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Comment: Instruction manuals and the Canon system catalog do not demonstrate the notability of this camera. Has this model been reported on from independent, reliable sources? Such sources should be included in the article to demonstrate this topic's notability, per WP:GNG. Utopes (talk / cont) 06:16, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
.jpg) 1968 TL QL with FL 50mm f/1.8 lens. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Canon Inc. |
| Type | Single-lens reflex |
| Released | February 1968 |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Canon FL |
| Compatible lenses | Canon FD: stop-down metering, automatic aperture lever. Canon R: stop-down metering and manual aperture lever. |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Film format | 35mm |
| Film size | 36 mm x 24 mm |
| Film speed | ISO 25 - 2000 |
| Film speed detection | Manual |
| Film advance | Manual, 174 stroke (partial strokes enabled). |
| Film rewind | Manual |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | Manual |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure | Metering range at ISO 100 and f/1.8 lens: EV 3.5 – 17. |
| Exposure metering | Match-needle, CdS cell for TTL. |
| Metering modes | Partial metering at center (12% of center) |
| Flash | |
| Flash | Cold shoe, PC sync |
| Flash synchronization | 1/60s, FP- and X-sync automatic-switching sync contacts with German socket |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Mechanically timed two-axis, horizontal-travel, focal-plane shutter with cloth curtains. |
| Shutter speed range | 1s - 1/500s with Bulb and 1/60s flash sync |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Fixed eye-level pentaprism |
| Viewfinder magnification | 0.9x |
| Frame coverage | 92% vertical coverage, 94% horizontal. |
| General | |
| Dimensions | 144×93×43 mm (5.7×3.7×1.7 in) |
| Weight | 700 g (25 oz) |
| Made in |  Japan |
The Canon TL is a 35mm single-lens reflex camera introduced by Canon Inc. in 1968 as a simplified and cheaper version of the Canon FT QL for the overseas mass market, not being sold in Japan.[1]
It features a Canon FL lens mount, being compatible with its successor FD-mount lenses (with some limitations), and also with its predecessor R-mount lenses, as described in more details in the article of the FD lens mount.
Design
[edit]The design and build quality of the Canon TL are similar to the Canon FT QL. Both cameras were made in Japan, but the TL was not sold in Japan because it was intended as a cheaper version of the FT directed for the overseas mass market. Then, it misses some features of the other model.
The viewfinder is the same as the Canon FT, using a fixed eye-level pentaprism with 0.9x magnification (FL 50mm), 92% and 94% vertical and horizontal coverage, respectively. They have a TTL metering indicator with exposure match-needle. Twelve percent of the center area of the image is reflected by a semitransparent mirror that splits the light between the viewfinder and the CdS cell sensor. Therefore, the camera has the same focal plane metering characteristics as the Canon Pellix which has a fixed semitransparent mirror. Nevertheless, retaining the advantages and disadvantages of a movable mirror system.
Both the TL and FT cameras also allow multi exposure shots in similar fashion.[2][3]
Except for the light meter, the camera is fully mechanical, so it can be operated with almost no limitations even without batteries. This feature contrasts with other more modern cameras that may have shutter speed restrictions or not work at all without batteries.
Quick Load (QL)
[edit]According to Canon, most TL cameras don't have the Quick Load system[1], which made film loading easier and allowed changing films in the middle of the roll (more fully described in the article about the Canon FT QL).
Differences from Canon FT
[edit]Both cameras have a battery check that requires the camera to be set in some specific shutter speeds, but they work differently. While the FT has a dedicated battery check lever around the film rewind crank, the TL doesn't and it can be set in different shutter speeds to perform this task. The FT manual instructs the owner to set the shutter speed at X, specifically.
The following features are present in the FT, but they are missing in the TL model:[2][3]
- Shutter speed up to 1/1000s - the TL model goes up to 1/500s.
- Self-timer - available as an accessory to be connected on top of the camera.
- Mirror Lock
- Shutter safety lock lever - prevents the shutter to be accidentally triggered
- Time lock lever - used for keeping the shutter pressed when taking long-exposure photos on shutter speed at B.
Prices
[edit]The camera was sold with three different options for lenses, or body only. Prices were as following:[4][5]
- TL-QL with 50/1.8 lens $199.95
- TL-QL with 50/1.4 lens $249.95
- TL-QL with 50/1.2 lens $288.95
- TL-QL body only: $123.95
References
[edit]- ^ a b "TL - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
- ^ a b Canon FT instructions manual. Canon Inc. 1966. pp. 2–5, 9, 11, 35–36.
- ^ a b Canon TL instructions manual. Canon Inc. 1968. pp. 4–5, 8, 25–26, 34.
- ^ Canon System Equipment Catalogue (PDF). Bell & Howell. March 1969. p. 13.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Canon Photographic Equipment Catalog (PDF). Bell & Howell. 1970. p. 2.
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