> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:45 PM > Subject: OT: Look what I found > > > > While going through an old box in the chem dept, I found a Canon F1 with > > a 50 3.5 macro lens. Not even a lens cap. Fortunately, someone remove > > the meter battery so it didn't corrode extensively, although I can see a > > little green stuff in the battery compartment. Other than that and some > > dust, the whole thing looks cherry. Anyone know anything about these?
The F1 was Canon's premier camera offering up until the EOS system superseded the FD system. There were 3 (I think) variants of the F1 through the years, F1, F1n, and NewF1 or some such. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a way to tell wich version. I am most familiar with the F1n (which is to say I could recognize it as being an F1). Canon did some neat things. The basic camera is a manual exposure. You could add a particular prism to get aperture preferred automatic, and the addition of a winder/ motor drive would give the option of shutter preferred automatic. The F1 is a pretty bombproof camera, right up there with the Nikon F2, which it was marketed against. The Canon FD lenses are excellent as well. You have a good score. Hopefully you can find batteries for it. I think it takes a PX625, which may be a mercury type. William Robb
