Timing is everything. When you get it right, things are perfect. When you get it wrong, you get the Canonflex.
Back in 1959, the father of a friend bought a Canonflex and I thought it was the most beautiful camera I’d ever seen. I still think it’s a gorgeous piece of kit. But, back then, I was still three years away from getting my first camera and blithely unaware of its limitations and failures.
