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Canon EF-M camera

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Canon EF-M
Overview
Type35mm SLR
Lens
Lens mountCanon EF lens mount
Focusing
Focusmanual
Flash
FlashHot shoe only

The Canon EF-M was a manual-focus 35mm film, SLR camera which used the Canon EF lens mount. It was introduced in 1991 for export to the non-Japanese market, and was the only manual focus camera in the EF line. It was not sold as part of the EOS range; the camera's official name was Canon EF-M rather than Canon EOS EF-M.

The EF-M was in essence a Canon EOS 1000 without autofocus and replacing the top-deck LCD with a control dial.[1] It was priced slightly cheaper than the EOS 1000, and relatively few copies were sold. It was not directly available in Japan, though some were re-imported.

Uniquely amongst Canon EOS bodies it came with an optical manual focus aid, a split-image focusing screen as well as a ring of microprisms. This system was common with manual focus SLRs but had since fallen out of use in the autofocus era.

Backside view of the Canon EF-M




References

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  1. ^ "It's A Canon, Jim, But Not As we Know It – The Canon EOS EF-M Review". 2020-10-07. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2023-04-01. [The EF-M is based] on the EOS 1000 a camera that shook up the budget end of the market [..] there is no LCD panel on the body [..] There is no built in flash
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