Hi folks!
I'm just getting back into film photography after a long hiatus. Back in the late 70s, I shot a lot of film while in high school and on into the 80s. As my family grew, my time for photography shrank. When I first purchased a digital camera somewhere back in the 90s, my trusty old Canon A-1 went into storage. A few years ago, I gave it, and my modest lens collection to my 24 year old son.
In September of this year, I decided that I wanted to get back into shooting film again. As a kid, my dream camera was an F-1. I found what looks to be an unused F-1N for a good price and the passion was reignited. I picked up a couple of old Canon FT and FTbs out of curiosity only to find that I really like the old mechanical stuff. In early November, I found another A-1 for $110 and found that it shoots quite well. I've put 5 rolls through my F-1N and love that thing more with every shot. The A-1 feels like old times to me and I'm really wanting to put more film through that in the coming years as well.
Today, an early F-1 body showed up in the mail as well as 3 parts camera A-1s. That give us 2 working A-1s in the family and 3 more for parts support should it be needed.
I'm happy to have an old camera back in my hand again and look forward to getting out and shooting as much as I can.
Tim
I'm just getting back into film photography after a long hiatus. Back in the late 70s, I shot a lot of film while in high school and on into the 80s. As my family grew, my time for photography shrank. When I first purchased a digital camera somewhere back in the 90s, my trusty old Canon A-1 went into storage. A few years ago, I gave it, and my modest lens collection to my 24 year old son.
In September of this year, I decided that I wanted to get back into shooting film again. As a kid, my dream camera was an F-1. I found what looks to be an unused F-1N for a good price and the passion was reignited. I picked up a couple of old Canon FT and FTbs out of curiosity only to find that I really like the old mechanical stuff. In early November, I found another A-1 for $110 and found that it shoots quite well. I've put 5 rolls through my F-1N and love that thing more with every shot. The A-1 feels like old times to me and I'm really wanting to put more film through that in the coming years as well.
Today, an early F-1 body showed up in the mail as well as 3 parts camera A-1s. That give us 2 working A-1s in the family and 3 more for parts support should it be needed.
I'm happy to have an old camera back in my hand again and look forward to getting out and shooting as much as I can.
Tim