It is indeed a sad state to see the FD mount New Canon F-1 has to retired from service this way; it cannot even enjoy potential benefit to utilize the more advance electronic EF mount as with the EOS users back in 1986. As a detaching system users, you may use this site for common support and sharing mutual knowledge or experiences among yourself. Ihope this convenience provided can be of useful to all of you who still owned this great piece of manual focus SLR. You may use this message board as a guestbook for the camera. Enjoy.

1. From : MarkD (md644@hotmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 04:37 PM Thursday 28 February, 2002

Brian Davis - Congratulations, an F-1 for £49, a true bargain and an excellent camera. You need Canon FD lenses for it, they are readily available second hand (look at mxvphotographic.com, ffordes.com or solophoto.co.uk for an idea of UK prices). They come in two forms, with a (silver) locking ring (called breechlock or with a silver "push button" (sometimes called "New FD" or FDn"). An alternative is third party lenses, e.g. Tamron, Tokina, Sigma, there are plenty of these around also. The camera was made from 1971-81 (as you probably read on this site) so parts are likely to be expensive/difficult to find. On this note, be a aware that Canon no longer "support" this camera (or any of theie older manual focus models. Otherwise - enjoy!

Cheers,

Mark.

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2. From : Leland R. Cabiness (cabinessl@usacil-acirs.army.mil)
Url : http://
Date : 02:14 AM Friday 22 February, 2002

Recently I found my old F1 camera body which I had put in storage over 20 years ago when the shutter developed a bounce and I obtained an overexposed strip on the side of each photo. Don't know if this was a common problem with the F1, but am looking for a source to repair and get operational again.

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3. From : brian Davis (bridav2002@yahoo.co.uk)
Url : http://
Date : 08:52 PM Thursday 21 February, 2002

I visited my local second-hand store the other dasy and to my surprise saw a near pristine Canon F1 for sale. The price? - £49. I snapped it up and found that it is in perfect working order. I know very little about this very solid beast and if anyone would give me some advice about it qualities,good and bad, and the availabilty of lenses etc. I should be very grateful

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4. From : brian davis (bridav2002@yahoo.co.uk)
Url : http://
Date : 08:43 PM Thursday 21 February, 2002

I wandered into a second-hand shop and to my surprise I saw a very clean F1 for sale at a very low price. I snapped it up. Once I got home I played around with it, got stuck once or twice, then got some advice from a local dealer. It is in perfect working order and apparently has hardly been used. I am very pleased with myself! It is a solid beast and seems to ooze quality.

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5. From : John (jsquishee@yahoo.com)
Url : http://
Date : 10:41 AM Friday 15 February, 2002

I have a F1, Bellows, and Booster-T finder. I have successfully used the bellows for color and B/W, but want to get "more acurate" results with my metering.

I love this site, but was unable to glean any instructions how to work with said equipment, can anyone email me with any info?

Anyways, essentially I don't want to waste any film using the bellows (oh, FD 50mm 1:1.4), and would like to have confidence in what I am taking picture of (ie, it is frustrating to shoot a roll or two of film, and find black or white images). I know that I can write down my settings and go by trial and error, I would rather have a specific formula for getting my settings right the first time.

Thanks!

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6. From : Bryan Swain (www.csoul07@aol.com)
Url : http://
Date : 08:56 AM Friday 15 February, 2002

Need your old f1 repaired? I can help! Im 25 yr. And have been repairing them for 6yrs. at camerarepairjapan.com We have tons of parts. But their going fast. Got to go.... Takecare.

Bryan

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7. From : mateja (mato_6@hotmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 04:31 AM Sunday 10 February, 2002

Need a Canon F1 n, thanks!

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8. From : MarkD (md644@hotmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 04:33 PM Friday 08 February, 2002

Don Boyd - www.ffordes.com are advertising a Canon eyecup R for £4 (about $6?). They're in the UK but I've no idea if they will post things overseas, maybe the postage would cost more than the eyecup (if they still have it in stock that is!). Might be worth a try??? Cheers, Mark.

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9. From : Don Boyd (donaldboyd@rcn.com)
Url : http://
Date : 06:06 AM Friday 08 February, 2002

Need a Canon Eyecup R for my newly bought Canon F-1n (ASA 3200). Haunted ebay for two months without luck. Any ideas! Any non-Canon cup that might fit? Thanks

Don

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10. From : Lindy (adkinstone@earthlink.net)
Url : http://
Date : 01:12 PM Sunday 03 February, 2002

Another thing that I'd like to add about the previous posting below... The F-1 Screen Y is a clear glass screen, not matte! Iit has an oversized circular center. 3x the size of my C screen center. When you stop down the lens it dramatically darkens outside the center. With each apperature change the darkness grows closer to the center. Thats why I think its a servo ee screen .With Apperature Wide it seems quicker to focus. Lindy

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