Canon L2 User Manual

Canon

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modal LI

Canon

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
(3l	Flash Unit Connector Socket
	(Models Li and La only)

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...........................................	8
FILM TYPE INDICATOR ........................................	8
SETTING SHUTTER SPEED...................................	9
SETTING LENS APERTURE .................................	10
FOCUSING AND COMPOSING ...	II
DEPTH-OF-FIELD.....................................................	12
VIEWFINDER SELECTOR.....................................	13
INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY ...............................	14

EXPOSING ...................................................................	15
FILM WINDING ........................................................	16
DOUBLE EXPOSURES ............................................	17
UNLOADING ..............................................................	18
FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY .......................................	19
CHANGING LENSES ................................................	20
LOADING FILM INTO
MAGAZINE ............................................................	22
DEPTH-OF-FIELD TABLES ...................................	24
CAMERA CARE..........................................................	26

I N T R O D U C T I O N

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		Flash Synchroni­	Film Rcwindcr:
	Available Shutter	I	zation Provided
	Speeds:		for:
		*FP (Focal Plane)
		IBulbs
		I	For all speeds
	M/IOOO sec.	5 from l/lOOO-l sec. I		Crank
LI		*M Bulbs for speeds
	B & T		from 1/125-1 sec.
		*For M-2
			1/30-1 sec.
		•Electronic Flash
L2	1-1/500 sec.	’I*’..*'"'?“' PUne) I Knob

	B & T	»(»«<•• : w/Rele#« Lever
		l/MXK-l/Waec. |
L3	1-1/500 sec.	Knob	Model Ls
	B & T	w/Releasc Lever

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		( I I )		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”.