Canon EOS film SLR with EF mount, affordable autofocus film photography with the world's largest lens ecosystem.
The Canon EF is a semi-professional 35mm film SLR from Canon, released in 1973. Canon's first camera with a built-in electronic self-timer. Features shutter-priority automation and a copal square metal shutter. Canon FD mount.
35mm film SLR. Canon FD mount (breech-lock). Shutter-priority AE and full manual exposure. Copal-Square metal focal-plane shutter to 1/1000s. Built-in electronic self-timer. At approximately 750g. Canon FD mount.
The Canon EF (1973) was a significant Canon SLR preceding the AE-1 — offering a metal shutter and shutter-priority AE in a professional-grade body. Not to be confused with the later Canon EF (Electronic Focus) lens mount introduced in 1987. This camera uses the FD bayonet.
On the used market the Canon EF (1973) is a collectible vintage SLR. Condition checks: shutter at all speeds, self-timer function, metering. Canon FD mount — all FD and New FD lenses compatible. Note: this is the 1973 FD-mount body, not an EF-mount camera.