The Camera Notes
Keeping notes is essential to the orderly mind and to the orderly collection.
I have never had a great memory
and it is getting worse as I age.
I developed the habit years
ago of keeping notebooks. I
have one for house repairs, a couple
for travel planning, and several for
subects of interest that I research. And so you can imagine that I have notebooks for my camera collecting. I page number them and at the end of each I create indicies for my camera notebooks to that point. That way I can go back to any subject I want to review.
When the spirit moves me to post in my blogs these books are the basis of those posts. I should post more often but that distracts me from my photography and collecting. There is just not time for everything. However I do hope you find these scratchings to be of interest.
The Camera Notes are strictly about the tecnichal aspects of cameras. If you are interested in my thoughts generally on art and photography then check out the Joy of Light on the top menu. Very little about cameras there: just photography.
FX Black
A Black FXFlynn Marr 18 March 2025This is something that you will not see every day: a black FX. It is an original factory...
Model 7 Framelines
The viewfindersof the Canon Model 7, 7s and 7sZ are essentiallythe same in construction and operation and they are the finest viewfinders for brightness and contrast to be found on Canon's rangefinder cameras.The frame lines visible in the VI-T viewfinder are...
I Was Wrong
Our CoCo never sits still for long. As I walked through the front hall she was sitting there looking at me. No time to for a "real" camera. Ideal situation for my smart phone.I Was WrongFlynn Marr 12 November 2024It is amazing...
The Rangefinder
How does the Canon Rangefinder Work?Flynn Marr 03 November 2024I was corresponding with my friend and fellow collector Magnus in Wellington, New Zealand, and...
A Little Confusing
That's a Little ConfusingFlynn Marr 26 October 2024The Title Page of the Canon Photography book makes it clear that...
Fabulous F Series
Well, It seems I wrote a Book!Flynn Marr 3 October 2024Back in January I was writing a post about an "F" Series camera and I started...
Autofocus
Some Auto-Focus HistoryFlynn Marr 17 September 2024It was Minolta who came up with the first truly practical AE-AF motorized 35mm system...
Contrast Detection Autofocus
Contrast Detection AutofocusFlynn Marr 3 August 2024The AL-1 was Canon's first foray into a 35mm interchangeable single lens reflex...
A Mountain Morning
A Mountain MorningFlynn Marr 19 April 2024Photography is like so many other activities thatyou ignore for a few weeks and you lose youredge. You have to work at it if you expect tokeep creating...
How do you start a Camera Collection?
How do you Start a Camera Collection?The Canon AE-1 was the first of the Canon "A" Series and an amazing camera in its day.I had an e-mail this week from Chris in the Eastern US who was looking at my website and thinking about beginning a camera collection. He asked...
