Canon is now researching which retro Canon to bring back in a digital camera. Which ones were your fav retro Canon? (Page 4): I think they can package the electronics into any shape...

MrPhotog

sailwiz wrote:

I would much rather see a camera come out that will match the capabilities of current smartphones. Seems to me that going retro or even giving us the current stuff is just money ill spent.

I think they can package the electronics into any shape they want, with what ever features they want.

As I see it, the retro design is just a matter of picking what the shell looks like. They may be opting for ergonomics and familiar location of the controls, or just a familiar shape that screams ‘Camera!’ at first glance.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Scruples wrote:

My very first camera was a Russian made Zenit-E. I... (show quote)

Why colors??????

I remember only Silver and Black from those days.

jiminnee

gwilliams6 wrote:

Canon is now researching which retro Canon to bring back in a digital camera. Which ones were your fav retro Canons ?

Canon has seen how well retro-style digital cameras have sold for Fuji, Nikon, Sony and wants in on this party also.

Cheers

I'd like to see the SX50 returning

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

gwilliams6 wrote:

Canon is now researching which retro Canon to bring back in a digital camera. Which ones were your fav retro Canons ?

You seem to have uncorked a Wishing Well.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

It has to come down to what is the best marketing ploy. The "look" of a retro camera is a statement on style and even fashion. It has to have the appearance that will be noticed by the broadest audience.
The AE-1 or something similar in look, hands down. It's got the silvery bits that stand out, and the bold white lettering. One could even put more silvery details on it to give it an even more retro look. That might not be historically correct, but it isn't all about that.

ASiuzdak

FTb or AE1 program. Anything using breechlock lenses. Too much to ask?

sailwiz Loc: Santee, CA

Good comment, thanks. Do you really think Canon would do such a thing? I'm going on 80, and I seen most cameras in those years. Why won't some company change it all up and put three or four lenses on a camera like cell phones have or will have?

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

sailwiz wrote:

Good comment, thanks. Do you really think Canon would do such a thing? I'm going on 80, and I seen most cameras in those years. Why won't some company change it all up and put three or four lenses on a camera like cell phones have or will have?

Very heavy I would think.

TonyBot

I’d love to see the A-1 as a ‘retro’ camera, (I still own one of several), but there is just not enough room in one to make it a sorta-modern-equipped-what-consumers-would-be-wanting digital camera. Therefore, my vote would be for the F-1!

sailwiz Loc: Santee, CA

My three current cameras all out weight my cell phone.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

sailwiz wrote:

My three current cameras all out weight my cell phone.

Your cell phone with those teensy tiny lenses. Think how much a camera would weigh with three normal-for-them lenses.

gwilliams6

Jack B wrote:

I did not earlier express my vote.
My vote is for the A-1 with the AE-1 being a close second.
Jack B

gwilliams6

TonyBot wrote:

I’d love to see the A-1 as a ‘retro’ camera, (I still own one of several), but there is just not enough room in one to make it a sorta-modern-equipped-what-consumers-would-be-wanting digital camera. Therefore, my vote would be for the F-1!

BebuLamar

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

It's got the silvery bits that stand out, and the bold white lettering.

Bold white lettering?

gwilliams6

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

It has to come down to what is the best marketing ploy. The "look" of a retro camera is a statement on style and even fashion. It has to have the appearance that will be noticed by the broadest audience.
The AE-1 or something similar in look, hands down. It's got the silvery bits that stand out, and the bold white lettering. One could even put more silvery details on it to give it an even more retro look. That might not be historically correct, but it isn't all about that.