F1, F1n, F1N. Canon always did try to make it easy to tell one version from the other <grin>.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: Re: Look what I found > > > ----- 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 system superseded the FD system.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 >
