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The [[Canon]] Pellix, first marketed in 1965, is a unique manual focus [[SLR]]. It was Canon's first 35mm focal-plane shutter SLR camera with [[TTL]] metering. But what made it special was its fixed [[Pellicle]] mirror. A super-thin, semi-transparent film only .02 mm thick was used as a fixed mirror, rather than the moving SLR reflex mirror. The mirror allows 2/3 of the light to go through to the film, and 1/3 to be transmitted upwards to the viewfinder.  Since there was no mirror blackout, the user could see the image at the moment of exposure.  
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The [[Canon]] '''Pellix''', first marketed in 1965, is a unique manual focus [[SLR]]. It was Canon's first 35mm focal-plane shutter SLR camera with [[TTL]] metering. But what made it special was its fixed [[Pellicle]] mirror. A super-thin, semi-transparent film only .02 mm thick was used as a fixed mirror, rather than the moving SLR reflex mirror. The mirror allows 2/3 of the light to go through to the film, and 1/3 to be transmitted upwards to the viewfinder.  Since there was no mirror blackout, the user could see the image at the moment of exposure.  
  
 
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The Canon Pellix, first marketed in 1965, is a unique manual focus SLR. It was Canon's first 35mm focal-plane shutter SLR camera with TTL metering. But what made it special was its fixed Pellicle mirror. A super-thin, semi-transparent film only .02 mm thick was used as a fixed mirror, rather than the moving SLR reflex mirror. The mirror allows 2/3 of the light to go through to the film, and 1/3 to be transmitted upwards to the viewfinder. Since there was no mirror blackout, the user could see the image at the moment of exposure.


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