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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 [[pellicle]] mirror. A piece of glass covered with a very 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. | 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 [[pellicle]] mirror. A piece of glass covered with a very 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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Description
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 pellicle mirror. A piece of glass covered with a very 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.
Links
- Photoethnography's Pellix page
- Canon Pellix Cameras at Photography in Malaysia
- Pellix at www.collection-appareils.fr
- User manual in french for Pellix at www.collection-appareils.com
Canon Cameras