The Film Retriever

Back in 1992, I came across one very popular photography magazine which had a review of the brand new Canon EOS 5. It was the time when I was getting obsessed on what camera I should buy (I ended up buying a Praktica) and the canon was the number one on my dream-camera list. Six years later, my Praktica had suffered a damage beyond repair so I was thinking that it was time to buy a new one. I went into the shop to buy a Nikon F50 and i ended up leaving with a Canon EOS 5 paired with a cheap plastic Sigma 28-80. At that time it cost me one and a half salary to get it but I was thrilled with the prospect of using the eye control focus. It's been twelve years since then and I think that it is about time to write a short and biased review based on my experience working with this camera. So I suppose the main question is : How good is it? It is simply amazing, even after 12 years i am still amazed of what this camera can do. The EOS 5 lived under the shadow of it's own ...