The Canon AV-1 is a Better Canon AE-1 (For Me)
James reviews the Canon AV-1, a camera that’s often described as “a Canon AE-1 with aperture priority mode.”
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Canon AE-1 Program Camera Review – Beginners’ Best Choice
The Canon AE-1 Program will make great photos easily, for any level of photographer. But it may be the best choice, specifically, for new photographers.
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Canon AE-1 – Video Review
After much filming, lots of trial and error, and countless hours of editing, we’ve finally finished our very first video review. We’ve started with a camera that’s among the most…
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Canon AE-1 Program vs AE-1 – Camera Review
If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. A good philosophy, and one that Canon kept in mind when designing the follow-up to their massively successful AE-1 SLR. After five years…
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Exploded Views – Canon AE-1
Casual Photophile was born from an appreciation that cameras are amazing, tiny machines. What better way to illustrate the intricacy and wonder of these little devices than to tear them apart…
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Canon AE-1 – Camera Review
Canon and Nikon; today, these two brands are synonymous with professional photography, both make fantastic machines, and even the uninterested public considers them equals. But it wasn’t always this way.…
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Canon FD 85mm F/1.2 L – Finding My Ideal Focal Length with Canon’s Legendary Portrait Lens
Stephen reviews the Canon FD 85mm F/1.2 L, a super fast prime portrait lens which has made 85mm his go-to focal length.
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The Essentials – A Guide to the Best of Canon’s Camera Systems
Talking about the best Canon film cameras isn’t easy. The brand has a long history. But everything changed in 1987. That’s when Canon introduced EOS, their first dedicated autofocus system,…
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Desert Island Cameras No. 06 – Canon Edition
We’re back with another installment of Desert Island Cameras, the recurring article in which we answer the question, “If you could only have one, which would it be?” In our…
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Canon FD 200mm F/2.8 Lens Review – A Case for Legacy Telephoto Primes
It’s no surprise that every world-class camera company has each produced at least a few brilliant prime lenses that legacy shooters claw over one another to buy; Minolta has their…
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Canon F-1 vs FTb – Should You Go Pro?
In 1971, a shooter looking for the best Canon camera had two choices: the top level F-1, and its little brother, the FTb QL. I own both, and the two…
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Exploded Views – Canon AF35M
It seems we’ve been on something of a Canon binge lately. We’ve reviewed the classic A-1, put a wide FD lens through its paces, and just wrapped up our AE-1 springtime…
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Canon FD 28mm F/2.8 – Lens Review
For a lens to be remarkable it doesn’t always have to be exceptionally gorgeous, have the highest specification, or cost as much as a small, used car. Sometimes the best…
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Canon A-1 Camera Review – Canon’s Greatest Gadget
Were CP the kind of website to give our reviews catchy taglines, the Canon A-1’s review might pose a problem. I could title it The Forgotten Canon, or The Middle…
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