My Dad's old Canon
Oct 27, 2011 15:37:38 #
Oct 27, 2011 15:40:05 #
Looks like my husband's Minolta - it's an SR1. Totally manual, still works too!!
The imagery is tac sharp.
The imagery is tac sharp.
Milocat wrote:
Wonder what he's think of digital photography of today.
Oct 27, 2011 15:43:24 #
Oct 27, 2011 15:44:14 #
Love it! I have a collection of filters my MIL passed down plus her old canon as well, not as old as this one but still pretty sweet to play with.
Oct 27, 2011 15:45:53 #
Milocat wrote:
Wonder what he's think of digital photography of today.
Hi Milocat... I have two of those, and shot them for 40+ years... :thumbup: They were a great film camera. I have a 50mm 1.2 lens on the one I shot the most too. I was reading some posts about adapter rings to use on the old FL lenes on the Canon EOS digital. Some say they work great, orthers not so. Still trying to figure out who is right. If you ever want to shoot some film I'd use them in a heartbeat....
Mike
Oct 27, 2011 15:51:43 #
If film wasn't so expensive I would take up his camera in a second. We lived in Kuala Lumpur in the late sixties. I got the impression that my Dad was finding good prices on camera equipment there because he had not been a photographer in the States. He took reams of slides, only a small portion of which have been converted to digital.
Oct 27, 2011 15:51:50 #
I have Canon FTb packed away somewhere. Rewind lever is froze up on it but was a pretty decent camera.
Went from there to an F1 mechanical, then an AE1, then A1, then F1 auto, and so on.
Went from there to an F1 mechanical, then an AE1, then A1, then F1 auto, and so on.
Oct 27, 2011 15:52:59 #
Milocat wrote:
Wonder what he's think of digital photography of today.
There's a throwback. My first SLR was a Canon FTQL. I believe that's what you have posted. I bought it in Misawa, Japan for $100. It was a great little camera. That was in 1970.
Oct 27, 2011 17:37:50 #
Oct 27, 2011 18:19:25 #
mahma wrote:
Looks like my husband's Minolta - it's an SR1. Totally manual, still works too!!
The imagery is tac sharp.
The imagery is tac sharp.
Milocat wrote:
Wonder what he's think of digital photography of today.
The lenses from that old Minolta may well fit the new Sony Alpha line of cameras.
Sep 8, 2012 16:45:32 #
Milocat wrote:
If film wasn't so expensive I would take up his camera in a second. We lived in Kuala Lumpur in the late sixties. I got the impression that my Dad was finding good prices on camera equipment there because he had not been a photographer in the States. He took reams of slides, only a small portion of which have been converted to digital.
I still shoot a lot of film with my Ftb. My son worked for Kodak so I have an almost unending supply. If you need some film I have 800 Max at $1 per roll and a little Ultra Color 400 UC at $1.25 per roll and a case of Portra 160 on the way to me at $1.75 per roll. Shipping is $6.05 for up to 20 rolls Priority Mail.
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