Film Cameras

Instamatic Lens-Shutter Camera

Canomatic C30

Canomatic C30

  • Japan
  • Americas
  • Europe, Asia, Oceania
  • Outline
  • Specifications
Marketed October 1966
Original Price For export only (no Japanese price)

Kodapack cartridge instamatic camera for the North American market. For focusing, pictographs for near, medium, and far subject distances were used. For electronic exposure control, the camera had Canon’s simple program EE using a CdS cell. The top of the camera had a flash cube socket. The camera had no frame counter, only a window on the camera back for viewing the frame number written on the film’s paper backing.

The camera’s high evaluation led to its marketing in other overseas markets.

Type Instamatic Lens-Shutter camera for Kodak film cartridges
Picture Size 28.5 x 28.5 mm
Lens 40mm f/3.5 (3 elements in 3 groups)
Shutter Canon-made electronic shutter with simple program EE. Shutter speed-priority program EE coupled to the CdS cell’s light amount. Film speeds of ISO 64 (f/22 at 1/250 sec.) and ISO 160 (f/3.5 at 1/30 sec.).
Viewfinder Reverse Galilean finder, 0.5x magnification.
Focusing Lens focusing lever for matching zone focusing marks at 0.8 m (2.6 feet) to 17 m (50 feet) (infinity) and at pictographs for near (1 m), medium (3.3 m), and far (17 m) distances.
EE CdS cell for full-auto program EE. Metering range of EV 8.6 – 17 (at ISO 100). Film speeds of ISO 64 and 160 set automatically.
Flash Flashmatic system with flashcubes. Flash exposure is controlled automatically to suit subject distance and the flash aperture.
Film Loading &
Advance
Loading with film cartridge. Advances with camera-top lever’s 165° single stroke.
Frame Counter Frame number on film back viewable through camera back window.
Film Rewind None
Dimensions &
Weight
119 x 69 x 58 mm, 300 g (without batteries)