I’ve got a small collection of Canon 35mm film SLRs. Here’s what I think of them.
The collection is a pretty good alpha to omega of FD and EF mount film SLRs, from the 1971 FTb to the 1994 EOS 1n with some ’80s fun thrown in the middle.
I wrote about my Canon SLR collection recently, mentioning that I’d like a T50.
Now, thanks to a camera swap with the very excellent Frank Lehnen, I’ve got one. (Frank got a not-very-compact Ricoh zoom compact. A nice camera… but I think I got the best end of the swap. Hope Frank doesn’t mind.)
I wrote about my Canon SLR collection a while ago. The A1 was an obvious gap between the match-needles and dials of the Fs and the computers, buttons and LCDs of the Ts.
By the alchemy of eBay I transmuted three broken mobile phones into one very nice Canon A1. Gap filled.
As well as a teeny little Pentax Auto 110, my brother gave me an Agfamatic 2000.
It’s a great example of ’70s futuristic design. Did they have cameras in Space 1999 (http://www.space1999.org )? If they did, they would have looked like this.
Agfamatic 2000 – Open
Agfamatic 2000 – Open
Agfamatic 2000 – Closed
Agfamatic 2000 – ClosedIt’s a super-basic camera. A setting for cloudy or sunny, and a big red shutter button. That’s it.
I think the word ‘sensor’ writ on the top just means that if you push the big red button, it senses that it has been pushed. There’s certainly nothing complicated relating to sensing light going on in there.
The camera closes up, covering the lens. It is opened using a switch on the bottom. Squishing the camera shut again winds the film on. It springs back open unless you lock it shut.
It’s a really nice camera to use.
It feels solid, it is friendly, the winding mechanism makes a satisfying noise, and the slinky metal wristband is a fine thing.
Results
Unfortunately, the pictures that come out of it ain’t no good.
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