Sometimes using a common mis-spelling of a camera brand or model number can also lead you to sellers that don't fully appreciate the value of the item. Rare, but does occasionally work.
I love my F-1. When buying film cameras, I usually look for listings where it’s “untested”. I took a chance on an F-1n and paid $74 for it. Everything works, meter, light seals in incredible condition. Just wanted to throw that tip out there.
My grandfather, Andrzej Strumiłło, when he worked as the Director of the Graphic Presentation Unit at the UN secretariat and lived in New York at that time. He was taking photos with his Canon F-1 for his album "Manhattan" using mainly Kodak Tri-X and Ilford wich takes less space on roll. And for my father he bought a Canon A-1 which I use nfd lenses in my Fuji to this day :)
I usually get my vintage gear from online auctions like Catawiki. Sometimes people only list the body and forget that the lens also has value. I once paid 11 euro including shipping for worthless body with a 350 euro lens.
@@charlesofikhenual6775 It's down to luck really. I put down an automatic bid and hope for the best. Usually you lose, but sometimes you win. Just don't get tempted to enter a bidding war towards the end.
@@charlesofikhenual6775as for medium format. A cheap good quality option is the Yashica TLR series. The build quality of the original is fantastic, but it's quite pricey. The others are very affordable and will get you great image quality.
It had some features that were indeed EZ and solved problems like shutter synchronization. I owned several of these items, though the F-1 was never one of my treasures
The waist level viewfinder attachment make this an absolute thrill to use for travel and street photography. Nice find! I got mine for $300 USD and it has been an incredible tank…which is unfortunately why I still take my AE-1 out with me mostly.
I bought a Mamiya 6 for an extremely good price on Ebay once, and it was clear the seller didn't do his research on how to price it. But then he must have realized, because he cancelled the sale, and I had to keep searching--for another year!
How dated it looks but it's a classic from the 1970's. And still works and all the accessories added for it from that time. I say it to you as I say many times to myself. The Canon is the Rolls-Royce of cameras. Thanks for showing this thumbs up.
The camera I really wanted, but couldn't afford when I started. So I settled for my M3, they were cheap say the time, and bought two Canon AT-1 with lenses from 20mm to 100mm, still have them all.
Nice F-1 body. If you want to check the aperture function without an adapter you can unlock the chrome-breechlock ring. Press the small lever in the 12-o-clock position or install the rear lens cap without turning it tight. The breechlock-ring will move a bit and you can take the rear cap away when the ring is unlocked. Then turn the ring counter-clockwise to its rest. The aperture will shut down, when you move the aperture lever. The F-1 was the best professional camera and in my opinion better than the Nikon F.
That is a great camera, it's a beast. A bit heavy, I opted for the A1 which I think is just as good with slightly fewer options, but you still can have motor drive, bulk film back and all the lenses.
Hey! I recently found a Canon New F1 with a Canon FD 50mm f1.2! for just 200€! I was so happy to be able to purchase it! *I forgot, I also got the Power Winder FN, Waist Level Finder and a Data Back!*
I was doing this circa 1998-2001, ended up with a bunch of Pentax and Ricoh bodies and K-Mount lenses, stuff I had drooled over when I was in high school. Most of it had problems - sticky diaphragms, leaky felt and such, but nothing a good cleaning couldn't fix. I also found a ton of post-dated and bulk film (a lot of which still sits in my freezer to this day). But, in essence, I lost interest. Now I need a good film scanner - and a lot of time and motivation - to scan all the negatives from that time.
I’ll usually just look at the film cameras/vintage cameras/ mixed lot sections by newest auctions and you just need to have patience but I’ve gotten Nikon f4s and f5s with their original boxes for $100 usd and you can find leicas for less than $700 too if you wait long enough
I have a Zeiss Icarex 35 body. Which also has a removable viewfinder. But you can add other viewfinder options, like a 90°, waist level etc. You can also change the focussing screen.
♥️♥️♥️ I had the Canon F1 (The F1(N) Version) bought in 1981, and the Canon FTBn bought in 1975. I also had the Canon 50mm, 35mm, 28mm, and 24mm lenses (all f/1.8 I think) and a third party 200mm prime that I think began with 'S' (Soligor, maybe). Wonderful cameras and thank you for the nostalgia trip! 🙂
I've bought many cameras off ebay. If you can find a verified seller or if its from Japan, you can get great deals. Pretty much all sellers I've bought from were bids that were going to finish soon, and if they accept offers don't be shy to start off low, but at a reasonable price
I have had a Canon F1 with the 50mm f1.8 and the 28mm f2.8 lens and the 135mm f3.5 lens since the 1970s. What a beautiful and great camera. One of the best purchases I ever made. It has never failed me. Congratulations on a great ebay find.
It's still my favorite camera. I owned some of the best nikons, minoltas, olympus, I still own the best Pentaxes, also a canon T90 and a canon rangefinder. The range finder is the camera I'm using more but I love every second with the F-1 and I love the pictures it takes.
A friend and I, stationed in Japan back in the mid 80s loved our cameras. He has that beast, the Canon F-1, while I had and still have, a Nikon F2A. We had a great time with these cameras, taking photos around the local area and Tokyo. I really miss those days. I did have the Canon FTB, little bro to the F-1. All I can is that the F-1 was built like a brick. What was nice about these cameras is that they were simple to use, few buttons, just aim, hold breath and fire away.
You can still go back to Japan with these camera and shoot like it's the 80's again...in fact I want to do that..That would be something different in the is high tech 42 megapixel insta world.
Nice find ! I miss the F1 in my collection of caméras, I have a similar technique on EBay, also interested in trying caméras not particularly searched for....Have fun with that F1 !
The shop I worked for received some F-1 over the course of working there, if I knew it was a rare one I shouldve bought one. The real treasure of this package is definitely the 50 1.4. what a beauty of a lens.
Now! Jump into your time machine, buy some 35mm "film" and processing and enjoy. I am NOT making fun of you. I'm 69 years old and remember sitting with my brother "drooling" over gear that only a PRO or playboy could afford. I salute you! Sir! Maybe I am wrong but I think if a 3rd party modified a digital sensor to make these glorious old systems new / digital. Think about it. They don't have to go overboard to have a hit. Like placing an artifical heart into a dieing man. Canon F series, Nixon, Hasselblad (been done!) So many kits out there in a closet waiting to return from the crypt. One more beautiful kit, Contax with Carl Ziess and Sonnar parts. I hope they have cameras in heaven. Cheers!
Technically impossible as sensor and its electronic must be placed inside back cover of a camera. There is no space inside otherwise. This way Kodak made its DSLR in nineties, theur replaced Nikon and Canon EOS back covers with huge boxes with CCD sensors and its electronics. Kodak DCS cameras are exactly this, Canon and Nikon film cameras with build in Kodak sensors.
Great purchase! The F-1 was Canon's answer to the Nikon F, but unfortunately for Canon, Nikon had many years experience prior to Canon getting into the pro market. Purchasing an old SLR requires careful inspection, so I would tread lightly before jumping onto the bandwagon. Users unaware find that there could be major issues such as pinholes in the shutter curtain, light leaks, sticky gears, etc. etc. that will require CLA that might cost more than the actual purchase. One thing I noticed with your F-1 is the mirror cushion needed replacement; this isn't necessarily a difficult or expensive self done project, but it does require careful cleaning of the mirrobox and possibly the mirror itself. Typically when the cushion is replaced, all the light seals are done too which requires patience and fine tools to clean the tight channels. Another point, is the Canon FD lenses; when searching for additional glass you need to confirm that the lenses are of the FD type- Canon unlike Nikon continuously changed and refined their lens mounts throughout years as they introduced new camera models, which made previous versions obsolete.
I am a recently retired camera repairman ( over 40 years ) . Years back I did a repair service on a minty F1 with a 50 1.2 lens. The customer never came back to pay and pick up his camera. I now am the owner of this camera and still shoot with it today !
Great find! The F-1 is one of the cameras on my to-buy list, if I find a bargain like this one, just to add it to my collection and put it on the shelf. I'm now buying all those cameras I dreamed of as a teenager in the 70s and I couldn't afford by a long shot. For taking pictures I use Olympus cameras, though. I'm following a similar strategy, btw. A couple weeks ago I got a nice camera bag filled with three Olympus OM-1, three Zuiko lenses, including the rare 2.0/85mm, a flash and some other accessories for 275 €. on Ebay. Everything needs some cleaning or repair, but after that this set could sell for around 850 €.
Tu as trouvé des pépites au prix du fer 😉 Merci pour l'astuce concernant la façon de chercher ! (Sinon, être comme un gamin qui ouvre ses jouets à Noël, I know the feeling, ça fait plaisir à voir.)
My dear friend... Mathieu... Please don't let all the secrets out. There won't be anymore goodie to buy soon this way! No. Kidding. You're Numero Uno. Way to go and as an owner of that camera, then and still now! with that high capacity film magazin you show in pictures (That at the time, you could make an almost slow motion movie video shooting with it!!! - A very very biggie for the day, if not the very first one who did it and PanAm (RIP) had a commercial made with exact same theme out of this gem) I can guarantee that you won't be disappointed with this camera and lens (OK... minus a tad of correctable CA from the lenses).
I've gotten Takumar & Nikon lenses this way where you can then turn around and resell accessories and the body for a profit, getting the lenses for free. I'm still trying to get a chrome nose thoriated Canon 35mm f2 but this is literally how I've gotten all my recent favorite 35mm lenses, it's definitely an awesome trick. Most recently I got a Vivitar 35mm f1.9 and a Nikon FT2 for $60 both in mint condition but it was sold as a Nikon FT2 w/35mm f1.9 and I've been trying to get my hands on one for like a year - 35mm lenses on m43 like this turn into these awesome 50mm f1.4 after you add a SpeedBooster. I can't say my shortlist is all that short now, just that I finally got my G.A.S. under control. It only took thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours on ebay over the course of about 4 years but I'm fairly satisfied with the literal 100s of lenses I've managed to get 👌😑
I have a Canon Elph LT that used the Advanced Photo System or APS film cartridges which I think was the first metadata image making system. You could choose the format from square to panorama and your images came back on a cd! 1995 baby!
I just bought a Minolta camera on ebay that came with 3 Rokkor lenses for less than the price it costs to buy just one of the lenses individually. Thanks for the advice.
Hey Mathieu, I saw trailer of contouring 3 and in one frame there was a 110 format camera shown I GUESS it's kodak ektralite or agfamatic 1008 You should check it out and make a video about that like you made once about the camera from Ghostbusters
Picked up my original Feb '76 F1 in excellent condition for 150 including the mint 50mm 1.4 ssc lens and case. The New F1 I got was in like new barely used condition for 144 and included the 50mm macro 3.5 because the seller mislabeled it as an F1 (1992 edition brewed on the code)...
Mike Lee Photography: I got a Nikon F2 Photomic in "excellent" condition with a 50mm f2 lens about a week ago.....everything works, even the meter and the only fault was the light-seals which I'm currently replacing (not from ebay).
I love the Canon F-1. It was my dream camera in the 1970's. I had to settle on a Canon TL. The F-1 was a professional camera and cost over $1000 with a lens. Since digital camera came along, the F-1 has been available what to me seems like bargain prices. I have a couple of the Olympic F-1's I also have several F-1 New, which are my favorite cameras to shoot with. Solidly built like a Mercedes. Enjoy your new F-1. I have a lot of different cameras but my favorite is the F-1.
Cool video . My first serious camera I bought with my saved up allowance money in the late 70s was Canon classic TX slr I remember seeing the Canon F1 in the promo catalogs that Canon would give camera shops back in the day and all the insane accessory the F1 had but the F1 cost too many USD$$ but the TX was a great starter camera and built like a tank . Wow that was a flash back . BTW I still have the Canon TX but I think the seals need to be replaced.
Something else happens on eBay. A guy had a great lens at a great opening price. This time, I dropped a max bid early. Normally I bid super late, but much on the mind last week. Incrementally the bidding crept up to my bid, then it was won by, a couple bucks. But that also means more. Only one other bidder probably. Cause they won by the minimum. So two days later I get a note from the seller that the winner was overseas, and he didn't ship overseas, and would I like to by it at the higher win price. I think it was a set up. Now he relisted it at a somewhat higher figure than before. I am actually going to wait till that dies and he relists at the original price. Then only bid super late. Maybe.
Found a brand new Nikon F100 in a thrift store in Vancouver for 38$ - that was a bargain and I use it very often, it is fully compatible with digital Nikon 35mm lenses
I bought my canon f1 from a great guy in Japan for £60 and the head for £20 from same seller. A guy in the UK sold the same camera for £250! The canon f1 new is even more expensive. When my camera arrived I was expecting a junk one as this guy sells lots of cameras with problems real cheap but it was better than I expected near mint to be exact.
I have a 1976 Olympic F-1.............that has never had a roll of film in it. Only unpacked from the box and looked at a couple of times. I wonder what it’s worth?
Oh well, I have been paying those Japanese sellers who examine the products and putting "no haze no fungus no separation" in the description. Even though I have paid full price every time I always get mint items.
....and yes, my ever long three decade old question regarding the human mind, psychology, and a screen, and it can be any screen. A TV, a computer, a cell, or a tablet. How and why does it affect the slightest object. Referring to a comment down below on driving the price up. What?....cause some bloke posts a video of it, and now the "screen" as told us its worth more?????....It's all about the screen, and it has been all about the screen since the dawn of television. Ohhh the power the screen has to condition, train, and manipulate the masses. To make it more controlling just add fitting appropriate music to evoke a certain emotion and you have them hooked line and sinker. Gorgeous camera by the way. I still love my Nikon FE2.
I've used and F-1(n) for over 30 years. Those cameras are built like tanks. Not as nice as yours because it's not purely a mechanical camera. It has a hybrid shutter that has limited selection of shutter speeds when the battery is removed. The FD lens are good too as you know.
Nice find Mathieu. I'm curious how much you would have paid for the item, as part of the succes of late bidding is putting in the maximum you would be willing to pay.
Canon F-1 was a very popular camera in 70's - 80's, not very rare, but definitely not cheap on eBay. Canon F-1 was the flagship in their products, and the most beautiful design film slr from Canon. A good working condition body only usually cost 180-220 USD. The 50mm F1.4 lens is a very good glass usually cost over 100 USD. Other things in your package are not very valuable on the used market.
Don't buy the early Olympus SLRs or many of the early SLRs. Before the 80s they all have big issues with short circuiting if you use them a lot when they go old.
I paid 5€ for mine with FD 50mm 1.8 S.C. lens. It needed a lot of repair though, I even had to pull the mirror box out and learn how to adjust the shutter..
The F-1 isn't that rare. I just saw one on KEH for $200 in good condition (no lenses though just the body). But they are about as a common as a Nikon F2 or F3 or a Canon AE-1. Instead of searching on eBay, go to yard sales / garage sales or even thrift stores. Found a Nikon F mount 50mm 1.4 lens sitting in Goodwill's locked case for like $20. Those lenses in good condition ca be $80+.
The Nikon F2 sb Was a much better Camera ! The Nikon F2 Couleur beat the Canons F1 in nearly 10 Pointe like Metering System, Motor drive speed , Viewfinder , Mechanical shutter speed til 10 seconds, longtime exposure Position, etc ! The Canons F1 in comparison to a Nikon F2 was like a coparison between a 100m runner vs an Invalid Person! Any way good luck with your New camera !
@@slr7075 My college classmate bought the first Canon F-1, then added the second version. That's all I know about the Canon F-1 lineup, since I have a Canon EF. (And Nikon cameras as well.)
There are more versions of the F-1, than most know. 1. The first version with serial number below 100000 is the original version. It has some minor differences in the interior, mostly in the connection of the motor. To adapt the later Motordrive F you had to alter this by Canon services at those days. 2. The same version as 1., but with the necessary alterations for the motor connection "out of the box". No external differences, but serial number from 100000 up. 2. The F-1n which has some interior and exterior changes. The film advance lever was changed, it got somewhat bigger with an plastic cap and an lower angle to transport the film. It got an film memory window on the back of the cover and the film speed selector was enlarged to 3200 ASA. There were some minor changes in the interior mechanical construction. 2. The new designed New F-1 from 1981. It has no compatible accessories with the former versions, except the okular ring of the finder. 5. There were some high speed versions with motor drives at altered F-1 and New F-1 bodies. Today you can count it as an own line of F-1. 6. Special versions of the F-1 with very limited numbers of production. There were versions with a polaroid back, and medical adapted versions. Some of them did not even had the F-1designation on its front.
@@MathieuStern I don't want to go highly subjectively because I do motorsport photography with my Old F-1 but I also used NEW F-1. There are 3 versions: F-1 (yours). F-1n. NEW F-1. F-1n is a bit more modern with split screen focusing screen in standard, and overall few little details that don't really change much, but to me they play a big role (like film holder, or winding lever, in style of newer cameras instead of older rangefinder style). It's not like you cannot change the focusing screen to Type E. It's just that there isn't many of them, and they can get a little expensive. And that's one of the more popular! 200 accessories that you talk about are to some extend really rare. Like a motordrive. Orginal correction lenses. Focusing screens. Prisms. Anyway, NEW F-1 (The most modern, with hand grip) is objectively the best one. Packed with the most features, two priorities that are available when AE prism or motor drive is attached, Newer, diode type metering cell, viewfinder illumination, hybrid shutter, longer speeds, better brighter screens, and many many more this makes the camera a hell of a beast. It's more of a Nikon F3 competitor, and it just deliversss. I recommend every model of F-1, simply because this camera is the best. I sent you a DM on the Instagram that you've seen. I wanted to share with you few little tips (so you may wanna answer *wink wink*), but I could talk about it non stop :>
