Canon AV-1 
Photos by Sylvain Halgand text by Sylvain Halgand. From the collection of Sylvain Halgand
Version française
Version française
Chronology of the Canon brand
Manufactured in Japon from 1979 until (After) 1983.
Index of rarity in France : Frequent (among non-specialized garage sales)
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Inventory number: 576
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Traduction de Sylvain Halgand
Canon AE-1 launched in 1976. It met enormous successes and gave a great line : AT-1 (semi-automatic), A-1 (double automatism), then AV-1.
The AV-1 is it opposite of the AE-1. The elder was a speed priority, this one is aperture priority (nondisengageable).
There Canon saw the means of leaving a less expensive camera, because a aperture priority seems to contain less parts than a priority at the speed. To obtain the minimum price, the camera is deprived of depth of field test.
The large advantage of this camera, it is that it shares the range of lenses and accessories of the AE-1 and A-1.
At the time, it was the ideal second camera for which had a AE-1.
My part, I had chosen a AE-1 and A-1.
External Links:
| Sur Camera-wiki.org . suggested by Sylvain Halgand |
| Sur mes-appareils-photos.fr . suggested by Eric Carlhan |
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