Taking another Look at the Canon EF
The Canon EF is an interesting beast of a camera, a test bed for future camera technology and product features and pre dates the Canon A-Series. The EF is a shutter priority camera with manual override aimed at advanced amateurs and was slotted just below the F-1 pro body and the mechanical FTb when it was launched in 1973. Mike Eckmam, host of Camerosity and his long running camera collecting blog wrote a very in depth post on the EF and covers the camera in such detail I never could . This camera intrigued me for years as it was almost a very pro grade version of the Canon AE-1, but with a hybrid mechanical/electronic shutter. I always shot this camera manually and felt like I was fighting it to some exentent. This time around, I just set it up for shutter priority and and focused on composing the photograph. The EF became a much more fun camera to shoot with and I see why it has the cult following amongst Canon FD mount shooters. I shot what I thought was my last roll of Ilford
