Canon 7 - In the Light of Day

<p>Louis, these are just gorgeous. The camera is a real beauty too. Nicely done.</p>

<p>My favourite would be "Old School". The dreaminess of the lens.</p>

Gorgeous hardware.. I have only ever seenthese in pictures they are very nice and having thje lenses to somplement the show is very enticing! I really liked the portrait of Cliff? and the chair and stove was also excellent The Ford radiator is very cool as is the violin shot, I agree there is probably a whole story of photos there! Oooh very very nice ! Put that G1 way back it can wait a few years the Canon is in it's prime!

<p>Wow, these are great! I have a Canon 50mm f1.4 that I have been using on my M's with an LTM-to-bayonet adapter, and I have to agree that the image quality is wonderful. In fact, I may have to go out for a walk in the woods with it and a roll of film now . . .</p>

<p>It looks clunkier than other LTM cameras but I love the viewfinder. Its great with glasses. I have a Bell & Howell/Canon 7 and a Canon 7s</p>

<p><strong>Rob</strong>, Thanks for stopping in and the kind comments</p>

<p><strong>Hugo</strong>, I agree on the dreaminess. It's hard to "fake" that optical effect with filters or photoshop. In other times lenses with this quality would be cherished. Now it seems all anyone can talk about, especially the digital crowd, is "IQ"</p>

<p><strong>Chuck</strong>, yeah, I may stick the G1 in the safe for a time although I love it's compactness and tiny lenses. Gus Lazzari is now working on a late version black Canon 100mm f/3.5 for me. When that gets back I'm sure that will keep me busy with the 7 for quite a while. That's a pretty tiny lens too and my favorite focal length for 35mm.</p>

<p><strong>LMar</strong>, great! Nice to hear my post helped you get out and shoot.</p>

<p><strong>r.c.</strong>, Yep, it's a handful but the finder is wonderful. I put a tiny rubber o-ring around the meter hi/lo switch. It works great to protect my glasses from getting scratched.</p>

<p>Beautiful pictures, Louis, IIMRSS. Why am I not surprised? Invidious to pick a favourite, but it would be mailbox #13 if I had to. <br>

As others have remarked, I'm not sure I can afford to go on reading your posts ...</p>

<p><strong>James</strong>, Thank you so much for your nice comments. Actually the Canon 7 is not that expensive. KEH has an EX one right now for $133. A clean, late model Canon 50mm f/1.8 will cost around $100. I have seen both go for less on eBay. Not bad for a top of the line rangefinder camera and sharp lens. Naturally finding a mint one, with high speed glass, will cost more. </p>

<p>Well done, Louis. Great composition as always. I'm particularly partial to the Mailbox and Winged Ford. What car is that by the way?</p>

<p>Hi Capital Q, Thanks for dropping by. I can't be much help on the car model. Some late 30's/early 40's hot rod I saw at a car show here in town. I don't know much about cars I'm afraid. They sure look neat though!</p>

<p>If you have the Mirror Box 2, you can mount additional long lenses on the Canon 7, such as the 135mm/2.5 short mount lens:<br>

http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Canon_MB2.html<br>

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/s/data/100-1000/s_m135_25.html<br>

I have a lens like the 135 shown, and can use it on my Canon SLRs together with a 25mm extension tube (Note: to focus exactly to infinity would require a ~24.7mm tube), mainly for portraits.</p>