Camera quiver additions

The Blower

This car has been through so much. It's a beast

'Rustig fietsen' is Dutch for: cycle slowly

No new surfing shots lately. I've been busy with all sorts of stuff (though mainly work). A session is planned for the weekend, but for now a update about a new addition to my camera quiver. 

The above shots were taken with my new Canon A-1. 

Last weekend we ridded the bmx track of heaps of autumn leaves in preparation for the new bmx season. It was a nice opportunity to take the A-1 out for a spin. 

I had been looking at a good 35mm SLR system for a while, and decided to go for the A-1. It's a nice mechanical SLR with some weight to it, which I really like about it. It just feels like a real camera when holding it, and the shutter has a really nice 'clunk' to it. It has an incredibly bright viewfinder combined with a good eye-cover this makes for easy focussing. Back in the '70s this was top of the semi-pro line of Canon, today it's all I could wish for in a 35mm SLR.

For the gearheads: I got the A-1 body, a Canon 50mm 1:1.4 lens!!, Canon 70-210 1:4 zoom lens and a Canon 199A speedlite all in a weird oldskool AKO case. Now I only need some wide angles lens and a 400mm or 500mm  for the surfshots from land. 

Nice mechanical camera, nice fast lens, nice!

Big eye-cover on a very bright viewfinder!