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... Contact AT Dial Guard AT Dial Switch Battery Check/ Self-timer LED Multiple Exposure Lever Shutter Release Button (with Dcpth-of.Fteld Scale Focusing Ring Canon Bayonet &cech.Lock Ring Exposure Preview Switch Exposure Memory Switch Stop-Down Lever Viewfinder Di.PUY Lem' PC Socket ASA Lock Button Battery Cheek Button... Release Socket) AE Mode Selector AE Mode Window Fold out both front and back nomenclature pages for easy reference while reading the instructions. z . .$? 0c. , ASA Film Speed Scale Film Rewind Knob with Oank Exposure Compensation Lock Button...
... Contact AT Dial Guard AT Dial Switch Battery Check/ Self-timer LED Multiple Exposure Lever Shutter Release Button (with Dcpth-of.Fteld Scale Focusing Ring Canon Bayonet &cech.Lock Ring Exposure Preview Switch Exposure Memory Switch Stop-Down Lever Viewfinder Di.PUY Lem' PC Socket ASA Lock Button Battery Cheek Button... Release Socket) AE Mode Selector AE Mode Window Fold out both front and back nomenclature pages for easy reference while reading the instructions. z . .$? 0c. , ASA Film Speed Scale Film Rewind Knob with Oank Exposure Compensation Lock Button...
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... the Lens 16 NORMAL PROCEDURES 18 Loading the Battery 19 Checking the Battery 20 Film Advance and Shutter Release 22 Holding the Camera 25 Loading the Film 26 Setting the ASA Film Speed 28 The Basics of the Camera . . 4 ... . .. . 95 Using the Camera in Action 79 Automatic Diaphragm Control 80 Manual Diaphragm Control 80 Unusable Lenses...
... the Lens 16 NORMAL PROCEDURES 18 Loading the Battery 19 Checking the Battery 20 Film Advance and Shutter Release 22 Holding the Camera 25 Loading the Film 26 Setting the ASA Film Speed 28 The Basics of the Camera . . 4 ... . .. . 95 Using the Camera in Action 79 Automatic Diaphragm Control 80 Manual Diaphragm Control 80 Unusable Lenses...
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...for a time-lag of either two or ten seconds during which are integral parts of systemized accessories for close-ups, photomacrography and photomicrography, Canon offers high-quality equipment for all the way down to meter it is most likely that will be mounted on the A-I 's single-... range (ASA 6.12800) and 16 shutter speeds (1/1000.30 sec.), the A-I offers a wide AE metering range from Canon's extensive SLR system. Switching one small lever before winding the film sets the A-I .4 speed lens. With the Motor Drive MA. The system Beginning with an LED warning. This is possible...
...for a time-lag of either two or ten seconds during which are integral parts of systemized accessories for close-ups, photomacrography and photomicrography, Canon offers high-quality equipment for all the way down to meter it is most likely that will be mounted on the A-I 's single-... range (ASA 6.12800) and 16 shutter speeds (1/1000.30 sec.), the A-I offers a wide AE metering range from Canon's extensive SLR system. Switching one small lever before winding the film sets the A-I .4 speed lens. With the Motor Drive MA. The system Beginning with an LED warning. This is possible...
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A" position and check a Load the film and advance et it to Indicate underexposure / I\ PICTORIAL OUTLINE FOR GENERAL USE OF THE CAMERA 7Look into the viewfinder. Compose the picture and focus. t -L Out of Focus 8 Check the exposure. 1 Plashes to indicate owtexposurc / 9/ • if 5 D In Focus Flashes to the rust frame. the power level. 0g, • • A • / 10 1 .1 2 rum the main switch to the -
A" position and check a Load the film and advance et it to Indicate underexposure / I\ PICTORIAL OUTLINE FOR GENERAL USE OF THE CAMERA 7Look into the viewfinder. Compose the picture and focus. t -L Out of Focus 8 Check the exposure. 1 Plashes to indicate owtexposurc / 9/ • if 5 D In Focus Flashes to the rust frame. the power level. 0g, • • A • / 10 1 .1 2 rum the main switch to the -
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zret • NI. ais Rewind the film after fra.mca arc exposed. 1 sad wj N., as 7 2 et 116 TO 11 15 Sri 10155 3 { 111 It A aSetthe aperture ring of the illalens to the next frame. Nei \lb Av° TvI-N' Select the AE mode. (Turn the AT dial). 9 Press the shutter button gently. 10Advance the film to the "A" mark (for AE pholowaphy). ( n Soo 250- the MA film speed.
zret • NI. ais Rewind the film after fra.mca arc exposed. 1 sad wj N., as 7 2 et 116 TO 11 15 Sri 10155 3 { 111 It A aSetthe aperture ring of the illalens to the next frame. Nei \lb Av° TvI-N' Select the AE mode. (Turn the AT dial). 9 Press the shutter button gently. 10Advance the film to the "A" mark (for AE pholowaphy). ( n Soo 250- the MA film speed.
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... 1 rn iliiiJiitiiJ 2 21 4 511 11 11 ff ..... . Stopped-down lever. 5.Set the aperture by turning the lens aperture ring (using the camera-selected aperture in the digital readout as a basis if to desired). See pp. 61-62 for detailed explanation. See pp. 8$-85 and instrue• ... lens). 2.Fold and push in the viewfinder. Callan 14. ..... • tI .r ....... • -I 'a accessory shoe. 2.Set the AM film speed on the flash. $.Make sure the lens aperture ring is set to A. 4.Set the auto working aperture on the flash. 5.Switch the flash on. 6.Wait for detailed explanation....
... 1 rn iliiiJiitiiJ 2 21 4 511 11 11 ff ..... . Stopped-down lever. 5.Set the aperture by turning the lens aperture ring (using the camera-selected aperture in the digital readout as a basis if to desired). See pp. 61-62 for detailed explanation. See pp. 8$-85 and instrue• ... lens). 2.Fold and push in the viewfinder. Callan 14. ..... • tI .r ....... • -I 'a accessory shoe. 2.Set the AM film speed on the flash. $.Make sure the lens aperture ring is set to A. 4.Set the auto working aperture on the flash. 5.Switch the flash on. 6.Wait for detailed explanation....
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Plastic Insert Pull up the film rewind knob and open the camera's back cover. Its use is no longer necessary and may be more comfortable, and it helps block extraneous light from entering the viewfinder. Adjust the neckstrap to protect a new camera while in transport and snap the back cover shut. The insert is...
Plastic Insert Pull up the film rewind knob and open the camera's back cover. Its use is no longer necessary and may be more comfortable, and it helps block extraneous light from entering the viewfinder. Adjust the neckstrap to protect a new camera while in transport and snap the back cover shut. The insert is...
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... or some wide-angle lenses, which the bayonet ring is locked as a safety is First make sure that the camera's stop•down easily attached and removed by aligning its slot with the positioning pin at the ...he attached to fit perfectly The front lens cap hooks into the lens filter into the camera's soft case. Canon 0 h Automatic Aperture Lever HANDLING THE LENS Lens Cap and Rear Dust Cap the tabs ...pressing gently on a cap, turning the bayonet ring counter. The film might fog and the shutter curtain could red dot on both front and rear. The lens is removed.
... or some wide-angle lenses, which the bayonet ring is locked as a safety is First make sure that the camera's stop•down easily attached and removed by aligning its slot with the positioning pin at the ...he attached to fit perfectly The front lens cap hooks into the lens filter into the camera's soft case. Canon 0 h Automatic Aperture Lever HANDLING THE LENS Lens Cap and Rear Dust Cap the tabs ...pressing gently on a cap, turning the bayonet ring counter. The film might fog and the shutter curtain could red dot on both front and rear. The lens is removed.
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Do not mount an FD lens when the film Is only partially advanced. er's signature on the A-I . With the exception of ...It will appear beside the coupling lever inside the camera mount). I . net ring clockwise until it is possible with the rear facing up. only stoppeo-dovm AE is tight. 6. Make sure the bayonet ring is automatically transmitted to an .... eron M. 17 • 4•,„,, ko;!;iig, will not mount onto the camera otherwise. 4. Even if you switch to the camera's AE circuit. Align the red dot of the bayonet ring with the positioning pin at ...
Do not mount an FD lens when the film Is only partially advanced. er's signature on the A-I . With the exception of ...It will appear beside the coupling lever inside the camera mount). I . net ring clockwise until it is possible with the rear facing up. only stoppeo-dovm AE is tight. 6. Make sure the bayonet ring is automatically transmitted to an .... eron M. 17 • 4•,„,, ko;!;iig, will not mount onto the camera otherwise. 4. Even if you switch to the camera's AE circuit. Align the red dot of the bayonet ring with the positioning pin at ...
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Getting a Feel for Your A-1 Now that everything ix in long exposures. Operate the shutter button and the film adt ante Intr until they feel like natural extensions of film with it a little. The circuit is removed from the button. and the second shutter curtain will not be released if you... press the shutter button while pressing the battery check button. Before loading the film or doing anything else, play with a new camera before using it on a shooting expedition or on a trip to make sure you press the button. The shutter will close when your finger is cancelled the moment...
Getting a Feel for Your A-1 Now that everything ix in long exposures. Operate the shutter button and the film adt ante Intr until they feel like natural extensions of film with it a little. The circuit is removed from the button. and the second shutter curtain will not be released if you... press the shutter button while pressing the battery check button. Before loading the film or doing anything else, play with a new camera before using it on a shooting expedition or on a trip to make sure you press the button. The shutter will close when your finger is cancelled the moment...
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.... This switch should always be in a camera case. the minor and diaphragm automatically reset and the film advance lever is ready to prevent battery consumption and film wastage when the camera is in the "I 2 Film Advance and Shutter Release At the base of the film advance lever is the main switch of your... flips up. When you can advance the lever in the frame counter, indicating the number of your thumb, lightly push the film advance 'Tsar away from the camera body to its 90 stand-off and the shutter button is at "A", the shutter button can be operated. Each winding will ...
.... This switch should always be in a camera case. the minor and diaphragm automatically reset and the film advance lever is ready to prevent battery consumption and film wastage when the camera is in the "I 2 Film Advance and Shutter Release At the base of the film advance lever is the main switch of your... flips up. When you can advance the lever in the frame counter, indicating the number of your thumb, lightly push the film advance 'Tsar away from the camera body to its 90 stand-off and the shutter button is at "A", the shutter button can be operated. Each winding will ...
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... ease in handling. For best balance and easy focusing, the left thumb and index finger should be exposed. Spread your body when holding the camera in a horizontal position, at a shutter speed of your subject through the lens exactly as the lens "sees" it all the way in ...to forcefully screw it and exactly as you arc seeing your right thumb on the film advance lever, the right index finger on the shutter button and the other . Holding the Camera The best precaution in preventing camera shake is available. or slower. Since this is quite long, be concerned with ...
... ease in handling. For best balance and easy focusing, the left thumb and index finger should be exposed. Spread your body when holding the camera in a horizontal position, at a shutter speed of your subject through the lens exactly as the lens "sees" it all the way in ...to forcefully screw it and exactly as you arc seeing your right thumb on the film advance lever, the right index finger on the shutter button and the other . Holding the Camera The best precaution in preventing camera shake is available. or slower. Since this is quite long, be concerned with ...
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... back in standard 35mm cartridges. t y a......; If the rewind knob still does not rotate once you have gently turned the -26- seated position. Now pull the film leader across the camera and insert the tip up to Tv and turn the rewind crank clockwise until it does not rotate. Film Loading The Canon A-1 accepts color or...
... back in standard 35mm cartridges. t y a......; If the rewind knob still does not rotate once you have gently turned the -26- seated position. Now pull the film leader across the camera and insert the tip up to Tv and turn the rewind crank clockwise until it does not rotate. Film Loading The Canon A-1 accepts color or...
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rewind crank clockwise to take up film slack, open the back cover and reload the film. O OU OU 00 C C00 s ar i -27- The A•1 can also be loaded with bulk film in which case the tip of the film should be trimmed as illustrated below before it is loaded into the camera.
rewind crank clockwise to take up film slack, open the back cover and reload the film. O OU OU 00 C C00 s ar i -27- The A•1 can also be loaded with bulk film in which case the tip of the film should be trimmed as illustrated below before it is loaded into the camera.
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...turn the outer knurled edge of the dial until the desired film speed rating is to a given amount of light as compared to a film of this scale will he found on the camera. The tune. Setting the ASA Film Speed The ASA is very important that this point. U !e... . Since the ASA film speed is one with the film speed index. tography. -28- • r • W. The film manufacturer's recommended ASA...
...turn the outer knurled edge of the dial until the desired film speed rating is to a given amount of light as compared to a film of this scale will he found on the camera. The tune. Setting the ASA Film Speed The ASA is very important that this point. U !e... . Since the ASA film speed is one with the film speed index. tography. -28- • r • W. The film manufacturer's recommended ASA...
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... including ASA rating, exposure latitude, color rendition and color temperature among other variables. Depending on photography or ask your local film dealer, and please pay careful attention to the film data sheet. Canon offers a wide variety of filters for more clarity or special effects. For more complicated to the desired number offrames and...
... including ASA rating, exposure latitude, color rendition and color temperature among other variables. Depending on photography or ask your local film dealer, and please pay careful attention to the film data sheet. Canon offers a wide variety of filters for more clarity or special effects. For more complicated to the desired number offrames and...
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... smaller numbers are indicated by a set the MA,it into this memo holder as a constant reminder of the type of film in use. Once you like. The camera has two mechanisms to certain size openings called apertures. The size of the aperture determines the amount of light which will be... used throughout this camera is very useful to pan through the lens. TThhise Basics of section Exposure contains some amount of light that is allowed to tear ...
... smaller numbers are indicated by a set the MA,it into this memo holder as a constant reminder of the type of film in use. Once you like. The camera has two mechanisms to certain size openings called apertures. The size of the aperture determines the amount of light which will be... used throughout this camera is very useful to pan through the lens. TThhise Basics of section Exposure contains some amount of light that is allowed to tear ...
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... flstop on the lens is a half•f/stop as Indicated below: On the A•l. -v L._ fr 4- 4- wise the camera controls the aperture. Sometimes the maximum aperture is called the lens minimum aperture. In effect. the amount of exposure itself is important because... indicates the largest amount of light that the lens will change according to the next smaller (Atop (larger number), the amount of light reaching the film will transmit. The maximum and minimum apertures differ according to the desired ((stop J.21.1 rs es 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22 Brightness ratio 3 2 1hi ...
... flstop on the lens is a half•f/stop as Indicated below: On the A•l. -v L._ fr 4- 4- wise the camera controls the aperture. Sometimes the maximum aperture is called the lens minimum aperture. In effect. the amount of exposure itself is important because... indicates the largest amount of light that the lens will change according to the next smaller (Atop (larger number), the amount of light reaching the film will transmit. The maximum and minimum apertures differ according to the desired ((stop J.21.1 rs es 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22 Brightness ratio 3 2 1hi ...
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... selects both for correct exposure. In aperture priority AE. The length of time that the light is allowed to strike the film is the absence of the shutter speed dial which will do the figuring for the various forms of the shutter. Your image is ...applicable to the next higher shutter speed, exposure is convenient for you get with 1/4 at 1/125 sec. The camera will give you have the camera set the aperture while the camera automatically selects the necessary shutter speed for a certain exposure value (EV), say the exposure you . Shutter speed can be...
... selects both for correct exposure. In aperture priority AE. The length of time that the light is allowed to strike the film is the absence of the shutter speed dial which will do the figuring for the various forms of the shutter. Your image is ...applicable to the next higher shutter speed, exposure is convenient for you get with 1/4 at 1/125 sec. The camera will give you have the camera set the aperture while the camera automatically selects the necessary shutter speed for a certain exposure value (EV), say the exposure you . Shutter speed can be...
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...125 to 1/250 1/500 to most photographic situations. Aperture priority is applicable to 1:1000 Aperture Priority Having now read how to control the camera for which you want your photograph to still photography such as a general guide in the aperture priority AE mode. This, however, does not..., you might well wonder when it depends upon what you should refer to lighting conditions when using a standard 50mm lens and 100 ASA film. Some of field is best to freeze or emphasize movement. Basically, it is an important factor. DOWN AL • Selecting a Shutter...
...125 to 1/250 1/500 to most photographic situations. Aperture priority is applicable to 1:1000 Aperture Priority Having now read how to control the camera for which you want your photograph to still photography such as a general guide in the aperture priority AE mode. This, however, does not..., you might well wonder when it depends upon what you should refer to lighting conditions when using a standard 50mm lens and 100 ASA film. Some of field is best to freeze or emphasize movement. Basically, it is an important factor. DOWN AL • Selecting a Shutter...