dave_s Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/qbda9">This thing here.</A> Ocular fundus camera? <p> I'll post a copy of the photo too. (If the moderators think I'm violating copyright, they can delete it.)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnashings Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 No mention of it on MIR, none inthe Canon "museum" - I am stumped. Looks like a very simplified New F1 with a permanent power winder and a fixed prism... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscown Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Strange looking thing... It almost looks like a cross between an F1 and an A1. The motordrive piece looks very much like my A1 drive. Shutter release button looks like an A1 too... The pentaprism and rear eyepiece are quite different... Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin_polk Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Google? http://tinyurl.com/l7fm4 http://tinyurl.com/lm23l plus some more... They say it's based on the AE-1P; I guess that its based on the chassis of an AE-1P, plus the motor drive MA, and the F1n eye level finder with a viewfinder magnifier attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 it's a sweet FA :o) [does this mean the same thing in the USA as in the UK ?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigwam jones Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Wish I could see it !!! Sadly, I am at work and blocked from eBay. Just an FYI - where I work (and a lot of places, I presume), employees' internet use is tracked. Not only are we blocked from visiting eBay, but attempts are tracked and we can get in trouble for it. You might consider putting a message next to your URL indicating where it is going - TinyURL doesn't let you know where it is going to go until you click on it. Not complaining, just to let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahlster Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 It's the camera part of a device for taking pictures of the inside of the human eyeball. it is of no pratical use without the rest of the instrument. it can not be converted into a normal camera. It is at most a collectable curio I believe it is called a Fundus Camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Well...I bet spare parts are hard to come by! :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w_t1 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Actually it's Canon FDD prototype, FD-Digital. I saw it in Tokyo last week. Pretty sweet, glad I still have my FD lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscown Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 WT, A Canon Prototype FDD Digital you say? Impressive! I especially like the retro fil m sprockets and opening back... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincenzo_maielli Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 See the Christian Rollinger FD devoted web site. I think that are a particualr model of F1 new, specialized in very fast photography. Ciao Vincenzo Maielli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcole Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Very suspicious. The outline of the main nameplate which says "Canon" on the front of the prism seems to have the silhouette of a Nikon (specifically, an FM or something like it). Someone has been having fun with photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zml Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 A-series based specialized model for opthamological applications. You can see it here http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/SLRs/CanonFA/index.htm and in zillion other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnashings Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 So it was on the mir website... I looked - wonder how I missed it. On a closer look, it bears no relation to a New F1 - I was completely wrong. Definitely more of an A1 based camera as someone said - very specialized stuff! But beyond the already mentioned collectible value, its of no use in any field other than the one it was meant for, but the looks of it and the description. Interesting, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigene Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I've got one. It's a reflex based on the AE-1 for ophtalmologist work. You can't use it for photography outdoor because the chamber is round and not 24x36 format. You can use it with Motor Drive MZ (I've got it too). The Canon F-A have to be used with a very heavy equipment (bigger than a UC of a personnal computer). This equipment is used for the traitment of the photographies (???). I don't have it and I don't know how it work with it. Soon, more details and photographies on my web site : http://canon.photo.free.fr/histoire.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ari_kermaier Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Hmm, did anyone notice the oval mask behind the shutter? I wonder what sort of image coverage the intended lens/objective optics throw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_kennedy3 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Kevincameras.com has 3 of them for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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