JANUARY 2024 – A Canon AE-1 Program camera with FD 50mm 1:1.8 lens. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Why is it that the best Christmas gifts turn out to be those you make to yourself? Well, I think it’s because only you know exactly what you want.
When writing up my Gear Talk #6 covering my love for the Canon AE-1 Program body, I realized that the image I had put up there was not good enough. Heck, it was mediocre. That’s not a big surprise as I used my Kodak DC4800 Zoom Digital point and shoot camera in 2002 for the shot. It could not cope with the (bad) light, and the resolution was tiny.
Soooo, I started looking for a used Canon AE-1 Program body in silver, ideally with an original 50mm lens attached which was the standard (kit) lens back then. I found one, and purchased it for little money. It seems to be working all OK, and I will start shooting film again, just for nostaligic reasons.
But before I will dive into that experience, I shot a couple of decent photos of the body, and this is a basic one, but I like it.
Just for comparison, here’s the shot from 2002:
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 14-JAN-2024, 09:55 |
| Location | Unterhaching, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1D Mark IV |
| Lens | Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM |
| ISO | 100 |
| Exposure | 1/30 sec at f/8 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4470 x 3264 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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