2023-10-15

Canon film SLR camera eye-level finder design Part 8 !

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In this article, we will look at the eye-level finder of Canon’s 1966 film SLR camera, comparing it to the eye-level viewfinder of the Canon FX released in 1964.

Canon PELLIX QL (Reference product)

This steel-bodied film SLR camera was released in 1966.

Front. The camera name, not the manufacturer’s logo, is engraved.
The alignment marks for attaching the lens are attached at the bottom of it.

Comparison with Canon FX.
The shape is almost the same.

Canon FX

This is a diagonal front angle.

It is almost the same from this angle.

Canon FX

View from the side.

This is Canon FX, but from this angle it is almost the same.

Top surface.

Compared from the top, the shape is almost the same.

Canon FX

View from diagonally behind.

An accessory shoe is attached.

The shape is almost identical in comparison.

Canon FX

In this article, we have looked at the eye-level finder of Canon’s 1966-released PELLIX QL film SLR camera, comparing it to the eye-level viewfinder of the Canon FX released in 1964.

The PELLIX QL introduced here seems to have the camera name engraved on the original manufacturer’s logo due to its unique mechanism using a half-mirror, but the body design was found to be almost identical to that of the FX.

And the eye-level finder design was also basically continued in the same way as other models until the 1970s, which was an excellent design.