Specifications - Canon A-1 Instructions Manual

SPECIFICATIONS
Type: 35mm SLR (Single-Lens Reflex)
camera with selective, electronically
controlled AE (Automatic Exposure) and
focal plane shutter.
Format: 24 x 36mm.
Photographic Modes: Six modes; including
five AE modes: shutter priority AE,
aperture priority AE, programmed AE,
full AE flash photography with specified
Canon electronic flashes, and stopped-
down AE; and manual override.
Interchangeable Lenses: Canon FD series
lenses (usable with four full - aperture
metering AE modes and stopped-down
AE); Canon FL series lenses (usable with
stopped-down AE).
Standard Lenses: Canon FD 55mm and
50mm lenses.
Lens Mount: Canon Breech-Lock mount.
Canon FD, FL and R lenses can be
mounted.
Viewfinder: Fixed eye-level pentaprism.
Field of View: 93.4% vertical and 95.3%
horizontal coverage of the actual picture
area.
Magnification: 0.83X at infinity with a
standard 50mm lens.
Focusing Screen: Standard split-image/
-97-
microprism rangefinder.
Viewfinder Information: Displayed in
form of LED digital readout below view-
ing area. Includes shutter speed (1/1000
sec.-30 sec.), aperture (f/1.2-f/32),
flashing warning of incorrect exposures
and settings, bulb indication, charge com-
pletion indicator for specified Canon
flash units, manual aperture. control
signal, error indication for incorrect
stopping-down operation. Shutter speed
and aperture data displayed in 1/2 step
increments. Viewfinder information can
be cancelled by turning off viewfinder
display switch.
Dioptric Adjustment: Built-in eyepiece is
adjusted to standard -1 diopter.
Eyepiece Attachments: Angle Finders A2
and B, Magnifier S, 10 different Dioptric
Adjustment Lenses S for eyesight correc-
tion and Eyecup 4S.
Eyepiece Shutter: Built-in. Keeps out ex-
traneous light during self-timer or remote
control operation.
Mirror: Instant-return type with shock-
absorbirig mechanism. No image cut-off
in the viewfinder even with the FD
400mm telephoto lens.