Canon EOS 5 - an easy way into film photography
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Getting into film photography doesn't need to be expensive if you already shoot digital.
The Canon EOS 5 is a wonderful camera with modern features to ease you in.
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I've just bought a Canon EOS 5 off fleabay which has the command dial issue and so glad I found this video. The tape solution works a treat and I now have a functioning camera. Thank you 🙂
sweet, glad I could help. Enjoy the awesome camera
Hi. I don't understand what kind of tape you used.
@ it’s just clear cellophane tape
aka A2/A2E in other markets. Nice tip about the control dial fix with tape. Canons from the 1990s weren't necessarily their best-made era, as they went all-in with low quality plastic on many models. Pentax and others similarly suffered of course.
I'm partial to the Elan II (EOS 50) for its handling, styling and range of features. And there was an Eye-Control version too. Same with the later Elan 7. The Elan II had some microprocessor and film door issues resolved with the 7.
After a few years of waffling I'm sticking with EF lenses for my auto-focus, usable on film through RF. For me, the deciding factor was that Canon's RF models finally became modern in their auto focusing, the very thing EOS promised decades ago!
The others I want are the rare manual-focus-only EF-M, and the EOS 3 ... it's 45 AF points didn't get matched in their prosumer DSLRs until many years later. Glad the R3 brought back Eye-Control but I'm not convinced Canon is altogether serious about it.
Thanks for this comment. Some great information. I am often tempted with the EOS 3
I just picked up an EOS 3 as my first film camera. I was torn between the EOS 3 and the Elon 7NE. Originally I wanted to get more manual classic style but since I already have an EOS R mirrorless and some EF glass, I decided to go with the 3. I enjoy the handling as it is very similar to the shooting with the R. I look forward to finally developing some rolls and seeing what it looks like!
It was A2/ A2E mainly in America. In Europe and most of Asia, it was just EOS 5. In Japan, it was the EOS 5 QD.
I used to have the EOS A2 (bought pre-owned from a guy who had bought it in America and brought it back to Asia) back in the day but gave it away to a friend who needed a film camera for his studies in the UK (~2006). I'm not sure if he still has the camera with him but he did ask if I wanted to retrieve it about 5 years back. That camera has literally travelled around the world through 3 continents now.
The key difference between the EOS A2E and the EOS 5 is that the exposure metering scale - due to patent licensing issues in America, Canon couldn't use the 'matchsticks' scale for the exposure metering and had to use '+' & '-' indicators.
I never got to try the eye autofocus because I was using adapted M42 CZJ lenses on the camera but it sounds interesting. I did have adapters with electronic AF chip and the focus confirmation was rather useful.
Oh wow, you mean the A2 has a match needle indicator, like the models in the early '70s? I need to explore better adapters. I picked up a cheap M42 adapter but all it does is lie to the camera (6D) and report a false aperture. Some kind of focus confirmation would be great, too.
@@thenexthobby I just did a quick check and apparently what you need to do is to half-press the shutter to get focus confirmation on the 6D. So you just need to half depress the shutter, turn the focus ring until the focus points light up/ beep indicating where the focus is in play.
That control wheel breaks because people didn't press the button down when turning the knob from Lock A great case of failure to RTFM.
Nice video! It encourages me to have a look for this body, as I have some ef-glass. By the way, the eye control feature is back again now in the Canon eos R3!
JUST grabbed this to do some motorsports film wprk (;
Hope it works out good for you
I have a few A2/A2E models -- paid a little bit more than you did, but not much -- have not has the control dial issue, but now I know how to fix it if/when it happens -- Thank you! Have not used Canon digital, but collected some EF lenses for these guys, and the like 25-foot remote -- has been a lot of fun to use these. Very reliable, very good exposure and AF.
a 25 foot remote? I assume that's not a cabled 25 feet
@@GraemeSimpsonPhotography -- wired! I have the 60T3 remote switch and the 1000T3 10-meter (33-feet!) extension. This fits the EOS 5/A2/A2E and the EOS 620 (and probably some more). It's funny that it is this fancy, has like 4+ pins, but only opens the shutter (and will hold it open in Bulb mode if needed) -- no other functions.
Guess it's handy to have even at 10 feet
the AF Film cameras right now are in kind of a really weird spot... the AF is really reliable actually and performs really well from what i remember (i only used it back in the day in the studio) but most people who want film cameras these days either want a point and shoot or a old old film camera... i don't really like 35mm and will stick to 6x7 but the last Canon SLR were really great and suprisingly cheap and the EF Mount Lenses are incredible
You're right it is reliable. I guess it all comes down to what you're shooting
What's crazy is that I have an Eos 1V and still prefer the ergonomics of the Canon Eos 5....
Never tried the 1v but it does look a cumbersome beast
@@GraemeSimpsonPhotography sold it and got 5x what I purchased it for... now I'm torn between a GA645 and a mamiya6 for MF
I have the GA645 and really love it. It’s just a medium format point and shoot but it works great. There’s obviously no flexibility with fixed lens etc but you buy it knowing that
The canon r3 has 'eye control AF'