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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 | + | The [[Canon]] '''Pellix''', first marketed in 1965, is a unique manual focus [[SLR]]. It was Canon's first [[35mm]] [[focal plane shutter|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 [[Viewfinder blackout|mirror blackout]], the user could see the image at the moment of exposure. |
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Revision as of 21:15, 2 June 2009
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
- Canon Pellix on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
- User manual in french for Pellix on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
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