CANON EF
SLR package-Collectable in great shape!
From
Wikipedia:
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 electro-mechanical version of Canon's top-of-the line
wholly mechanical Canon F-1. The shutter is mechanical at all speeds starting at
1 second and faster, but from 2 seconds and beyond the shutter is all electric,
allowing for AE shutter speeds as long as 30 seconds. The EF shares the F-1's
rugged construction and tough metal body. Unlike the F-1, the EF does not
support any motor drive for film transport. Neither does it provide any
interchangeable viewfinder.
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
horizontally; taking vertically oriented pictures requires some care by the
user. The Canon EF could operate "Variable Aperture AE" mode
(commonly called shutter priority) or full manual mode, where
the operator would control both the shutter speed and the aperture.
When used in automatic mode, it's possible to lock the current aperture value,
then recompose the picture, if desired, by pressing the small silver button
next to the film rewind knob.
Automatic exposure required the FD-mount lenses.
In 1975, the range of FD lenses available spanned from 15 mm fisheye to
300 mm telephoto, including three zoom lenses.
Using manual exposure and stopped down metering, the Canon EF could also be used
with the older FL-mount and R-mount lenses.
The EF used a unique shutter among Canon's 35mm SLRs: a Copal Square
vertical-travel metal blade focal plane shutter. Unusually long exposures
(from 2 seconds to 30 seconds) were electronically controlled, while shorter
ones (1/1000 second to 1 second) were mechanically controlled. This was very
useful in conserving battery power, and allowed one to use the camera even with
dead batteries. The light metering system's power switch turned on the meter,
removed the lock from the shutter trigger button and let the film advance lever
pop out 15 degrees from the camera body, all in one flick of the thumb. In the
axis of the main switch, a multiple exposure button is located. Pressing this
while cocking the shutter prevents advancing the film. The frame counter is
also blocked, thus preserving the correct frame count. At the time, most
cameras did not support longer exposure times than about one second, without
having to use the bulb setting. Maybe this was why Canon placed a red LED to
the left of the pentaprism, and had the LED flashing as long as the electronic
shutter timer was running. The LED was also used for battery check.
The film advance lever, though it stands out from the body when
the shutter lock button is released, has a soft spring that allows the lever to
be pressed back in to the body during use, without turning off the meter, and
therefore does not hinder left-eye users shooting in landscape format. Another
useful feature is that, when advancing a fresh film to the first frame, the
user can do so with three rapid strokes of the lever but without the need to
release the shutter after each stroke.
The focusing screen of the Canon EF cannot be
replaced by the user. Early models feature a microprism circle, the later a
split image screen with a microprism ring around it. Typical of the era,
all viewfinder information
is provided by mechanical arrangements, which are projected into the viewfinder by
optics inside the camera housing. The range of selectable shutter speeds are
always visible at the bottom of the viewfinder,
with a fork outlining the currently selected speed. To the right is a scale
with the aperture setting, where a needle points at the aperture the camera's
exposure meter selects, and also automatically sets, provided the FD lens or FD new lens is
set to the green A symbol (or green on older lenses). The largest opening the
used lens is capable of is always properly shown, by shifting the whole scale
up or down. The range goes from 1.2 to 5.6, in order to suit lenses from the
Canon FD 55 mm 1:1.2 ASPHERICAL S.S.C. to the Canon FD 300 mm 1:5.6 S.C. The
smallest aperture is not adjusted for. The camera always displays apertures up
to f/22, but with a red line down to f/16, to remind the user that some lenses,
like the Canon FD 50 mm 1:1.4 S.S.C. has its smallest aperture at f/16, while
some, like the Canon FD 135 mm 1:2.5 S.C. can stop down to f/22. Later, when
the Canon FD new lenses
became available, the camera couldn't properly represent the new smallest aperture,
like f/32. You had to estimate along the scale. The exposure scale also has a
stopped down metering mark, where the needle should be aligned when using
stopped down metering. Due to corrections taken for proper exposure with full
aperture metering, stopped down metering with larger apertures than f/2.8 was
not reliable.
Powering the electro-mechanical shutter and light meter were two
PX 625 1.35 volt mercury batteries, but the camera has a voltage
regulator which allows the use of 1.5 volt batteries. The EF is the only camera
in the manual focus Canon line of the 1960s and 1970s (which includes the FTb,
the F-1, and the FT) that can be used with common 1.5 volt batteries without
modification to the internal electronics.
Like all pre-1987 Canon SLR's, the EF accepted Canon FD mount
lenses. The shutter speed range was 1/1000 of a second
to 30 seconds (the 15 & 30 second settings actually give 16 and 32 seconds,
thus preserving the doubling sequence), plus bulb. The X-sync was
1/125th of a second. The camera included setting for film speeds of
12 ASA to
3200 ASA.
The EF also featured a self-timer and a stop-down metering mode
which could also be used for momentary depth-of-field preview. Stopped down
metering must be used with older Canon FL lenses.
The mirror can also be locked up for long exposures, to minimise
shutter-induced camera shake. All these features are accessed via the lever on
the front of the camera.
Included in this collectors package is:
1-Canon Highly collectable EF Auto SLR camera
1-Canon 50mm F 1.8 Auto lens
1-Soligor 75-260mm Zoom F 4.5 Auto lens
1-Toyo 28-80 F 3.5 Macro Auto lens (has slightly bent rim ring,
does not affect lens function)
1 Vivitar Auto Thyristor 283 Flash unit w/removable flash sensor
and cable
1-Vivitar HVP-1 High voltage powerpack & cable
1-Carry Case
1-Original User Manual
1-Mini Tri-pod
1-Camera carry strap