Canon
Canon
Canon’s camera history spans manual-focus film equipment and the later EOS autofocus system. This reference desk currently concentrates on a small part of that history rather than attempting a complete catalogue. Two systems in this collection The AE-1 and A-1 belong to Canon’s FD era. The EOS 650, introduced in 1987, marks the start of…
Canon AE-1
The AE-1 is a 35 mm film SLR marketed in April 1976. Canon’s museum describes its use of electronic control and an approach to manufacturing intended to bring automatic exposure to a broader market. Identification Read the complete model marking. The AE-1 and AE-1 Program are separate models; an instruction or feature described for one…
Canon A-1
Marketed in April 1978, the A-1 was the upper-end model in Canon’s A-series. Its electronic exposure system offered shutter-priority, aperture-priority and program automatic exposure, among other modes. System This is an FD-mount film camera. Its model name is A-1, which should not be shortened to AE-1 when looking for documentation. Manual availability A reviewed HTML…
Canon EOS 650
The EOS 650 was Canon’s first EOS camera, marketed in March 1987. It is a 35 mm autofocus SLR using the EF lens system, with electronic communication between body and lens. Variant note The EOS 650 QD, released in September 1987, adds a quartz date back. It is a related variant, not simply another spelling…
Canon New FD 50mm f/1.8
This New FD normal lens was marketed in June 1979. The edition matters: a reference to an older FD 50 mm lens is not sufficient to identify this particular version. Documented specifications Canon New FD 50mm f/1.8 Construction 6 elements in 4 groups Aperture blades 5 Minimum aperture f/22 Closest focus 0.6 m Filter diameter…
Canon EOS 500
Marketed in September 1993, this 35 mm autofocus SLR was sold as the EOS 500 in Europe, Asia and Oceania, EOS Rebel XS in the Americas and EOS Kiss in Japan. Regional names These names belong to this film-camera generation. Later digital cameras reused related branding, so the word Rebel or Kiss alone is not…