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- Specifications
| Marketed | October 1965 |
| Original Price | 16,000 yen, 1,300 yen (case), 300 yen (wrist strap) |
Another Rapid System half-size camera. It features the Dial 35’s spring motor-driven film transport system and CdS photocells. The SE 30mm f/2.5 lens was newly developed with 5 elements in 4 groups.
The Rapid System was soon eclipsed by Kodak’s hugely popular Instamatic cameras. The Dial Rapid camera became Canon’s last Rapid System model and the development of a successor was postponed indefinitely.
| Type | 35mm Lens Shutter zone-focusing half-frame camera (Rapid system) with automatic film advance via spring motor knob |
| Picture Size | 24 x 36 mm |
| Normal Lens | Canon SH 30mm f/2.5 (5 elements in 4 groups) |
| Shutter | Seiko-sha 1/30 to 1/500 sec. and B. Built-in self-timer (rotating dial). X-sync flash. AG-1 Bulb-dedicated flash gun provided on camera top. |
| Viewfinder | Reversed Galilean viewfinder with projected frames. 0.43x magnification, 90% coverage. Viewfinder screen has aperture display, overexposure and underexposure warnings, and near, medium, and far distance pictographs. |
| Focusing | Zone focusing marks and rotating front lens. From 0.8 m to 15 m (infinity). |
| EE | CdS element for shutter speed-priority EE. Metering range from EV 8 to 17 at ISO 100. Film speed range of ISO 25 – 400 (set automatically with the film cartridge). |
| Film Loading & Advance |
An empty Rapid cassette is loaded on the take-up side, then a cassette with unexposed film is loaded. When the camera back is closed, the film is advanced to frame 1 automatically with the spring motor knob. Each exposed frame is wound into the take-up cassette. The fully-wound spring motor enables film advance for 24 consecutive frames (1 roll). |
| Frame Counter | Counts up. Resets automatically when camera back is opened. |
| Film Rewind | None |
| Power Source | 1.3 V HM-N mercury cell |
| Dimensions & Weight |
113 x 80 x 49 mm, 395 g |