Canon speed finder manual

Hand-held camera movement during the moment of exposure is called camera shake. It can cause blurred pictures. To prevent camera shake, note the following:. Press a button such as or , then turn the dial. Turn the dial while looking at the screen, viewfinder, or LCD panel. Press a button such as , then turn the dial. To use it, press lightly with the tip of your thumb. By pressing the button and turning the dial, you can set the ISO speed , drive mode , AF operation , white balance , and flash exposure compensation.

In the VT design, however, the bottom trigger was permanently mounted. The tripod socket changed ends to mount a trigger wind grip. Canon ads of the time promoted how fast the trigger wind was.

It was true, but they neglected to mention that with one hand on the shutter release and the other hand on the trigger wind, you were out of luck of the subject moved and you needed to refocus. For the first time, Canon used a swing open back on its top of the line 35, which was MUCH easier to load than the bottom wind Canons. The VT used a traditional cloth shutter curtain, which would be replaced later the series with a close to indestructible but sometimes wrinkled stainless steel curtains in the VTDM, VL and VL About the only thing which seems out of place is the manually set frame counter.

Canon self timers made its first appearance on the top of the line Canon VT. The VT family kept its predecessor's separate high and low speed shutter dials. Some people forget that these "old" style rotating high speed shutter dials make double exposures very easy.

All you have to do is rotate after the exposure till it catches, than take another shot. The rotating collar around the shutter release acted as the rewind switch. The wheel beside the viewfinder selected one of 3 different rotating prism viewfinders all without brightlines and parallax correction , the 35, 50, or higher magnification RF which was roughly the same as a viewfinder.

One of the VT's biggest advantages was its 3 position viewfinder with three rotating prisms giving it three different viewfinder magnifications. See that wheel below and to the right of the eyepiece? The photog could use it to select the 50, 35, or "RF" finders as indicated on the top plate above the finder. Here it is set to the 35 finder.

The "RF" position is roughly equal to a Over the years the earlier gold tone RF image has proved to age better with a brighter image and less flare. The recessed film rewind knob was raised by pushing that little lever marked by the arrow next to it. Canon introduced its bayonet locking flash gun connection with the VT, which would last to the last Canon RF -- the 7sZ.

Notice the raise up knob rewind here illustrated on a Canon VT. The top right deck sported the auxiliary knob wind knob, which was activated by the button on the top deck's back edge. It was useful and necessary to use the VT on a tripod. The lever beneath the high speed shutter dial selected the flash sync type Outline Specifications Catalog. This promise was fulfilled.

During those ten years, there were remarkable advances in electronics, precision manufacturing, and optics. The successor to the top-of-the-line F-1 had to incorporate the best electronic technology for better automation, versatility, and specifications. For metering flexibility, the New F-1 uses interchangeable focusing screens to change the metering pattern with a segmented metering element.

For automation, system AE is incorporated for optimum operation. Built-in self-timer with adjustable delay and beeper.