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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals INTRODUCTION Congratulations! You have purchased one of film into your new camera, familiarize yourself the finest automatic 35mm SLR cameras thoroughly with the Canon EF and this available today. The Canon EF is a complex instruction manual. Handle the camera, prac- instrument having a multitude of advanced tice focusing, and use the winding lever. And, features, yet it is incredibly simple to use. Just by all means, refer t
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals NOMENCLATURE 1. Frame Counter 2. Shutter Button 3. Shutter Speed Dial 4. Shutter Speed Index Mark 5. Winding Lever 6. Flash Hot Shoe 7. Eye-Level Pentaprism 8. Film Plane Indicator 9. AE Memory Lock Button 10. Light Emitting Diode (LED) 11. Film Rewind Knob with Crank 12. ASA Ring 13. Sync Terminal with Cover 14. Self-Timer Lock Button 15. Multi-Purpose Lever (Self- Timer / Depth-of-Field Preview / Stopped-down M
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals TABLE OF CONTENTS I. PICTORIAL OUTLINE FOR USING G. Selecting a Shutter Speed .................. 27-29 THE CAMERA ..................................... 6-7 H. Viewing and Focusing (including II. MAIN FEATURES....................................8 notes on Infrared Photography) .......... 30-31 III. VIEWFINDER INFORMATION.................9 I. Locking-ln an Exposure Reading........32-34 IV. TECHNICAL EXPLANATION J. Releasing
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals PICTORIAL OUTLINE FOR USING THE CAMERA I Load the batteries and Load the film and advance it Turn the camera on. check their power level. to the first frame. Look into the viewfinder. Compose, focus and check Press the shutter button gently. Select a shutter speed. the meter needle. Out of Focus In Focus 6
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals Set the aperture ring of Set the CAT switch Set the ASA film speed. the lens to the ‘A’ mark. to “NORMAL”. Advance the film Rewind the film Turn the camera off. to the next frame. after all frames are exposed. 7
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals MAIN FEATURES II A Variable Aperture AE (Automatic Ex- G Automatic electronic flash. When using the posure). Simply select a shutter speed and the Canon Speedlite 133D and a Flash-Auto Ring, the aperture is set for you automatically. aperture is set automatically according to the focused distance of the lens with synchronization at B Extremely wide range of shutter speeds 1/125 sec. using an Electro-Mechanical Shutter.
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals VIEWFINDER INFORMATION III a. Center Split-1 mage/Microprism Rangefinder f. Underexposure Warning Mark (maximum lens b. Ground Glass with Fresnel Screen aperture is automatically set) c. Shutter Speed Scale g. Aperture Scale d. Shutter Speed Indicator h. Meter Needle e. Stopped-Down Metering Index Mark i. Overexposure Warning Mark 9
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals TECHNICAL EXPLANATION OF THE CAMERA IV The Canon EF is a 35mm single-lens-reflex AE (automatic exposure) camera which is designed for fast handling and precise exposure control. Being modularly constructed, it contains many advanced electronic circuits to make picture-taking easier than ever before. A Electro-Mechanical Shutter The vertically moving metal focal plane shutter in the EF has speeds from 1/1000 sec. down t
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals camera over a wide range of shutter speeds even if Canon FD 300mm f/5.6 S.C., 30 sec., AE, ASA400. the batteries fail. Another benefit of using mechani- cal control for the majority of speeds is that the Canon EF uses only two inexpensive 1.3 volt mer- cury batteries which are available almost anywhere in the world. 11
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals B Variable Aperture AE Control Method Commonly known as "shutter priority EE," the Variable Aperture AE control method gives the photographer absolute control over the shutter speed to prevent camera shake. You select a shutter speed appropriate to the action and/or the lens you are using, and the camera automatically adjusts the aperture of the lens to precisely the proper f/stop or fraction thereof. Silicon Photoce
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals TECHNICAL EXPLANATION OF THE CAMERA AE RANGE OF SILICON PHOTOCELL AT VARIOUS ASAs FD 50mm f1.4 S.C.C. LENS EV ASA RANGE 12 – 4 ~ 15 : 25 – 4 ~ 16 : 50 – 3 ~ 17 : 100 – 2 ~ 18 : 200 – 1 ~ 18 : 400 0 ~ 18 : 800 1 ~ 18 : 1600 2 ~ 18 : 3200 3 ~ 18 Shutter speed (sec)
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals Central Emphasis Metering After extensive experimentation, it was determined that the Central Emphasis Metering method of exposure measurement used in the Canon EF is the most reliable way of obtaining proper exposures in fast moving AE photography. The entire viewfinder screen is read by the Silicon Photocell with more emphasis given to the center portion, where the main subject is likely to be located. In a typical la
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals CAMERA HANDLING V Proper handling of your Canon EF is a very important technique in picture taking. Probably more pictures are lost through poor handling than for any other reason. To take full advantage of the EF's fast operation, you must learn where each control is instinctively. Before loading film into the camera, practice focusing, releasing the shutter and using the winding lever. A few minutes of practice now w
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals out of its case, so that it will always be ready to use. Between shooting sessions, the camera should be put back into its case to protect it from dust. B Holding the Camera The suggested procedure for holding the camera horizontally is as follows: Place the camera across your left palm and grasp the underside of the lens focusing ring between your thumb and first one or two fingers. Hold the right end of the camera f
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals CAMERA HANDLING button. Press the camera to your forehead while change to a lens of different focal length, the above sighting with either your right or left eye. To hold suggestions are not necessarily valid. A good rule of the camera vertically, rotate the camera 90° so that thumb in determining the slowest shutter speed you the shutter button is near the top, place the left end can safely hand-hold the camera with a parti
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals BASIC OPERATION V A Loading the Mercury Batteries Since the Canon EF's Variable Aperture AE control and the electronic control of slow shutter speeds depend on battery power for their operation, two 1.3 volt mercury batteries (Mallory PX 625 or Eveready EPX 625) must be loaded into the battery compartments located in the bottom of the camera. Turn the camera upside down and unscrew both battery compartment covers with a
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Not For Resale – Free Download at http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals BASIC OPERATION B Checking the Batteries After loading the batteries, you should check their power level. This is a simple procedure on the EF. Just hold the red battery check button on the bottom of the camera in for two or three seconds. Watch the LED on the top of the camera. If the LED blinks on and off rapidly, then the power level of the batteries is sufficient. If the LED blinks only once or does not blink at all
