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Owners's Manuals
- Canon Photura Manual; scanned from original paper copy provided by F. Svoboda of Hutchinson, MN. Photura series, 1990-1992, was innovative auto zoom 35mm rangefinder, cylindrical body like a movie camera, with zoom flash with guide number 15 meters to 25 meters built into the fold-out lens cap.
- F-Series Cameras
- F-1 Accessories
- A-Series Cameras
- T-Series Cameras
- Canon FD Lens Instructions; scanned from original paper copy provided by F. Svoboda of Hutchinson, MN
- Flashes for FD Mount Cameras
- Accessories for FD Mount Cameras
- Canon FL Mount Cameras
Repair Manuals
Third Party Manuals
Disclaimer
The files and information linked to this page are provided in good faith as-is in the hope that they will be of some value to Canon enthusiasts with no warranty, express or implied, by anyone. In downloading or viewing these files, you agree to hold James K Beard, Canon Inc. and all subsidiaries, partners, successors, and assigns and in fact all entities harmless from any use of these files and the information you may derive from them. We are not responsible for the correctness of the files or any typographical or other errors that may be in any of them.
Copyright
I originally got the files presented here from a CD-ROM that I bought on eBay. The copyright ultimately resides with Canon. I believe that Canon has no objection to support of legacy Canon equipment so long as there is no charge, and third party support is limited to equipment that Canon no longer supports.
Scope
These files were originally intended to cover the items that I post for sale on eBay. However, I decided to post all the manuals that I currently have available as resources for those who maintain FL and FD mount cameras, lenses, and cameras.
Some of these files originated with fair-to-poor quality B/W scans by an unknown someone-else many years ago. As such I cannot vouch for their authenticity, quality or date of publication. If anyone has better quality scans, or, preferably better quality PDF files and would like to make them generally available, please put me in touch with whoever is appropriate for the proper arrangements to post them.
The Canon F-1 "repair manuals" are apparently reproductions of a two-part article in the Society of Photo Technologists Journal in March and April of 1990. You may order the full issues of the SPT Journal from Craig Camera here.
Some of the files here have been subjected to the OCR provided as part of Adobe Acrobat® and have searchable text. These files get much larger in the process and the links are marked when this operation has been performed on them.
Find your camera or accessory and its relationship to the manuals here from the Canon Camera Museum links provided here.
Nothing For Sale Here
I've posted all the manuals that I have for legacy gear on this site. I have no others in reserve or for sale. If you need something that you do not see here, there are sources that you may find with a web search on "camera manuals and repair guides."
Canon Camera Museum
Canon Camera Museum Pages for Canon F-Series
- F-1 March 1971
- F-1n September 1976
- "New F-1" September 1981
- FTb March 1971
- FTbn July 1973
- EF November 1973
Canon Camera Museum Pages for Canon A-Series
- AE-1 (shutter priority automatic metering) April 1976
- AT-1 (manual metering) December 1976
- A-1 (shutter/aperture/programmed AE or manual metering) April 1978
- AV-1 (aperture priority automatic metering) May 1979
- AE-1 Program April 1981
- AL-1 (AV-1 with automatic focus indication in viewfinder) March 1982
Canon Camera Museum Pages for Canon T-Series
- T-5, T-50 (multi-mode programmed AE) March 1983
- T-60 (aperture priority AE) April 1990
- T-70 (shutter, aperture, multiple programmed AE) April 1984
- T-80 (autofocus with three AC lenses, manual focus with FD lenses) April 1985
- T-90 (3 meters, 8 AE and 3 manual modes) February 1986
The three autofocus lenses for the T-80 are
- AC35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 standard zoom
- AC50mm f/1.8 fast standard lens
- AC75-200mm f/4.5 telephoto zoom
The standard zoom is not to be confused with the New FD 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF which provides autofocus on any FD mount camera, not just the T-80.
Owners Manuals
Canon F-Series
- F-1 March, 1971
- FTb March, 1971
- EF November, 1973
- The New F-1 September, 1976
Canon F-1 Accessories
- AE Power Winder Fn for Canon F-1
- Flash Coupler F
- Flash Coupler L
- Motor Drive MF
- Battery Case
- Focusing Screens
- AE-Finder
- Servo EE Finder
- Speed Finder FN
- Booster Finder
- Film Chamber 250
- Film Loader 250
- Canon 300TL Flash for the T-90
- Canon Speedlite 577G Potato Masher Flash Instructions
- Focusing Screen Compatibilty Chart for FD lenses
- Canon Macro Brochure (1980)
- Canon Macro Bruchure (1982)
- FD Lens Guide "Canon Lens Wonderland," from Joe Chan's web site
- New FD Lenses Chart
- AE Winder FN, for New F1 (1981) to enable AE mode, smaller version of AE Motor Drive FN
Canon A-Series
- AE-1 from April, 1976 (1978 manual)
- AE-1 from April, 1976 (1981 manual)
- AT-1 from December, 1976
- AE-1 with updated focusing screen (1981 manual)
- A-1 from April, 1978
- AE-1 Program from April, 1981
- AL-1 from March, 1982
Canon T-Series
- T-50 from March, 1983
- T-60 from April, 1998, Canon's last FD mount camera (NO MANUAL AVAILABE)
- T-70 from April, 1984; feature brochure
- T-80 from April, 1985; (NO MANUAL AVAILABLE)
- T-90 from February, 1986, Canon's next-to-last and arguably the best FD-mount camera
Canon FL-Mount Cameras
- FX from April, 1964; introduced the FL lens mount, TTL metering (stopped down; full aperture TTL metering awaited the FD mount). This camera advanced the state-of-the-art as the first of a new generation of TTL SLRs. (NO MANUAL AVAILABLE)
- FP from October 1964, an FX without light meter for pros, (NO MANUAL AVAILABLE)
- Pellix, from April 1965 (NO MANUAL AVAILABLE)
- FT-QL from March 1966; scanned from original paper copy provided by F. Svoboda of Hutchinson, MN
- Pellix QL from March, 1966, with instructions for use of the Canon Booster and a great deal of other related material. Thanks to Ken Slavett for this manual.
- TL from February, 1968, the last FL mount Canon; a simplified FT, some with QL but most without; note most of the FL lenses are featured in this manual. Thanks to Frank Johnson of San Francisco for providing this manual.
Canon Flashes
Shoe-mounted external flashes
Macro Ring Flashes
Miscellaneous Canon Accessories
- Angle Finder A2 and B
- Auto Bellows
- Canon FD Lens Instructions; scanned from original paper copy provided by F. Svoboda of Hutchinson, MN
- Duplicator 35 for use with slides and Auto Bellows for 1:1 slide duplication
- Magnifier for all Canon F-series and F-1 finders, A-Series, and T-series
- Motor Drive MA for A-1 and AE-1 Program
- Photomicro Unit F for all FL/FD Cameras
- Power Winder Unit A for Canon A-1
- Data Back Fn and A Instructions (Fn for New F1; A for A-1)
- Macro Brochure for use with Auto Bellows
- Power Winder A2 for Canon A-1
- TTL Hot shoe Adapter for T-90 allows multiple flash photography with TTL metering with the Speedlite 300TL with the Ring Lite ML-2
- Canon Booster, low-light auxiliary meter for the FTb and Pellix, with thanks to a user who provided this scan (also, older Booster for FT)
Repair Manuals
Canon F-Series
Canon A-Series
Canon T-Series
- T-50
- T-60 (NO MANUAL AVAILABLE)
- T-70
- T-80 (NO MANUAL AVAILABLE)
- T-90 Service & Repair 1 of 2 (SPT Journal March 1990)
- T-90 Service & Repair 2 of 2 (SPT Journal April 1990)
- T-90 Focusing Screens
- T-90 Parts List
- T-90 Data Back
Note on the T-90 Backup Battery
The Canon T90 has an internal 3 Volt lithium standby battery (B-2 in the service manual, type BR1225 or CR-1220, Canon part number WK1-9022-000 given on last page of Part 1 of service repair manual) that the Canon manuals recommend be replaced at approximately five-year intervals, a boilerplate recommendation for lithium batteries. Its purpose is to retain stored data while the AA batteries are not present. This battery will last practically indefinitely if good AA batteries are kept in the camera.
If "ISO 100" flashes in half-second intervals on the main LCD panel, this battery should be replaced. The BR1225 and CR-1220 are readily available online very inexpensively, or you may try the standard lithium battery number CR-2025 that is available at any drug store. This battery is on the third printed circuit layer on the right side of the camera as viewed from the back.
Instructions for Third Party Accessories
- 500 mm T-mount mirror lens instruction sheet, manufacturer unknown; scanned from original paper copy provided by F. Svoboda of Hutchinson, MN
Needed Manuals
Many of the manuals that I provide here were produced by old scans of even older photocopies. If you have a better copy of any manual that you would like to share, please let me know.
Many of the manuals here are difficult to find and are intended to be a resource for those who wish to continue use of their Canon FD equipment or to repair it for themselves or others. Some important manuals are not available here. If you have any of these manuals and would like to share them, please contact me. These include, but are not limited to, both owner's manuals and repair manuals for:
- All Canonflex R models.
- FX, FP, FT, and Pellix (we have a manual for the Pellix QL and FT QL).
- F-1 High Speed Motor Drive.
- New F-1 High Speed Motor Drive.
- T-60.
- T-80.
- Repair manuals and parts lists for FD, FL, and New FD lenses.
If you come here looking for something and don't find it listed at all, or you find that I don't have the manual that you need, I want to hear from you.