It’s official: after eight decades, Canon stops making film cameras
May 30, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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After 80 years, Canon has officially discontinued their last remaining film camera, the EOS-1V. This move marks the official end of the company’s film camera business, and the Canon EOS-1V no longer exist in the company’s inventory.
Canon entered the camera industry in 1937. Over the eight decades, it has become a global leader in camera gear with its SLR and rangefinder cameras. In 1984, the focus switched from film to digital cameras. Although the company has discontinued almost all of its film cameras so far, it kept the EOS-1V alive.
According to Sankei, Canon actually stopped producing the EOS-1V back in 2010. However, the company kept selling the camera from its inventory. Now the sales of Canon’s last remaining film camera is officially over, but the company is extending repairs for this model. You can send your camera to repair until 31 October 2025. However, after 31 October 2020, repairs may be refused if the necessary parts don’t exist in the inventory any longer.
[via PetaPixel; lead image credits: Jörg Padberg/Wikimedia Commons]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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3 responses to “It’s official: after eight decades, Canon stops making film cameras”
Amazing how they were still producing them…
“In 1984, the focus switched from film to digital cameras”
this is why they are at the top of the camera market
1984???
I remember they were the official photography partner of the LA Olympics. They were, also, still marketing FD-mount cameras. Digital was still about 15 years away, wasn’t it?