Canon EOS A2 - Specifications; Technical Specifications Summary

Specifications
TYPE AND MAJOR COMPONENTS
Type: 35mm focal plane shutter SLR (single-lens re-
flex) camera with autofocus, auto exposure, built-in
flash and built-in motor drive.
Lens Mount: Canon EF mount (electronic signal trans-
fer system)
Usable Lenses: Canon EF lenses
Viewfinder: Fixed eye-level pentaprism. Gives 92%
vertical and 94% horizontal coverage of actual pic-
ture area and 0.73x magnification with 50mm lens at
infinity.
LCD Panel: Displays necessary information including
frame counter, AF mode, film winding mode, meter-
ing mode, shutter speed, aperture value, film speed,
battery condition and exposure compensation.
Dioptric Adjustment: Built-in eyepiece is adjusted to
=1 diopter (eyepoint: 20 mm). Built-in dioptric ad-
justment knob allows further adjustment from -2.75
dpt to +0.75 dpt.
Focusing Screen: interchangeable, overall matte
screen with AF frames.
Shutter: Vertical-travel, focal plane shutter with all
speeds electronically controlled.
Shutter Speed: 1/8000 ~ 30 sec. and bulb. Maximum
X-sync speed: 1/200 sec.
AUTOFOCUS
AF Control System: TTL-SIR (Secondary Image Reg-
istration) phase detection type using Cross-type
BASIS (Base-Stored Image Sensor). Two autofocus
modes available: One-shot AF and Al Servo AF. Ma-
nual focusing also possible.
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Focusing
Point:
Five
focusing
points
provided.
Focus-
ing
point
set
automatically
by
camera,
or
manually
by
user.
AF Working Range: EV 0 ~ 18 at ISO 100.
AF
Auxiliary
Light:
Automatically
projected
when
necessary.
Operation
linked
to
focusing
points
EXPOSURE CONTROL
Light
Metering:
TTL
full-aperture
metering
using
a
16-
zone
SPC
(silicon
photocell).
Three
metering
modes
available:
evaluative
metering,
spot
metering
(covers
approx.
3.5%
of
the
central
picture
area)
and
center-weighted
average
metering.
(Stop-down
metering
not
possible.)
Metering Range: EV 0 to 20 with 50mm f/1.4 lens at
ISO 100 (normal temperature).
Shooting Modes:
1. Program AE
2. Shutter-priority AE
3. Aperture-priority AE
4. Depth-of-field AE
5. Full Auto
6. Programmed Image Control (Portrait, Land-
scape, Close-up, Sports)
7. Flash AE (A-TTL or TTL program flash AE with
built-in flash or dedicated speedlite)
8. X (Flash sync mode)
9. Manual exposure
Camera Shake Warning: Operates in Full Auto and
Programmed Image Control modes. Beeper beeps
at 2 Hz when automatically-set shutter speed
becomes 0 to 0.5 stops slower than “1/focal length
of the lens in use.”