Canon TLb
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| Canon TLb image by Laurence Facun (Image rights) |
Canon's TLb is a 35mm SLR which updated their entry-level TL by adding open-aperture metering. This is accomplished by adopting the FD lens mount which had been introduced with the launch of the the F-1. (In the same way that the midrange Canon FT had been updated as the FTb.) Older FL-mount lenses can be used with stopdown metering. The TLb was introduced to the US market in 1972, and sold in Japan from 1976.
The TLb has TTL metering using a CdS cell, powered by a mercury battery. As with the TL, this budget model only has a to shutter speed of 1/500 sec. and lacks a self-timer (the front lever only pushes inwards as a depth-of-field preview). The accessory shoe lacks flash sync contacts, where the later Canon TX would include a hot shoe.
Links
- Canon TLb in the Canon Camera Museum
- Canon TLb manual (PDF) from Mike Butkus's Orphan Cameras.com
