Our Canon F-1 - what is all this stuff

Ok so my wife inherited her grandfathers kit...

i cant figure out what some of this stuff is...
i looked through it... and it is DIRTY!!!
think im gonna go get it cleaned... more of a "Happy Place" for the wife... put some black and white film in and play around with it... since i got a t2i coming.....

look at what he did with the case... think it was bought?

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You have one of the best made 35mm SLRs. The camera used a 1.35V mercury battery that is no longer made. Looks like you have a flash bracket, several rails, a servo EE finder and battery pack, a Vivatar 283 or 285 thyristor flash, what appears to be an FD 50mm f/1.4 lens on the camera, an FD zoom lens, a cable release, a PC sync cord (no, not for a personal computer), some bananas, cherry tomatoes, flour, pepper and maybe some sugar.

a Vivatar 283 or 285 thyristor flash, = Simple "every-day-emergency" location lighting

I have one of those bodies but haven't used it for years. As Tony said, it is one of the best 35mm units ever built by any manufacturer.

When I started photography in '78 with an AE-1, I always lusted over an F1 (I think it was available then) and still have nostalgic moments even though I have a 1D 3 (no talent still) now.
There was something special about camera gear then that I do not think is the same today.
May be it was something out of my reach then.
Ho Hum.
Thank you for sharing.

I have the second version of that, the F1n. Still an impressive bit of machinery.

Nice! When I had my AE-1, I always wanted an F-1. I'll take it if you don't want it!

I had one for about 9 years and it was a great camera.

Same for me: A few years after I bought my A-1 I wanted a F-1. Still thinking of buying one today. Whenever I see one for sale, i always have a look. But yesterday I got my insurance settlement for my old 40D and 1D. I got a brand new 1D MKIV, a 24-105mm and a 15mm.
When i opened the 1D box, I was thinking of way back when I wanted that F-1.

I think the viewfinder is the booster finder which amplifies the metering in low light. I bought my setup in Japan when they first came out and bought this finder, the low level finder and the sport finder. That was all they made at the time. As said, it is a tank.. You should be able to find some books that cover the original f-1 system. It was very extensive.

Tony-S wrote in post #10754783
You have one of the best made 35mm SLRs. The camera used a 1.35V mercury battery that is no longer made. Looks like you have a flash bracket, several rails, a servo EE finder and battery pack, a Vivatar 283 or 285 thyristor flash, what appears to be an FD 50mm f/1.4 lens on the camera, an FD zoom lens, a cable release, a PC sync cord (no, not for a personal computer), some bananas, cherry tomatoes, flour, pepper and maybe some sugar.

A++++ post!

Fortunately you have the manuals so before you frak anything up I would start reading the manuals.

Wow, serious gear......back in the film days...