text: Yeah, the bottom mounted trigger advance blocks the use of a tripod, and the breech lock lens mount is annoying, and of course there’s those stupid aperture rings, but it’s stuff like that and the circular self timer, the large and easy to use shutter speed dial, and the two toned viewfinder that make the camera interesting, and not just another Nikon F. My shooting experience with the Canonflex was memorable and interesting, and for that, the camera is a success, at least for me. YMMV.
  Great Review? YES! Interesting Camera? YES! Would those dual aperture rings run the risk of me accidentally setting them wrong and ruining a roll and the wanting to inflict harm on this camera? YES! As much as I struggle with preset designs, I could see where this would be a camera I could only shoot wide open. I’m sure I’d figure it out once looking through the viewfinder (or maybe I wouldn’t) but that design seems like something that only a tone deaf Engineer could dream up!
  You bring up a good point. While I never had that happen to me, I could see it happening to some one. That, among other things paints a clear picture that Canon misunderstood the needs of the SLR user when designing this camera. They would later get it right with the F-1, but it would take them more than a decade later, and in my opinion, they never truly caught up with Nikon until the EOS system of 1986.
  Keppler noted in passing one of the problems with trigger advances. It is impossible to focus, advance and fire the shutter without changing the position of one hand or the other. In theory one can take pictures rapidly, but not while changing focus between frames.
  How does one shoot and advance while the camera is on a tripod? The Canon VT and VIT at least had a knob on top for advancing the film while the camera was on a tripod.
  Congratulations to you, Mike, on 200 interesting, detailed reviews! And a thank you also for mentioning Peter Dechert, whose little red Canon rangefinder book is on my shelf between Jim McKeown’s opus and a copy of “Glass, Brass and Chrome”.