Talk me out of a 100-dollar Canon F1-N round 2

j-dogg · Dec 15, 2010

And go.

http://ocala.craigslist.org/pho/2114051617.html

lxdude · Dec 15, 2010

Well geez, man, can't you see? "NO LENSE"

hpulley · Dec 15, 2010

Still, $100 isn't bad. On eBay F-1 bodies are still going for silly amounts.

Paul Sorensen · Dec 15, 2010

Of course, the photo is a stock photo and the only description is from the Canon literature, it could be a different F1 or it could be trashed or not working. In any kind of decent condition it looks like a good deal. I always hate ads like that, makes me think they are hiding something.

hpulley · Dec 15, 2010

Unfortunately most auction sites now have a "sell one like this" button which essentially copies the whole darned thing and makes it look like a fake ad when usually it is just a lazy ad or a person who is selling everything from soup to nuts they pick up at garage and estate sales and they don't really know which end to put the film in.

Jeff Kubach · Dec 15, 2010

I have the old F-1 which is great. The new F-1 is great also, just need more batteries for the bigger motterdrive.

Jeff

j-dogg · Dec 15, 2010

I've thought about picking it up. I have no FD glass but it's everywhere here in pawnshops and I could build a system for next to nothing.

Thing is, I already have almost a complete Nikkormat system, and I want a Canon EF lens system so I can share lenses with my DSLR.

lxdude · Dec 15, 2010

hpulley said:
Still, $100 isn't bad. On eBay F-1 bodies are still going for silly amounts.

We're supposed to talk him out of it! And ya ain't heppin'!

lxdude · Dec 15, 2010

Only buy it if you can examine it carefully first. And remember, there will always be another, so it has to be an exceptional deal to be worth jumping on right now.

frobozz · Dec 15, 2010

I'm willing to bet it's the older F-1 model. Which is also a very good camera, but more likely, at its more progressed age, to suffer from some problems that require a good CLA. Heck, instead of talking you out of it I'm going to insist that you go look at it, just so we know the rest of this story!

Duncan

hpulley · Dec 15, 2010

Revised after the OP's most recent post: I wouldn't buy an F-1 just to get started into FD today. If you already have a nice EF collection then get yourself a nice EOS-1 (or 1N or 1V) and enjoy your EF glass for autofocus and your Nikkormat for manual focus.

MattKing · Dec 15, 2010

You have come to the wrong place if you want someone to convince you not to buy a camera.

And I agree with Harry's post above.

John Koehrer · Dec 15, 2010

14 frame & pellicle mirror is not a standard F1N. If the description is accurate it's the high speed camera.
Might be worth a little more than $100. There weren't that many around but I don't remember if the motor was removable.

hpulley · Dec 15, 2010

14 fps? That would be the very rare New F-1 high speed! Get it for $100 and resell it for $1000 or more! Could be fake though too as they are very, very rare like less than 100 made.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/canonf1/html/canonf1nhighspeed.htm

Uncle Bill · Dec 15, 2010

Having recently picked up a F-1n with some lenses, just go for it.

tokengirl · Dec 15, 2010

hpulley said:
If you already have a nice EF collection then get yourself a nice EOS-1 (or 1N or 1V) and enjoy your EF glass for autofocus and your Nikkormat for manual focus.

What he said. Although you don't need anything so fancy as the EOS-1. I recently picked up a LNIB EOS 630 for less than $100, and it totally kicks butt with my EF lenses.

hpulley · Dec 15, 2010

tokengirl said:
What he said. Although you don't need anything so fancy as the EOS-1. I recently picked up a LNIB EOS 630 for less than $100, and it totally kicks butt with my EF lenses.

True, true... I have an EOS 650 and an EOS 1N RS and for most shooting the 650 is just fine though some days it is nice to have spot meter, a few more AF sensors, 10 fps...

Pumalite · Dec 16, 2010

I'm not going to talked you out of buying it. I have 2 New F-1's and a mound of FD glass, and just gave me an F-1n with a 50 mm S.C.C. f/1.4

j-dogg · Dec 16, 2010

Well unemployment talked me out of it they sent me a letter today seems that my former employer is trying to give me the shaft by appealing my unemployment benefits, I have a phone conference on the 28th (Merry belated Christmas!!!!!)

Unfortunately they fired someone who knows law specifically Florida State Statues and OSHA regulations (which they continuously violate plenty of) so I might be able to use the legal system to tell them to lick my balls and choke on my film advance lever. we will see in the coming week. Either way I'm getting backed into a corner and I'm going to come out fucking swinging. :devil:

2F/2F · Dec 16, 2010

I highly doubt that it is the rare high speed motor drive model with the pellicle mirror that the seller described...but whether it is or is not, and if it works, it is well worth the money. If it is the high speed model, get it and resell it to a collector. There is almost no use for that camera for 99% of situations. It was made for the press to shoot high-profile sporting events.

fschifano · Dec 17, 2010

Do you really want a pellicle mirror? I sure wouldn't. Cameras with pellicle mirrors have dim finders and lose light to the film plane. And the description doesn't seem right either? "Horizontal Travel Blade Shutter has five blades per curtain"? With 5 blaades per curtain, it should be a vertical traveling shutter. This ad just smells bad. Stay away. It's likely not what it seems. And you know the old saying, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

benjiboy · Dec 18, 2010

No F1s old or new have pellicle mirrors, the Canon Pellix was the only FD camera to have one.

lxdude · Dec 18, 2010

benjiboy said:
No F1s old or new have pellicle mirrors, the Canon Pellix was the only FD camera to have one.

Nope. They made a high speed motor driven F-1 in small quantities which did something like 10 frames a second.

hpulley · Dec 18, 2010

Yes, for two Olympic games they made high speed versions of the original and New F-1 cameras with pellicle mirrors and high speed motor drives. The New High Speed F-1 is still the fastest SLR ever, film or digital, at 14 frames per second.

benjiboy · Dec 18, 2010

lxdude said:
Nope. They made a high speed motor driven F-1 in small quantities which did something like 10 frames a second.

Yes you're right, I had forgotten about that one.

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