Canon A-1 User Manual

field looking at the image through the
viewfinder by pushing in the stop-down lever
just as in stopped-down AE photography
and setting the lens to the working aperture.
This will probably be one of those occasions
when you will release the stop-down lever
and return the lens to “A” before taking a
shot. You will have to operate the multiple
exposure lever as explained earlier before the
camera will properly operate. See
WARNINGS OF INCORRECT OPER-
ATION IN STOPPED-DOWN PHOTO-
GRAPHY, p. 64.
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Canon A-1 Specifications

General

Type	35mm SLR
Lens Mount	Canon FD
Metering	Center-weighted average
Focusing Screen	Interchangeable
Flash Sync	1/60s
Weight	620g (body only)
Dimensions	141 x 92 x 48 mm
Shutter Speed	30s - 1/1000s, Bulb
ISO Range	6 - 12800
Viewfinder	Eye-level pentaprism
Exposure Modes	Program, Aperture-priority, Shutter-priority, Manual
Film Advance	Manual
Film Rewind	Manual
Battery	4LR44 or 4SR44
Shutter	Horizontal cloth focal-plane