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back. It also made it "repeatable" - by always putting the same sprocket hole over the drive gear you could rewind a partially-shot roll (leaving its leader out) and put it back in later. You'd just click past the already-taken frames (with the lens cap on) and then continue. This made it possible to switch back and forth between types of film: black and white, color negative, and color slide.
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The QL designation was a reference to Canon's ingenious and successful "quick load" system. A stainless steel sprung hinged device inside the rear door makes film loading simpler than competing cameras of the era. You just laid the film's leader over the drive gear and take-up fingers and closed the
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The cloth focal plane shutter has speeds from 1 sec to 1/1000 and B. The electronic flash sync. speed is 1/60. A delayed action timer gives 8 – 10 seconds delay, using the same front of body lever that actuates the stop-down metering. The mirror can be locked up for vibration reduction or for use
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lens mount compatible with the large range of FL series lenses. The FT can also operate the later Canon FD series lenses in stop-down mode, but the earlier R series has a different lens aperture mechanism and cannot be used, although the bayonet fitting is similar. The standard kit lenses were
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During the production run of the Canon FT QL, Canon quietly upgraded some components and made minor cosmetic changes. Some of the changes are listed below, and in example, all changes apply to Canon FT QL serial number 627704:
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The FT QL and its sisters were an important step for Canon, leading to a number of improved versions such as the FTb and the full professional camera system the F-1. FT QL production ended in 1972 after the FTb was introduced.
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has a similar prism for metering in its removable screen. The Canon FT viewfinder screen is not user changeable. The pentaprism finder is fixed like the similar FX and FP models but unlike some earlier Canon R reflexes.
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and increases the metering sensitivity by a factor of 16 for measuring exposure in poor light. Its operation is somewhat clumsy and is best kept for tripod use.
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has no built-in meter. The final model was the top of this sector, the Canon FT QL, which was developed to combat the growing popularity of the
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which had a built-in meter, but no through-the-lens (TTL) metering, instead using a window on the camera body front. The later entry level
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with special FL lenses like the original 19mm f3.5 wide angle which projects deeply into the body and would foul the mirror.
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An accessory device, the Canon Booster, worked only with the FT QL and Pellix QL. It is a plug-in device that sits on the
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The Canon FT is one of a series of three basically identical cameras released around this time. The first was the
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Canon's 50mm f/1.8 ; 50mm f/1.4 and 58mm f/1.2, the body-only option was offered later.
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FT QL was introduced in March 1966, a year after the
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Canon FTb

35mm
single-lens reflex
camera
Canon Inc.
Canon FL
pellicle mirrored
Canon Pellix
Canon F-1
accessory shoe
Canon FX
FP
Pentax Spotmatic
Topcon
Photography in Malaysia
Canon FT QL camera
Canon FT QL
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Canon FL
film SLR
FX
Pellix
Pellix QL
FP
FT QL

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