-90. The T-90 I had to the early 2000s of which I sold it for parts. I was very upset about having that camera turn into junk because of the shutter problem. Anyways after my T-90 went caputt, my mom gave me her AE-1 to use and I used it for a few years before I finally went EOS and got my Elan 7. Even though I now have a 1N now, I still like the refinement the Elan 7 offers. Its a quiet camera to use. The 1N always makes itself known when in use.

I think you'll find my EOS-1 (before the 1N) to be worse in terms of noise, just stand next to me when it goes to rewind the film.