Table Of Contents - Canon A-1 Instructions Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Pictorial Outline for General Use of
the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the Camera for the Five AE
Modes and Manual Override . . . . . . . . . 10
Preliminary Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Handling the Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
NORMAL PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . 18
Loading the Battery . ". . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Checking the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Film Advance and Shutter Release . . . . . 22
Holding the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Loading the Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the ASA Film Speed . . . . . . . . . 28
The Basics of Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
AE Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the Lens for AE Photography . . . 33
AE Mode Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AT Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Shutter Speed Scale on the AT Dial . . . . 36
Aperture Scale on the AT Dial . . . . . . . 3 7
Shutter Priority vs.
Aperture Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Programmed AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Meter and AE Coupling Ranges . . . . . . . 46
Metering at Low Light Levels . . . . . . . . 4 7
Viewfinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Viewing and Focusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Optional Viewing Aids. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Previewing the Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cancelling the Viewfinder Display . . . . . 53
Numerals and Characters Composing
Digital Readout in Viewfinder . . . . . . . . 54
Incorrect Exposure Warnings . . . . . . . . 55
Double-Check Before Shooting . . . . . . . 5 7
Shutter Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rewinding the Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Frame Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SPECIAUZED PROCEDURES . . . . . . . 60
Stopped-down AE Photography . . . . . . 61
Manual Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Exposure Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Multiple Exposures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Film Plane Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Distance Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Infrared Index Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Checking the Depth of Field . . . . . . . . . 76
Lens Signal Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Unusable Lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Automatic Diaphragm Control . . . . . . . 80
Manual Diaphragm Control . . . . . . . . . . 80
Flash Photography with the A-1 . . . . . . 83
Motorized Film Winding . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Data Back A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Various Accessories for Close-ups and
Photomacrography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Proper Care of the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using the Camera in Extremely Cold
Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97