Lens mount: Canon FD "breech lock"
Shutter: 1 - 1/500s plus bulb
Depth-of-Field Preview: yes, big lever on the front of the camera
Metering: center weighted TTL
ISO: 25 - 1600
Power:
Prisms/focusing aids: fixed prism, central microprisms
Self timer: N/A
Flash: hot shoe, 1/60s sync, PC connector
Film plane indicator: yes
Comments: solid, no nonsense shooter.
Manual: Butkus
More info: Photoethnography
Issues: Meter likely inoperable, but I haven't put a battery in it. It took a mercury battery, but one ought to be able to use a Wein Cell.
Additional comments:
If I was only shooting 35mm film (i.e. I didn't want to double dip by using old manual focus lenses on DSLR bodies), the Canon FD line might be the best way to get a complete system on the cheap. I assume it is because the lenses are orphaned. Check out KEH for a selection.
Canon FL/FD Lenses:
Canon 50mm f/1.4 FL
Canon 50mm f/1.8 FD
Awesome basic 35mm SLR Canon model! I have a Bell & Howell branded one, also, The Bell & Howell FD 35 - Meters work on mine, hope yours did, also - Use a Zinc-air 675 hearing aid battery with a #9 size rubber O-Ring it works perfectly!
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