Pics of Canon Gear

For any who may be interested, I've added some digicam pics of the 35mm TS and 200mmIF w/1.4x-A TC to my Flickr library. As always,

If you get caught, the director will disavow ...........

 

 

Don B in Hampton Roads

Nice shots of your gear, Don.

 

The Camera Holder 4 appears to fit your EF body very well, though it's made for T-series bodies. Will it fit my F-1's and F-1N's as well? It looks like quite a fine piece of engineering.

Thanks for the nice words. That's a Camera Holder F3 on my EF and F-1n's. Camera Holder F4 (pictured by itself) has the vertical

bushing on the left side to accommodate bodies with "ergonomic hand grips" on the film advance end. I don't have an F-1N but I can tell

you Holder F4 will not fit an F-1, F-1n or EF without major surgery. In fact, I've had my F4 modified to fit my T-70 (which is the only body I

have with the hand grip feature) since I shot these pictures. I'll make some new pics soon of Camera Holder F4/T-70 combination showing

the modifications.

 

Have fun,

 

Don B in Hampton Roads

Should have also said, Holder F3 will fit your F-1's like it was made for it (in fact, it was).

FD Porn. Man I love the all-black stuff. Wish Canon offered the current EF teles above 200 in black versions.

 

 

My favorite is of Don O carrying the Canon stuff in the case, didn't have to log on to photonet and ask a million questions

about which lowepro pack to get, just pick up and go. But that was when men were men. Curios if Don O. still shoots, and

if he stuck with Canon? Regards.

 

Tom

Tom, I hadn't thought in terms of FD Porn, but I think I've mislead you. There is no Don O. The O in the title of the slide

is for the Japanese word Oshima, a Japanese Island I'm on. I'm the Don in the picture (although 40+ years ago) and in

fact still have some of that Canonflex outfit. The case was a 'liberated' GI-issue brown brief case with the inside folders

ripped out then filled with foam rubber trimmed for my gear. Sadly, the case disintegrated years ago. I still have fond

memories of lugging that damn thing all over the Orient, Iran/Pakistan, India and the Northern Hindu Kush. I had a close

friend who was a Nikon addict at the same time I got into Canon. He shot the picture of me with the Canonflex gear

hanging around my neck while styling on top of Camellia Mountain as we trooped the boondocks for pictures. I have a

similar photo I shot of him with his Nikon F and Mamiya C33 gear hanging all over him.

 

And of course, I still shoot and I stuck with Canon <G>. Just today I mated my 'new' FD 35mm TS f/2.8 with a 2x-B TC

to make a 70mm Tilt and Shift on an F-1n. Shot 4 exposures to finish my first roll of TnS slides. Stay tuned. Thank

you for the compliment.

 

Don B in Hampton Roads

Hey Don, Could you tell me more about the collar you have mounted to the 2x-B, thats a setup I could use for my 200mm. Did it take any modification?

Curtis, It's an Olympus Tripod Collar. Doesn't have any Model Nr I can find. It's marked 'OLYMPUS" on the bottom of the tripod foot with

a sketch of a camera indicating which side of the collar the body goes on. I got it from one of our forum members, Dennis Kushner, who

knew it would fit the Canon TC. It works just fine on the 2x-B TC without any modification, but it's too wide for the 1.4x-A TC. Haven't

tried a 2x-A TC yet. I saw the collar once on EBay as NOS with a BIN of $90 or so. Don't think it sold. I find it very useful with a 200mm

f/2.8 IF/2x-B TC combination (the 200mm is my longest lens) to put less stress on the FD body mount. As shown in my Flickr pics, I use

the SLIK 700D tripod so have their round QR plate threaded into the collar tripod bushing. Works like a champ and I'm pleased.

 

Wish you luck friend,

 

Don B in Hampton Roads

Don, thanks for the follow-up, interesting personal stories, more interesting to me than the gear pics. I still have all of my FD gear which I started in 1980. Only pieces that I have parted with were either smashed on rocks or dunked in saltwater, neither intentionally. Now I have to go research the history behind Hawai Five-"O", I already saw all the episodes in the 70s. The FDprn wasn't my idea, I was recently looking at hardwood stuff on the net (woodworking is my other cash sucker), and this guy had a woodporn gallery section - and it turns out the guy is also a commercial photographer. http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/woodporn.htm

Holy Smoke Tom, I'm also an aficionado of rifles and shotguns. The wood on that site is enough to make a grown man

cry. I had the pleasure of hand selecting two Anschutz Sporter .22 rifles at the factory while stationed in Germany in the

late 70's. Could never afford to replace those stocks with similar grade walnut today. BTW, I just posted three more shots

on the Flickr Photo Gear URL of my T-70 on a modified Camera Holder F4. Again, thank you for the kind words.

 

Don B in Hampton Roads

Don, I like the lawyer bookcases. Nice finish on yours and a great way to keep dusted equiptment fairly dust free

inbetween shoots.

 

<P>Concerning the olympus lens tripod mount. I do think it was for an option for lens or two but more specifically it

was bundled with the oly 80mm and 135mm bellows lenses' adjustable extention tube. Heres a couple pix of it

deployed and collapsed and a closer shot of the oly macro pieces. Very cool items that I adapt to eos mount, the

other canon ;^)

 

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Nice pics Lindy. The saying a picture is worth a thousand words is correct. Nothing beats seeing what you're talking

about. The bookcases are an Office Depot purchase that I like very much. I put a 40 gram Silica Gel container on each

shelf to combat as much humidity as possible (hopefully no fungus on my lenses). Also carry one in each of my three

gadget bags. Hampton Roads is one of the largest harbors in the world so we have salt water everywhere. So far so good.

Thanks for the interest my friend.

 

Don B in Hampton Roads

Thanks Don, actually the pics are incredibly sharp but I uploaded them wider than 700 so photonet reduces them. This imposes zig zags on all crisp lines.

 

I'm still collecting the military issue lawyer bookcases from Vietnam issue foward. I picked up a brand new looking grey one that got disposed of from dept of interior: $10.I didn't have the heart to counteroffer the seller at his yardsale. I guess they didn't need a camo re-finish for domestic use.