Bell & Howell FD35
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| Bell & Howell branding alone image by B Breault (Image rights) |
The FD35 from Bell & Howell is one offshoot of its co-branding arrangement with Canon beginning in 1962.[1] In fact this model is a lightly restyled variant of the Canon TX, its entry-level model of the era.[2] On the FD35 the shutter speed dial and rewind-crank collar are silver; and the top of the pentaprism carries a color badge of the Bell & Howell logo. The manual explains this model accepts Canon FD lenses and the typical bundled 50mm f/1.8 S. C. lens does carry the Canon name.
This means the camera offers TTL open-aperture metering with match-needle indicators in the viewfinder. The top shutter speed is limited to 1/500 sec. and what appears to be a self-timer is in fact a spring-loaded stopdown lever, operated by pushing it towards the lens mount. Canon FL lenses or others lacking aperture coupling can be used in stopdown metering mode by aligning the meter needle against a fixed mark on the edge of the viewfinder.
Notes
- ↑ See an August, 1962, ad in Popular Photography magazine (Vol. 51, No. 2; pgs, 24-25).
- ↑ The TX revises the very similar Canon TLb by adding a hot shoe.
Links
- Bell & Howell FD 35 manual (PDF) from Mike Butkus's OrphanCameras.com
- Bell & Howell FD35/Canon TX review at Flynn Marr Photography
