canon7…show me yours!

[back alley]

Did someone say "black Canon"? My 7sz is chrome but here is my black P:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45903545@N06/9480829339/

gorgeous!!


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[Bille]

gorgeous!!


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yep...

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[AndersG]

My Canon 7 with some FSU accessories.

 

[CliveC]

Oh man, this thread is not helping my GAS.
I think I'm tempted to go with a Canon P first though.

 

[dxq.canada]

Yeah, I like my Canon P over the 7 ... even though I have a harder time looking though the viewfinder with my glasses.

 

[back alley]

my first love is the canon p…i've had several over the years…but this time i wanted a camera with a built in meter…just for the ease of it, less to carry and fuss with.

 

[Tom A]

Canon 7 in black with the 35,,f2.0. The "flash" bracket is chrome - doesn't match - but then I rarely use it.
Leica M2, Visoflex III, V-Elmar 65f3.5. Old Agfapan 25, developed in Rodinal 1:100 stand development for 60 min.

 

[bobkonos]

Ok, ok: here is my 7sZ with 35mm f1.5 lens and shade. Forgot to switch the dial to "35":

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45903545@N06/10894336544/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45903545@N06/10894268536/

 

[Mackinaw]

My 7 with Canon 25/3.5.

Jim B.

 

[dxq.canada]

Nope, gatta be a 7 for this thread.
You want the other thread 😀

 

[back alley]

 

[FrankS]

It looks great.

 

[Bingley]

Congrats, joe. The 7 is a pretty well nigh indestructible camera, and I always preferred its vf to that of the P.

 

[back alley]

thanks guys!
it does look pretty good!!

 

[kshapero]

Maybe it's me but I do not see the allure. Is there something special about this rig? I am willing to be enlightened.

 

[FrankS]

Wow, wet blanket. Who peed in your cereal this morning?

😉

Sometimes it's enough to rejoice in someone else's pleasure.

 

[back alley]

Maybe it's me but I do not see the allure. Is there something special about this rig? I am willing to be enlightened.

read all about it on stephen's cameraquest site!

 

[Frontman]

Maybe it's me but I do not see the allure. Is there something special about this rig? I am willing to be enlightened.

The Canon 7 was the ultimate Canon rangefinder camera. If you get a look at the inside of one of these cameras, you can see they were built for serious use. The viewfinder/rangefinder was an arrangement of prisms and glass blocks, rather than the less expensive and less durable system of lenses and mirrors used in less expensive cameras. And the shutter in these cameras is nearly fail-proof. The built-in meter was also nearly a unique feature at the time, I think the Olympus Ace E was the only other interchangeable lens rangefinder at the time which also had a light meter.

And the Canon lenses are wonderful performers for their price. I like the big 50/.095, but the 50/1.2 is a surprising all-around performer which i often fit to my Leicas:

 

[bobkonos]

Looks great Joe and should be fun to use. Welcome back to film!

 

[back alley]

thanks bob!
my film use will be restricted to illford xp2, lab proccessing/scanning and me doing post on the computer…but it is film!
now if the temps would just go up a few degrees...