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 Delta 100, thinking, "Ok, I'll be done, then load 30m of FP4," turns out I have half a roll of something already in there. I thinking it was Delta 100, I made five rolls, then wondered if it could have been FP4, I don't know. Fuck! I hate when that happens. I'll shoot one of the recently made bulk rolls quickly, process and find out for sure. That way only one roll was sacrificed. 

Camera: Canon EF, FD SC 50 F1.8 lens, 28 F2 lens. 

Film: Ilford Delta 100, Ilfotec HC 1+31.