mmitsch Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I have a Canon EOS Elan and I noticed the curtain inside the camera looks strange. Is this normal? I don’t want to put a battery in and play with it until I know. If this is needing repair how bad is it? Thanks! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Katz Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Looks like a heavily damaged shutter. I have a bad feeling about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmitsch Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 Looks like a heavily damaged shutter. I have a bad feeling about this. Yeah, looks terrible. Do you think it’s repairable? And thank you for your response! Happy New Year! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Katz Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 It probably is repairable by having the shutter replaced but would be much cheaper to just buy another camera 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Canon EOS Elan (EOS 100) cameras have sold recently on eBay for less than US$20, a few for less than $5. While you're at it, you might look at some of the other incredible bargains in EOS film cameras, unless the Elan has some special meaning for you. One of the best of them is the EOS-3, typically for under $100 and sometimes as low as $50. It's a super camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sowsun Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 The EOS 3 is a great camera, but film cameras are getting popular again, and they are selling for about $200-$300 USD on eBay right now. A cheaper alternative might be an EOS 7 or 7N as they are full featured with ETTL, etc,, but usually sell for about $50-$100. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 film cameras are getting popular again I wish this were true since I own so many of them, but in reality (unpopular as it is) prices are down from the time (2010) I posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) they are selling for about $200-$300 USD on eBay right now. If you look at prices actually paid for items actually sold "right now", you will find my post to be accurate as of the time of posting for a "body only" . People can and do ask anything they want, but what the item sells for is the only significant 'value'. a couple of my posts on same Canon EOS 3 - an historic Canon camera Canon EOS 3 - At the Missouri Botanical Garden Edited January 2, 2021 by JDMvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sowsun Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) Here is a list of EOS-3's that recently sold on ebay. The cheapest sold was $122.50 plus $20 shipping, and most sold for around $200 plus shipping. eos-3 -lens -lenses -1v -bargain in Film Photography Cameras | eBay Edited January 2, 2021 by mike_sowsun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) It's not worth a prolonged discussion, but I had searched literally just before I posted and (listing the lowest price first) got the prices I noted. canon eos 3 | eBay (ignore the various other EOS cameras with "3" in their name, of course) Edited January 2, 2021 by JDMvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) I noticed you'd mentioned the EOS 3 was the last of the professional film cameras. I have an F-1, but is this a successor? Well the true last of the Canon "professional" film cameras was the EOS 1v. It, and the EOS 3, however, were sold for a long time until they finally ran out of stock (well after actual production had ceased). The F1 is an FD-mount camera, and a very fine one at that. By the way, since I think everyone is just burning to read more of my old posts, here are some of them on my fairly long obsession with EOS film cameras. - EOS 650 http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00Vlot EOS 620 http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00Vv2v EOS 630 http://www.photo.net/modern-film-cameras-forum/00YFVd EOS-1 http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00WvBD EOS 10S http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00WxgJ EOS 700 http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00Wn8K EOS 5 =A2e http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00Wrxy EOS-3 http://www.photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00WyuM EF-M - http://www.photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00Zyz7 If I live long enough there will be another series on the EOS digital cameras, perhaps. Some of you may consider that to be in the nature of a threat, of course. Edited January 2, 2021 by JDMvW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmitsch Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Canon EOS Elan (EOS 100) cameras have sold recently on eBay for less than US$20, a few for less than $5. While you're at it, you might look at some of the other incredible bargains in EOS film cameras, unless the Elan has some special meaning for you. One of the best of them is the EOS-3, typically for under $100 and sometimes as low as $50. It's a super camera. Thank you for your reply! The camera has meaning in that my wife and mother got it for my birthday long ago. I haven't used it in a long time and it survived a house fire we'd had some years back. I was checking my cameras for batteries and came across this. Really made me sad to see. I did come across a YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGqrW4kz70. I have been thinking of trying this. You ever heard of anyone doing this? I am intrigued by the EOS-3 information. I am wondering if I should actually get one of these for my collection. Seems nobody cares much for film cameras any longer and I do have digital ones (a Canon EOS 10D and 60D). The 10D is kind on on its last legs. I bought the 60D on eBay some time ago. I noticed you'd mentioned the EOS 3 was the last of the professional film cameras. I have an F-1, but is this a successor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmitsch Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 The EOS 3 is a great camera, but film cameras are getting popular again, and they are selling for about $200-$300 USD on eBay right now. A cheaper alternative might be an EOS 7 or 7N as they are full featured with ETTL, etc,, but usually sell for about $50-$100. Thank you for the reply! I am getting great advice and feeling a little stupid as I am not sure of the different models (EOS 3, EOS 7, EOS 7N..). Why are is the EOS-3 more expensive than the EOS-7? Did Canon not used increasing numbers on better / later models. Read my post to JDMvW and you can see some background. Really appreciate all of you helping! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 As for the shutter repair in your video, what have you got to lose??:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sowsun Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Canon generally uses smaller numbers for the better, more featured cameras. So EOS 1 is better than 3, which is better than 7, etc. Keep in mind that the EOS 1 has three versions and I would say the EOS 3 is more desirable than the older EOS 1 and EOS 1n. The EOS 1v was the last version and most people will tell you it is the finest film camera ever made. Here is visual reference for all the EOS film cameras. Template:Canon EOS film cameras - Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Yes. thanks for that table, mike. When you add in the different model names and numbers for markets in Europe, the USA and Asia, it gets even more obscure. The mysteries of camera model number, however, are not limited to Canon, although Canon seem particularly obscure in how they number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Katz Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Not sure if it means much, but I sold my EOS 3 to KEH last February for $253. I assume they expected to resell it for more. Great film camera, but I simply have no interest in shooting film. Still have an Elan IIe left since the KEH offer for it made so sense to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_sowsun Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Here is an even better visual chart courtesy of Flynn Marr who is an avid Canon collector. EOS Film - FlynnGraphics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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