Canon EOS-1v

Canon EOS-1v

The Canon EOS-1v with EF 50 mm f/1.8 II lens
Type 35mm SLR
Lens mount Canon EF lens mount
Focus TTL Phase Detection Autofocus (45 zone)
Exposure TTL max. aperture metering with 21-zone
Evaluative metering
Partial metering
Centre spot metering
Focusing point-linked spot metering
Multi-spot metering
Flash None
Frame rate 9 frame/s, 10 frame/s with PB-E2
Dimensions 161 x 120.8 x 70.8 mm, 945g

The Canon EOS-1v is a 35mm single-lens reflex camera from Canon's EOS series, released in 2000[1], it is the final film camera in Canon's landmark EOS-1 series of professional cameras. The body design formed the basis for Canon's subsequent Canon EOS-1D and EOS-1Ds families of digital SLRs.

Canon used the suffix 'v' because the camera introduced the fifth generation of Canon professional SLRs, after the Canon F-1 and New F-1, the Canon T90, and earlier EOS 1 models; Canon also stated that the 'v' stands for "vision".[2]

The 1v was Canon's final and only film-based camera that was still in production in early 2010. The EOS 3 and the Rebel were phased out earlier in 2008 due to the dominance of the digital market. Given market conditions it is unlikely that there will be a film-based successor to the 1v, leaving it with the honour of being the fastest moving-mirror film camera ever put into production, at 10 frames/second with the PB-E2 power drive booster and the NP-E2 Ni-MH battery pack. (Although the 1nRS has a higher frame rate, it used a fixed pellicle mirror rather than a moving mirror).

References

  1. ^ Reichmann, Michael. "Canon EOS-1v". The Luminous Landscape. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/canon_eos-1v.shtml. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 
  2. ^ Editors (June 2000). "Canon EOS-1v: The Best EOS Ever". Petersen's Photographic: p. 38. 

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