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- Outline
- Specifications
| Marketed | December 1968 |
| Original Price | 13,300 yen, 1,800 yen (case) |
A low-priced, mass-market camera with a 40mm f/2.8 lens consisting of 4 elements in 3 groups, a selenium photocell, program EE, and focusing with pictographs. The body was made of reinforced plastic, and the camera top had a flashcube socket.
The camera was the economy version of the Canonet and in the same class as the Canonet Jr.
| Type | 35mm Lens-Shutter zone-focusing camera with program EE |
| Picture Size | 24 x 36 mm |
| Lens | Canon Lens 40mm f/2.8 (4 elements in 3 groups) |
| Shutter | Seiko LA, EV 8 (f/2.8 at 1/30 sec.) – 17 (f/22 at 1/250 sec.), X-sync, automatic flash, hot shoe for AG-1 |
| Viewfinder | Reversed Galilean viewfinder with projected frames. On the right within the image area are zone marks for near, medium, and far focusing distances. Viewfinder bottom has overexposure and underexposure warnings, shutter speed scale, flash ready indicator, and snap zone displays. 0.6x magnification. |
| Focusing | Lens focusing lever for matching zone focusing marks from 0.8 m to 15 m (infinity). |
| EE | Selenium photocell for full-auto program EE. Metering range of EV 8 – 17 (at ISO 100). Film speed range of ISO 25 – 400. |
| Film Loading & Advance |
After opening camera back, insertion onto slotted spool. Advances with camera-top lever’s 127° single stroke. |
| Frame Counter | Counts up. Resets automatically when camera back is opened. |
| Film Rewind | Camera-top crank |
| Dimensions & Weight |
134 x 79 x 59 mm, 500 g |