Welcome to the Canon FD documentation project, the most complete digital web archive for the Canon FD line.
A
bit of history... What had started as a simple attempt to
create a personal website in December 1998, has now become, after hundreds
of hours
of work, an ambitious documentation project about the Canon Fd series
and probably the largest site on the web dedicated to this subject. The site
has more than 400 visitors
per day and is still growing. The site is now in its ninth year and still
receives regular contributions from all over the world ! The site went offline in early summer. This was due to an unrepairable server failure. As you can see it is now back online on a new server ;-)
This is a private, non-commercial site. Its first goal is to create a digital archive which tries to help FD users, collectors and lovers by providing clear and precise information. I firmly believe that the initial purpose of the Internet was to make all kind of information available in a democratic and free way. This site was built with this idea in mind: it is free and it will stay free. I do not appreciate people who download the whole site to sell it on a CD. Please be considerate and respect my work. I am in no way affiliated with the Canon company.
About me. I am from Luxembourg where I work as a spanish and french teacher at the Lycée Aline Mayrisch. I started as an amateur photographer in 1997 with a Canon Eos 500N. At that time, I was living and studying in Barcelona, Spain. After I had made my first steps with the EOS 500N, I (re)discovered the FD system through a good old FTb and then went on buying equipment. I mainly shoot in black and white. As a spanish teacher I travel to Spain regularly and I have visited many parts of this extraordinary country: Andalucía, Cataluña and Barcelona, Valencia, Murcia, Madrid, Mallorca, Tenerife, La Gomera, Galicia and the north of Portugal. You can find some of my pictures in the gallery section.
Comments
and suggestions are welcome. You can contact me writing to christian@crollinger.com I'm no photographica expert just an enthusiast. This means I cannot answer all the techical questions... Thanks again to all the Canon lovers
who have made this site possible by scanning
and sending me their impressive contributions. Many thanks to all the people
who wrote mails from all over the world, sent me scans, manuals or negatives
and signed the guestbook, helping to keep this site up to date and free from
those little hard-to-find bugs. Thanks, Merci, Danke, Bedankt, Grazie,
Obrigado,
Gracias... Enjoy !
