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Canon Cameras



    I have always had a soft spot for Canon cameras. I suppose this is purely subjective, and I know a number of equally adamant Nikon, Pentax, and Minolta enthusiasts. For want of a better system, I have taken to classifying Canon cameras by their lens mounts. Using this system of identification, there are two classes of Canon gear currently in wide spread use. These are the FD system, and the EX system. Of the two, I have a slight preference for the older FD system.
    As with everything on my site, I have limited myself to a discussion of only equipment that I have actually owned or used. I must admit that I love the old FD series of Canon cameras, particularly the all metal, match needle models like the F-1, FTB, TLb, and TX.
The FD system
    This was the Canon system of the seventies and, to a certain extent, the eighties.
The F-1 The FTb The TLb The A-1
The FD Lenses An FD to EF converter

The EOS (EF)system

Canon's newest, designed for it's EOS series of auto exposure, auto focus cameras.
The Rebel The D30 The EF Lenses


Digital

Canon D30
Canon D60
Canon DRebel
Canon F-1 w silicon back









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