Canon EF


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35mm Focal-Plane Shutter SLR Camera

Marketed: November 1973
Original Price: 89,500 yen (w/FD 55mm f/1.4SSC)

This camera’s main feature was the first and last of its kind. It was the Copal Square, a vertical-travel, metal-curtain, focal-plane shutter.

The camera’s specifications and ease of use were ideal for aged users. Just press the shutter button for shutter speed-priority TTL automatic exposure. A silicon photocell was used for full-aperture centerweighted averaging metering. Fast shutter speeds from 1/2 sec. to 1/1000 sec. and bulb were mechanically-controlled while slow speeds from 1 sec. to 30 sec. were electronically-controlled.

Information taken from: Canon Camera Museum

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Not my new, but the first SLR I used in the early 80s. This is the old EF from my father with a wonderful and yet expensive FD f/1.2 lens. It is a shame for Canon that there is no chance to use this lens with the EOS System.

I’m not satisfied with the reflection on the lens, but I do not have a softbox, or better two This is a low budget tabletop shot in my formerly workshop down in the basement, now getting more and more a little studio for the dark winter month. First lesson: Low Key shots …

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