Canon T60
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The Canon T60 was the last manual focus FD-mount 35mm single-lens reflex (SLR) camera sold by Canon; it was introduced in 1990, three years after the introduction of Canon's incompatible EOS system of autofocus SLRs and their EF lenses. It was the final camera in Canon's T series.
It was introduced solely as a cheap SLR system for export, and was never sold in Canon's home Japanese market. In some foreign markets, the higher price of the EOS cameras was a problem, while in others, there was demand for a cheap, largely manual camera for photography students and the like.
The T60 shared little with the other T-series models except for a little, superficial styling resemblance. Unlike them, it had only manual film loading, advance and rewind. Film speed and shutter speed/program mode were set with traditional dials.
The only auto-exposure mode supported was aperture priority AE. The camera would choose an appropriate shutter speed. Also supported, of course, was full manual exposure, aided by the camera's built-in meter. Shutter speeds supported were in the fairly narrow range of 1/1000 second to 1 second, plus bulb.
Canon did not actually manufacture the T60 themselves. Along with a number of other low-end bodies sold by major camera companies (such as the Nikon FM10 and Olympus OM2000), it was both built by Cosina, and based upon Cosina's own CT-1 chassis. (Cosina subcontracted work for many other Japanese photographic firms as well as producing cameras to their own design.)[1] Reliability of the T60 is said to be poorer than for Canon-made products.
[edit] References
- ^ Wikipedia article; Nikon FM10, Chassis section. Retrieved on October 1, 2006
- Photography in Malaysia (2000). The Canon T60. Retrieved on October 20, 2005.
- Canon T60 User Manual. Retrieved from the Canon FD Documentation Project on October 20, 2005.
| Canon SLR cameras and lens mounts | ||
| Lens Mount | Series | Model |
|---|---|---|
| R | Flex (1959), R2000 (1960), RP (1961), RM (1962) | |
| FL | FX (1964), FP (1964), Pellix (1965), FT QL (1966), Pellix QL (1966), TL (1968) | |
| FD | F | Amateur: FTb (1971), FTbn (1973), EF (1973), TLb (1974), TX (1975) |
| Professional: F-1(1971), F-1n (1976), New F-1 (1981) | ||
| A | AE-1 (1976), AT-1 (1976), A-1 (1978), AV-1 (1979), AE-1 Program (1981), AL-1 (1982) | |
| T | T50 (1983), T70 (1984), T80 (1985), T90 (1986), T60 (1990) | |
| EF / EF-S | ||
| 1 | EOS-1 (1989), EOS-1N (1994), EOS-1N RS (1995), EOS-1v (2001) | |
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EOS 650 (1987), EOS 620 (1987), EOS 750QD (1988), EOS 850QD (1988), EOS 630QD (1989), EOS RT (1989), EOS 700QD (1989), EOS 10sQD (1990), EOS 1000F (1990), EOS 100 (1991), EOS EF-M (1991), EOS 5/5QD/A2/A2e (1992), EOS 1000FN (1992), EOS 500 (1993), EOS 888 (1993), EOS 50 (1995), EOS 500N (1996), EOS-3 (1998), EOS 88 (1999), EOS 300 (1999), EOS 30 (2000), EOS 3000N (2002), EOS 300V (2002), EOS 3000V (2003), EOS 30V (2004), EOS 300X (2004) |
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| IX | EOS IX, EOS IX Lite | |
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