Summary - Canon A-1 Repair Manual

Sununary
The display for each mode can be sununarized as follows:
Camera Condition
Shutter priority AE
Aperture priority
AE
Progranwed AE
Stopped-down AE
AE. Fl ash
(Speedlite)
Shutter speed set at
"s"
Error mark
Display Information
TVS, Ave (AVO - 16)
AVS, TVe (30" - 1000)
Ave (AVO - 16)
TVe (X - 1000)
X:
Shutter speed
which, combined with
AVO of lens equals a
brightness of EV -2
(ASA 100)
TVe
60 F AVS
60 F AVS M
60 F M
(Speedlite
in manual)
Flashing information
AVO or 19,22,27,32
If brightness is too low (less
than EV -2 , ASA 100), both
s hutter speed and aperture
flash .
30
1t
or 1000
If brightness is too low (less
than EV -2 ASA 100), both
shutter speed and aperture
flash.
AV 16,19,22,27,32
TV 1000
1
High
J
brightness
TV:
AV:
One
step
10werlLOW
than
X .
brLghtness
AVO
(Both values flash together)
A
shutter speed which falls
outside the meter coupling
range (below EV -2, ASAlOO)
FD lens: AVO or 19,22,27,32
Other: 5.6 pr 19,22,21,32
TVS appears when a slow
shutter speed is used
with the Speedlite 199A)
bulb M
bv F
AVS
}
For an
FD
lens: AVO or
19,22,27,32
In other cases:
5.6 or
19,22,27,32
bu
F
AVS
M
bv
F
AVS
M
(When the Speedlite i. manual).
EEEE EE
All six E,s
Explanation on the abbreviations used here:
TV:
Shutter speed
AV:
Aperture
S: Mode se lection
c: Calculat ed value
AVO: Maximum aperture
value of the lens
used
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