Canon EF Body?

[alexlang]

Well a couple of days ago i was digging through a closet of "old stuff" in one of the back rooms of my house. After looking through tons of old pictures, cassette tapes, and other stuff, i stumbled across my moms old Canon SLR. When i asked her about it she told me it was a "Canon EF" from the time when she was in college (about 20-25 years ago). It had a 50mm f/1.8-16 lens attached along with a "Sunpak Auto 411" external flash. My mom also says she has a zoom lens and a telephoto lens at my grandparents house.

Does anyone know anything about this camera? Hig end or low end, etc.

The same model can be seen here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...7200784&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW#ebayphotohosting

Here is the same model flash: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15221&item=3837012794&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW


thanks

 

[malachite]

Does anyone know anything about this camera? Hig end or low end, etc.

Neither..... call it the "old end" which still produces images with FD lenses that are as crisp and clear as lenses made today. Just doesn't have all the bells and whistles of today stuff.

Not worth a bunch of money but can produce on par and then some.

 

[Bob_McBob]

Here's what Canon has to say about it: http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/1970-1975/data/1973_ef.html

It has a hybrid mechnically/electronically-timed shutter, so most of the shutter speeds actually work without batteries. It also uses shutter priority autoexposure with center weighted metering. It's a pretty neat camera overall, and I've kind of wanted one for a while now (but can't justify paying for it) .

If you'd like to know how to operate it, the manual can be found here: http://canonfd.com/efind.htm

 

[DocFrankenstein]

It's not canon EF though, right?

 

[alexlang]

Nope, the lens mount is an FD. Does anyone here know what type of battery it takes by any chance?