Canon New F1 drive cover.

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Fraser

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I'm looking for a source to buy a drive cover on the base of the camera body the one that rewinds the film for a Canon New F1 cant find any on the big auction site, any ideas ?
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HuubL said:
That's nearing the price of a used F-1N :rolleyes:
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Now you know why that cover is missing on all of them... :)

More seriously, the new F1 seem to be not quite that cheap any more - I managed to get one for little more than that years ago, but these times seem to be over.
 
Fraser said:
I'm looking for a source to buy a drive cover on the base of the camera body the one that rewinds the film for a Canon New F1 cant find any on the big auction site, any ideas ?
Cheers,
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Hi Fraser,

The New F1 (the best 35mm SLR i've used or owned) is expensive nowadays and I don't think you could easily find the cover. If you can't find it, the best you can do is to fit a power winder on your F1, or otherwise put some black electrician tape. Which will seal the hole perfectly.

Otherwise enjoy your New F1, we F-1N users need to support each other :)
 
The price isn't all that different from a nice F3. I did go into my local camera repair shop today and managed to get the other covers so I have two cameras one with all of the covers missing and the other complete, that must be quite rare ;)
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There used to be a eBay seller "procamerarepair" that made and sold replicas, but he is gone without a trace (at least from eBay Germany).
 
Fraser said:
The price isn't all that different from a nice F3. r
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Well, that's a very overpriced Nikon F3 then. I've owned both cameras and I sold my F3 as part payment for buying the F-1N 1984 LA Olympics edition.

The Canon is a much better machine than the F3 in my view. On the other hand i like the Nikon F2 and also the F.
 
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