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Canon F-1

Please provide a full explanation of the (Canon F-1) camera, with all its features, advantages and method of working with it.

Ismail Bahadur Juma
Dubai United Arab Emirates

A camera (1 - Canon-F) works according to a programmed system for the preference of the aperture or shutter, or is completely manual.
The shutter speed reaches 1/2000, and the location of (X), i.e. flash photography, coincides at 1/60.
The camera is powered by a single 6-volt battery to provide power to shutter speeds, which are also electronically controlled, and to other functions in the camera.
As for the film sensitivity indicators, they range from 6 to 6400 aza.
The sites of uses and functions remain
1- Film wrapping grip.
2 - formation lock - located on the sides of the capture button.
3 - Capture button.
4- Film rewinding button.
E - Closing speed dial
6-7 - Press buttons that slide the prismatic lens to allow the installation of different parameters or replacement screens to obtain centered readings.
8 - An illumination window for the aperture scale with shutter priority.
9 - Unlock button - Exposure compensation lock.
10 - Exposure compensation scale.
11 - Help rewind the film
12- A safety stop button to pull the film winding handle.
13 - The detection button on the battery and also works to cancel the previous light meters.
14- At the bottom there are electronic links for connecting the winder - the drive motor.
15- To select the shutter priority system and when using the push motor, just press this button and rotate the lens aperture ring to position (A).
16 - An adjuster for pre-viewing the depth of field, allowing for manual or automatic calibration.
17- A removable carrying handle hides the operating battery that supplies the camera with energy⏹

⏺ photographic books and other questions

1- I would like to obtain technical photographic books, and where can they be found, and in English.. I found some books in Arabic that talk about printing and enlarging in black and white, but they are of little use.
2- I face a lot of difficulties here in developing and printing color photos, to the extent that I sometimes have to send my films abroad, and I notice a big difference between the results you get here, and those that are sent abroad, so what is the reason and why we don't get reasonable results in our country?
3- I own a Canon 1994 flash and I would like to inquire about the digital code (Guide Number)
Where I found when I read the books that this number changes, depending on the sensitivity of the film. Do you have an explanation about that and how can I know the digital code when using films other than 100 aza - as well
Please clarify the phrase
( Stap-ped- Down AE photography )
And the characteristics of using this system in the (Canon-A1) camera.
Gandhi Salahuddin Ismail
Zarqa - P.O. Box 6545
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

1 - Photographic books in French or English are available at the Antoine Library, or YN in Al Hamra - Beirut - as for Jordan, you must discover it yourself, noting that there are no books in Arabic.
2- The problem that you are suffering from is also experienced by most of the readers. This is due to the commercial method adopted by the officials of the color laboratories, who are indifferent to the results, and this of course will reflect a state of aversion to color photography, unless these officials intend to provide the technical services required of them. As for the reason, it is mostly recklessness and profit. The rapid.
3- With every film you use, you have to put the film sensitivity - the aza - in its location on the camera, and when you use the flash, you have to do the same thing to get the digital code, for example. If we take a shot with 100 aza film, with a flash of course, and from a distance of two meters, the number will be f / 11 - but if we use 200 aza film, the number according to the flash index will be f / 16.
When you work in the (Stopped Down-AE) system, i.e. automatic exposure, the viewfinder will show the shutter speed that was set by the optical adjustment system⏹

⏺ Zoom (210 x 28) from Kikon

I have some questions about KIKON lenses.
Especially the zoom lens (28 x 210). What do you think of this lens and the manufacturer - and can it be used on a Nikon camera?
And what about the lens technology and the sharpness of the image - and therefore what is its price in Lebanon, and can it be purchased through the magazine or any company, noting that these lenses are not available in the Kingdom?

Hussein Abdel-Jalil Al-Marzouq
Qatif 31911
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

We provided comprehensive information about lens companies in Issue No. 39, please review it as there are more than one company that manufactures camera lenses.

As for the sharpness of prominence, we mention that the advantage of Nikon cameras is in their lenses, and of course you will not find the same result that you get from the original and basic lenses in any other lens, but the big price difference remains for Nikon lenses, which encouraged many companies to offer similar lenses that can be attached to Any camera and almost a third of the price, noting here that the sharpness of prominence with these lenses will decrease by ten percent.

On the other hand, it apologizes for mentioning any prices due to the continuous fluctuations in the prices of photographic materials, which puts us in great embarrassment. We also apologize for sending any photographic materials also due to the safety standards of the equipment as a result of transportation, so you have to appoint a friend who is traveling to Lebanon and contact us, and we are ready to help him Or you should choose another lens company that is located in the Kingdom, noting that all lens manufacturers give one result ⏹

⏺ home laboratories

I have a small studio at home for black and white and I want to buy developing and color printing tools. The thing that I did not get an answer for from all the merchants in Abu Dhabi, even in the studios, is that I want to buy a color film developing machine that works automatically.
And not manually - small size - please help me because everyone here does not like to give information or secrets of a private profession.
Therefore, I ask for the name of the company that produces such devices along with its address, because the merchants here also want to sell and receive the price, even if it is of no interest to the buyer.

Your brother Abdul Rahman Al-Mahdi
Abu Dhabi p. B 233, UAE.

It is clear that you own a black and white lab, but does it have a colored head, that is, can colored images be printed on it?
And the required clarification: Do you want individual work, that is, are these devices for your personal work in order to satisfy your hobby, or do you want to do commercial work?

We take the first possibility if your quest is for the sake of a hobby, then this means a specific matter and that there is no small-sized devices for endorsing color films, and therefore it is required to perform the endorsement process manually and then the images obey and appear automatically according to the explanations attached to the answer.

But if the matter is for professionalism or endorsement devices for films from 50 films to 1000 films, and there is commercial work, of course there are new devices that develop and print films at the same time, and these devices are very expensive. If this matter concerns you, write to us about the specifications that you want to be one of Our direction to correspond with German companies.
and Japanese in order to obtain price quotations.

We go back to the first point, i.e. individual work, not commercial work - there are two companies interested in this type of equipment. For black and white and color.

( 1 ) Durst phototechnik SRT P.O Box 445-39100 Bolzana ITALY . ( 2 ) Paterson products- Lmtd photographic Equipment manufactures 2-6 BOSWELL COURT LONDON WCIN - 3 PS England .

We learned that companies do not sell directly to the public, but rather refer you to the agent in your country, and if you want to come to Beirut, we can guide you to the appropriate place to order the necessary equipment⏹