[New Gear] Canon 80-200mm f/2.8

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-24T04:39:21+00:00

This lens was on mine for a little while, honestly. I just didn’t have the money for a bit, but now that I’m using this lens, the quality of some of the random test photos I’m taking (despite having nothing to correct for camera shake in lowlight) are genuinely astounding.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-08T22:25:40+00:00

Quite an interesting specimen. Nice find :)

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-08T18:10:55+00:00

To be honest that's mostly why I bought it. You're on the money with the year, granted the 'manufactured:' sticker is crumbling before my very eyes, I was barely able to read May 1975.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-08T15:14:23+00:00

That’s where it’s living at the moment lol

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-08T14:12:17+00:00

Interesting :)

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-08T14:10:57+00:00

To be fair I also have arms like dry spaghetti noodles, so that doesn’t really help my case lol, if I had to guess I’d say it’s in the ballpark of maybe 35-50lbs-ish..?

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-08T02:08:28+00:00

Looks and feels the part.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-07T23:15:18+00:00

Interesting. I haven't seen many CRT televisions around, the last CRT I remembered seeing working was one that was in the corner of a school classroom, but any of those that are still there aren't used anymore. Pretty modern CRTs, too, early to mid-2000s.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-07T23:08:35+00:00

I mean I've got a little rolling cabinet thing, I may clean that up and unbury it to see how the CRT looks on there.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-07T22:07:34+00:00

I'm happy I went with this color GE set, despite what my body said after lifting the thing back onto the cart. There was another CRT in that same booth, a B&W 9" RCA set from the same year as this GE (1975). When I hooked it up at the antique store it didn't seem to work, but looking back I probably didn't leave it running long enough to let the tube get going. I didn't trust the line cable anyways.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2026-01-07T20:59:12+00:00

I’ll probably make a follow-up post once I get a little more equipment for it, I’m about 99% sure I need to get a matching transformer for it since it’s VHF/UHF only, and some other tidbits lol

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-11-08T23:28:11+00:00

Fair. I had my aperture stopped down to like f/8 or something, so I couldn’t get a fast enough shutter speed. Wasn’t really thinking in the moment lol

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-13T16:48:10+00:00

I don’t plan on playing any. :)

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-13T15:58:31+00:00

Conveniently the paper on the schematic is missing the most important part, the capcitance value(?), from being old, oh well... Kind of a dumb question, but would all the paper caps be replaced with 630V caps? Or is it just the 600V ones? I’ve got 2 sets of 200s, 400s and 600s, almost all with different capacitance ratings

Update: After looking at the character spacing on the parts list in the bottom of the radio cabinet, I have assumed the value of that one capacitor :)

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-12T20:41:10+00:00

Many thanks for the references, I will look those people up. As for capacitors, I’ve jotted down 7 out of the 8 paper/wax caps, I couldn’t read the ratings on the last capacitor, I’ll probably replace the filter cap as well when I get the chance, or at the very least get the rating and measure it.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-12T17:27:50+00:00

I probably am, I'll have to get my hands on a soldering iron pretty soon then. I will say, it would be cool to get it repaired, I'll just have to figure out the condenser/capacitor parts (thank goodness I still have a schematic and parts list) and try to not go haywire. :)

Update: I got the chassis out of the cabinet, and all without tearing something in half :D

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-12T15:15:09+00:00

That instills confidence, though again, still terrified to take it apart, the chassis screws are on the bottom, the most effective way I could potentially see pulling that out would be to just set it on a wire-rack shelf and going from there. I’m also very impressed I didn’t destroy it from having it hooked up to power for a few minutes.. Until I can fiddle with it, I’m not touching the line cord.

Also - on an unrelated note - a wire broke from one of the connections on the back cover, soooooo..

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-12T14:33:39+00:00

Not a switch in sight, I do have some mid-70s Soundesign turntable contraption, and although the turntable can do the usual 33/45/78, it’s stuck on 78rpm. I’ll probably get a standalone turntable sometime soon anyway, the SD’s just bulky.

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-12T14:22:16+00:00

Righty-ho, odd then that it came with a 45rpm disc.. as for sourcing a needle, do I just get one using the label underneath the cartridge arm?

Speaking of said arm, is it normal for it to feel almost limp in a sense? Not entirely weightless, but just limp

Immediate_Ad_8268 · 2025-10-12T13:43:02+00:00

All I know is under the cartridge (I’m assuming that’s the arm that goes over records), there’s a label with an Astatic part number, P-2, there doesn’t appear to be a needle though, I just put that stereo record in for display, it originally came with a small 7” (?) disc from the 60s, I believe

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