Canon EOS A2E - Specifications; Camera Type and Components; Autofocus and Exposure Systems

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Specifications
TYPE AND MAJOR COMPONENTS
Type:
35mm focal plane shutter SLR (s ingle-lens reflex)
camera
wi th autofocus, auto exposure, built-in flash and
built-in motor drive.
Lens Mount: Canon EF mount (electronic signal transfer sys-
tem)
Usable Lenses: Canon EF lenses
Viewfinder: Fixed eye-level pentaprism. Gives 92% vertical
and 94%
ho rizont al coverage of actual picture area and
0.73x magnification with 50mm lens at infinity.
LCD Panel: Displays necessary information incl ud i ng frame
counter,
AF mode, film winding mode, metering mode, shut-
ter speed, aperture value, film speed, battery condition and
exposure compensation.
Dioptric Adjustment: Built-in eyepiece is adjusted to -1 diop-
ter (eyepoint: 20 mm).
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.
AUTO FOCUS
AF Control System: TTL-SIR (Secondary Image Registration)
phase detection type usi
ng Cross-type BASIS (Base-
Stored Image Sensor).
Two autofocus modes available: One-shot AF and AI Servo
A
F. Manual focusi ng also possib le .
Focusing Point: Five focusing points provided. Focusi ng point
set automatically
by camera, manually by user, or by user
eye contro
l.
AF Working Range: EV 0 - 18 at ISO 100.
AF Auxiliary light : Automatically projected when necessar y.
Operation linked to focusi ng points.
EXPOSURE CONTROL
light Metering: TT L full-aperture metering usi ng a 16-zone
SPC (si licon photocell ). Three metering modes available:
evaluative metering, spot meteri
ng (covers approx. 3.5% of
the central picture area) and center-weighted average
metering.
Metering Range: EV 0 to 20 with 50mm fl 1 .4 lens at ISO 100
(norm
al 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, Landscape,
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 Pro-
grammed Image Control modes. Beeper beeps
at 2 Hz
when automatically-set shutter speed becomes 0 to 0.5
stops slower than "1 Ifoca llength of the lens in use."
Multiple Exposures: Up to nine exposures can be preset.
Exposure Compensation: ±2 stops in 1 12-stop increment s.
Auto Exposure Bracketing: ±2 stops in 1 12-stop increments.
Three continuous exposures are taken in sequence: one at
the standard metered value, one under, and one over.
FILM TRANSPORT
Film Speed Setting:
Automatically set according to OX code
(ISO 25-5000) or set by user (ISO 6-6400).
Film Loading: Au toma ti c. Film automatically advances to first
frame when back cover is closed.