EOS-1V help

[deebatman316]

My friend recently acquired the EOS-1V. Both my friend and I grew up with digital cameras. So we have little experience with film cameras. Her mom is a wedding photographer with experience with other EOS AF SLRs. But she doesn't know very much about this camera. If anyone has any information about this camera please join the conversation.

 

[Maximilian]

First of all congrats to your and your friends acquirement.
Hold it in honor

How about looking at the support pages and reading through the manual first?

Canon Support for EOS-1v | Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Find support for your Canon EOS-1v. Browse the recommended drivers, downloads, and manuals to make sure your product contains the most up-to-date software.

www.usa.canon.com

Secondly, I would look at secondary literature, maybe like this - if you can get it (not my recommendation, just a quick search)

Canon EOS-1v.

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

www.goodreads.com

And then you can ask experts about which film to use nowadays.
I'm out of Kodachrome vs. Fuji vs. Ilford b/w since about 25 years, when I developed my last Ilford film myself

 

[deebatman316]

First of all congrats to your and your friends acquirement.
Hold it in honor

How about looking at the support pages and reading through the manual first?

Canon Support for EOS-1v | Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Find support for your Canon EOS-1v. Browse the recommended drivers, downloads, and manuals to make sure your product contains the most up-to-date software.

www.usa.canon.com

Secondly, I would look at secondary literature, maybe like this - if you can get it (not my recommendation, just a quick search)

Canon EOS-1v.

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

www.goodreads.com

And then you can ask experts about which film to use nowadays.
I'm out of Kodachrome vs. Fuji vs. Ilford b/w since about 25 years, when I developed my last Ilford film myself

My friend's mom already has the film. But are there other special or unique features for this camera. Compared to other EOS film bodies. 1 series cameras are usually full of hidden features.

 

[Sporgon]

My friend's mom already has the film. But are there other special or unique features for this camera. Compared to other EOS film bodies. 1 series cameras are usually full of hidden features.

As @Maximilian said, get a manual. There are a lot of features in these EOS 1 film cameras that are ‘hidden’ and rather clunky to access compared to what we have now.

https://35mm-compact.com/pdf/canon-eos-1v-en.pdf

 

[deebatman316]

As @Maximilian said, get a manual. There are a lot of features in these EOS 1 film cameras that are ‘hidden’ and rather clunky to access compared to what we have now.

https://35mm-compact.com/pdf/canon-eos-1v-en.pdf

The interface is quite clunky compared to today's camera's. But my friend found the necessary settings to change in the camera manual.

 

[Sporgon]

You’re about to learn how critical lenses, light and technique are if you want to produce anything that’s remotely similar to modern digital !