Canon L2 User Manual

Canon

CANON CAMERA CO., INC.

312 Shimo-Maruko-cho, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, Japan

UNITED STATES FACTORY BRANCH

550 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N. Y., U.S.A.

CANON-EUROPE DISTRIBUTION CENTER

40 Rue du Stand, Geneve, Switzerland

modal Li

Range-Viewfinder Window Lens Depth-of-Field Scale

Lens Disiance Scale Canon Lens Lens Aperture Scale Rangefinder Window Slow Speed Shuller Dial Film Rewind Ring Shutter Release Button

Film Frame Counting Dial

Film Frame Counting Dial Setting

Wheel Film Type Indicator Flash Unit Connector Socket

(3l

(Models Li and La only)

Canon

5$ Film Rewinder Release Ixver

(Models L2 and L3 only)

@ Film Rewinder (a crank type

rewinder in case of Model Li, a knob in case of Model L2 and L3)

® Viewfinder Dial

@ Film Plane Mark

(jS) Accessory Clip

® Automatic Parallax Adjustment Pin (gi Flash Synchronization Selector

(Model Li only) @ High Speed Shuttet: Dial ® Flash Sjirichronization Dial '

(Model Li only) (g Film Winding Lever @ Film Transport Indicator

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model L2

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 5

FI1.M lOADING ........................................................... 6

FILM AND FRAMF DlAl

FILM TYPE INDICATOR ........................................ 8

SETTING SHUTTER SPEED

SETTING LENS APERTURE

FOCUSING AND COMPOSING ...II

DEPTH-OF-FIELD

VIEWFINDER SELECTOR

INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY

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EXPOSING ...................................................................15

FILM WINDING

DOUBLE EXPOSURES ............................................17

UNLOADING

FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY

CHANGING LENSES

LOADING FILM INTO

MAGAZINE

DEPTH-OF-FIELD TABLES ...................................24

CAMERA CARE

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INTRODUCTION

Canon Camera Models Li, Lj and L3, for which this booklet is meant are sister models of the Canon Camera Model Vt de luxe. Where the Model Vt de luxe has a Film Winding Trigger all of them have a Film Winding Lever but they differ from one another as shown below;

MODEL COMPARISON CHART

The Range of I

Available Shutter

Speeds: I

M/IOOO sec.

B & T

1-1/500 sec.

B & T

1-1/500 sec.

B & T

Flash Synchroni

zation Provided

for:

*FP (Focal Plane)

Bulbs

I For all speeds

5 from l/lOOO-l sec. I

*M Bulbs for speeds

from 1/125-1 sec.

*For M-2

1/30-1 sec.

•Electronic Flash

’I*’..*'"'?“' PUne) I Knob

l/MXK-l/Waec. |

»(»«<•• : w/Rele#« Lever

Film Rcwindcr:

Crank

Knob w/Releasc Lever

Model Ls

Canon L|, Li and Lj all accept any standard 35 mm film cartridge as well

as the Canon Film Magazine V.

To open the camera, turn the Magazine Opening Key (29) counter-clockwise

and pull down the Lock for Hinged Back (28).

The camera will then swing open.

Rotate the Take-up Spool (32) until the groove on the spool permits you to

slide the end of the film leader into the groove. Then, engage the second

perforated hole of the leader with a small hook inside the groove. Adjust the film so that the film perforations fit the teeth of the Film Sprocket (31).

In case of Model L2 and L3, slide the Film Rewinder Release Lever (14) as indicated by the arrow. The Film Rewinder (15) will spring up part way. Draw it up fully to facilitate turning. In case of Model Li, just lift up the Rewinder (15).

Put the film cartridge to the recess directly beneath the Film Rewinder. Depress the Film Rewinder (15) again to lock the film cartridge in place, fie sure the dull (emulsion) side o( the film (aces the lens.

With your thumb on the knurled lower end of the Take-Up Spool (32), turn the spool clockwise half a turn until the film is taut, (fie sure the index line of the Film Rewind Ring (8) points to the

“A” position.)

Next, wind film one turn and press the Shutter Release fiutton (9). This will clear the two frames already exposed to light while you were loading.

The film dot on the Film Transport Indicator (23) will make one complete turn each time you advance the film one frame. You will know you have loaded correctly it the Film Rewinder—the indicator line on the crank shaft in case of the

Model Li—turns counter-clockwise each time you cock the shutter mechanism.

To know whether the camera is loaded or not when using it for

the first time in a long while, try to turn the Rewinder clockwise without moving the Film Rewind Ring from “A” position. If the camera is loaded, it will not turn.

The Film Frame Counting Dial (10)

shows you the number of frames you have not yet exposed. It should be set at the number corresponding to the number of exposures possible on the film you have just loaded (normally 20 or 36). To do this rotate the Film Frame Counting Dial Setting Wheel (II) until the correct number appears on the dial. Note that only even numbers are engraved. Intermediate dots represent the odd numbers.

Thereafter, the Dial will operate

automatically. When the last picture has been exposed, the Dial will register

“O”.

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