This article is about an FD-mount 35mm SLR camera from the 1970's. For Canon's electrical autofocus lens mount introduced in the EOS series, see Canon EF lens mount.
The Canon EF is a manual focus 35mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Canon between 1973 and 1978. It was compatible with Canon's FD-mount lenses. The EF was built as an electronic version of Canon's top-of-the line F-1 camera. Because of this, the EF shares the F-1's rugged cons...
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This article is about an FD-mount 35mm SLR camera from the 1970's. For Canon's electrical autofocus lens mount introduced in the EOS series, see Canon EF lens mount.
The Canon EF is a manual focus 35mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Canon between 1973 and 1978. It was compatible with Canon's FD-mount lenses. The EF was built as an electronic version of Canon's top-of-the line F-1 camera. Because of this, the EF shares the F-1's rugged construction and tough metal body. Unlike the F-1, the EF doesn't support any motor drive for film transport.
The Canon EF contained a silicon photocell light meter with a range of EV 18 to EV -2 which measured light in a "central emphasis metering" pattern (also called center weighted average metering) with less influence from the top of the frame, to minimize underexposure due to a bright skyline. Note that this requires the camera to be held normally! Taking vertically oriented pictures requires some care by the user. The Canon EF could operate...
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