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The '''EXEE''' is a 35 mm [[SLR]] camera made by Canon from 1969 until the early 1970s.<ref name=CCM>[http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film75.html Canon Camera Museum] listing for the EXEE.</ref> Its most characteristic feature is a rear lens-group (three elements in two groups<ref name=CCM></ref>) fixed on the camera and incorporating the helical focusing mechanism, to which any of a small selection of front groups can be attached by a simple screw fitting.
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The '''EXEE''' is a 35 mm [[SLR]] camera made by [[Canon]] from 1969 until the early 1970s.<ref name=CCM>[http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film75.html Canon Camera Museum] listing for the EXEE.</ref> It was replace by the [[Canon EX Auto]] in 1972.
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Its most characteristic feature is a rear lens-group (three elements in two groups<ref name=CCM></ref>) fixed on the camera and incorporating the helical focusing mechanism, to which any of a small selection of front groups can be attached by a simple screw fitting.
  
 
The EXEE offers through-the-lens metering and [[shutter priority|shutter-priority AE]]. It has a focal plane shutter with cloth blinds, travelling horizontally. It offers shutter speeds from 1/8 to 1/500 second plus 'B', and has a delayed-action (self-timer) lever on the front of the body. [[flash sync|X-synchronisation]] for flash is at 1/60 second; there is a [[cold shoe]], and a [[PC socket]] next to the left-hand strap lug.
 
The EXEE offers through-the-lens metering and [[shutter priority|shutter-priority AE]]. It has a focal plane shutter with cloth blinds, travelling horizontally. It offers shutter speeds from 1/8 to 1/500 second plus 'B', and has a delayed-action (self-timer) lever on the front of the body. [[flash sync|X-synchronisation]] for flash is at 1/60 second; there is a [[cold shoe]], and a [[PC socket]] next to the left-hand strap lug.
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The 125 mm lens was not available until 1972. The fixed rear group must have been something of a constraint of the design of the lenses, but made the accessory lenses cheap relative to lenses incorporating a rear group and focus mechanism in each. For comparison, the Canon Camera Museum gives a price of ¥19500 for the FD35mm f/3.5 (i.e. the old FD mount), introduced in 1973<ref>Listing for the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/fd146.html FD35mm f/3.5] on the [http://www.canon.com/c-museum/en/ Canon Camera Museum] site.</ref> and ¥27000 for the FD100mm f/2.8, introduced in 1971.<ref>Listing for the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/fd164.html FD100mm f/2.8] on the [http://www.canon.com/c-museum/en/ Canon Camera Museum] site.</ref> The cost of the telephoto lens was more comparable to a complete lens; the FD135mm f/3.5 cost ¥19900 in 1970.<ref>Listing for the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/fd169.html FD135mm f/3.5] on the [http://www.canon.com/c-museum/en/ Canon Camera Museum] site.</ref>
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The 125 mm lens was not available until 1972. The fixed rear group must have been something of a constraint of the design of the lenses, but made the accessory lenses cheap relative to lenses incorporating a rear group and focus mechanism in each. For comparison, the Canon Camera Museum gives a price of ¥19500 for the FD35mm f/3.5 (i.e. the old FD mount), introduced in 1973<ref>Listing for the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/fd146.html FD35mm f/3.5] on the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/ Canon Camera Museum] site.</ref> and ¥27000 for the FD100mm f/2.8, introduced in 1971.<ref>Listing for the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/fd164.html FD100mm f/2.8] on the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/ Canon Camera Museum] site.</ref> The cost of the telephoto lens was more comparable to a complete lens; the FD135mm f/3.5 cost ¥19900 in 1970.<ref>Listing for the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/fd169.html FD135mm f/3.5] on the [http://global.canon/en/c-museum/ Canon Camera Museum] site.</ref>
  
 
For metering, it is necessary to set the maximum aperture of the lens front-group being used. This is made possible by having two marks on the film speed dial, one for f/1.8 (i.e. standard lens) and one for f/3.5 (any other lens).
 
For metering, it is necessary to set the maximum aperture of the lens front-group being used. This is made possible by having two marks on the film speed dial, one for f/1.8 (i.e. standard lens) and one for f/3.5 (any other lens).
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* [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html Manual available on  the Favorite Classics section of .kyphoto.com]
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* [http://www.cameramanuals.org/canon_pdf/canon_ex_ee.pdf Canon EX EE Instruction manual] at Orphan Cameras
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* [http://www.camera.portraits.srv2.com/canonexee.htm Canon EX EE QL] page at [http://www.camera.portraits.srv2.com Camera Portraits]
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10508 Canon ExEE QL] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French)
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10508 Canon ExEE QL] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French)
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Revision as of 03:42, 31 May 2019

The EXEE is a 35 mm SLR camera made by Canon from 1969 until the early 1970s.[1] It was replace by the Canon EX Auto in 1972.

Its most characteristic feature is a rear lens-group (three elements in two groups[1]) fixed on the camera and incorporating the helical focusing mechanism, to which any of a small selection of front groups can be attached by a simple screw fitting.

The EXEE offers through-the-lens metering and shutter-priority AE. It has a focal plane shutter with cloth blinds, travelling horizontally. It offers shutter speeds from 1/8 to 1/500 second plus 'B', and has a delayed-action (self-timer) lever on the front of the body. X-synchronisation for flash is at 1/60 second; there is a cold shoe, and a PC socket next to the left-hand strap lug.

The aperture is set not on the lens, but on a dial around the rewind crank, between f/1.8 and f/16; there are also 'EE' (i.e. auto-exposure) and 'Off' positions. The aperture set is displayed in the viewfinder on a scale with a needle.

The available lens front-groups are:

  • Standard lens: EX50mm f/1.8
  • Wide angle: EX35mm f/3.5 (price ¥8000[1]
  • Portrait: EX95mm f/3.5 (price ¥11000)
  • Telephoto: EX125mm f/3.5 (price ¥18900)


The 125 mm lens was not available until 1972. The fixed rear group must have been something of a constraint of the design of the lenses, but made the accessory lenses cheap relative to lenses incorporating a rear group and focus mechanism in each. For comparison, the Canon Camera Museum gives a price of ¥19500 for the FD35mm f/3.5 (i.e. the old FD mount), introduced in 1973[2] and ¥27000 for the FD100mm f/2.8, introduced in 1971.[3] The cost of the telephoto lens was more comparable to a complete lens; the FD135mm f/3.5 cost ¥19900 in 1970.[4]

For metering, it is necessary to set the maximum aperture of the lens front-group being used. This is made possible by having two marks on the film speed dial, one for f/1.8 (i.e. standard lens) and one for f/3.5 (any other lens).

The CdS meter reads between EV 4.75 and EV 17 [1]. It requires a 1.3V mercury battery or modern substitute. However, the shutter speeds are timed mechanically, so the camera functions without a battery (without metering).

The EXEE has Canon's QL (Quick Load) simplified loading feature, whereby the film leader is simply pulled across the film compartment to a mark, and the back closed, and the uptake mechanism then captures the leader when the advance is wound.

Also sold in the US as the Bell & Howell Auto 35/Reflex

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Canon Camera Museum listing for the EXEE.
  2. Listing for the FD35mm f/3.5 on the Canon Camera Museum site.
  3. Listing for the FD100mm f/2.8 on the Canon Camera Museum site.
  4. Listing for the FD135mm f/3.5 on the Canon Camera Museum site.

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