Canon F1 Instruction Manual

Canon New F1
Instructions Manual
Lars Heineken
23rd December 2002 1 

CONTENTS CONTENTS
Contents
1 Attaching the Lens 4
2 Battery 6
2.1 Loading the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Checking the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Shutter Release and Self-timer/Lock Lever 9
4 Holding the Camera 11
5 Focusing 12
6 Loading the Film 14
7 Setting the ASA/ISO Film Speed 15
8 Frame Counter 16
9 Exposure 18
10 Shutter 19
11 How to Choose a Shutter Speed 21
11.1 Freezing Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

CONTENTS CONTENTS
18 Aperture-priority AE 33
18.1 Stopped-down AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
18.2 Match-needle Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
18.3 Stopped-down (Fixed-index) Metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
19 Shutter-priority AE 38
20 Meter Coupling Range 41
21 Metering Sensitivity Areas 42
22 Exposure Compensation 45
23 Rewinding the Film 50
24 Depth of Field 52
25 Self-timer 54
26 Multiple Exposures 57
27 Exposure in Multiple...

1 ATTACHING THE LENS
1 Attaching the Lens
To remove the body cap, turn it counterclockwise until it stops and pull it o. To
reattach, align the red dot on the cap with the cameras red dot. Then lightly push
the cap in and turn it fully clockwise.
Turn the rear lens cap in the direction of the arrow until it stops and pull it o. To
reattach, align the arrow on the cap with the lens red dot. Then lightly push the
cap in and turn it fully clockwise.
To mount the lens, align its red positioning point with...

1 ATTACHING THE LENS
The following lenses cannot be mounted on the New Canon F-1:
FL 19mm f/3.5 R 100mm f/3.5
FL 58mm f/1.2 R 100mm f/2
R 50mm f/1.8 FLP 38mm f/2.8
R 58mm f/1.2
Notes:  Do not push the stop-down slide while advancing the lm. Otherwise, it may
be impossible to mount the lens.  Do not press the lens release button while mounting the lens or it may not
pop out, thus causing the lens to work incorrectly. 5 

2 BATTERY
2 Battery
2.1 Loading the Battery
The action grip of the camera also serves as a battery chamber cover and therefore
must be removed to load a battery. To do this, press the release button and lift up
the grip.
Use one of the batteries listed below or an equivalent of another brand: Lithium 6V Duracell PX 28L
Alkaline - manganese 6V Eveready (UCAR)
No. A544 IEC 4LR44
Silver Oxide 6V Eveready (UCAR)
No. 544,
Durqceli PX 28,
IEC 4SR44
To ensure proper contact, wipe the battery terminals with a...

2 BATTERY 2.2 Checking the Battery
2.2 Checking the Battery
The battery can be checked with the shutter dial at any setting other than A, and
at any ASA/ISO lm speed setting. With the shutter dial on B, battery check is
possible only after the lm has been advanced. To check the battery, press the check
button for about three seconds while looking in the viewnder. Battery power is
sucient when the meter needle is above the battery check index. The weaker the
battery, the lower the needle. However,...

2.2 Checking the Battery 2 BATTERY
Try to make a habit of checking the battery at the followingtimes:
 After loading a new battery.
 If the shutter wont function with the selftimer/lock lever on A.
 Before and after making many long exposures at slow speeds other than B.
 When you are using the camera at low temperatures.
 Before shooting important events.
 When the camera is used frequently.
 After storing the camera for a long time.
 Before going on a trip.
The battery check button also serves...

3 SHUTTER RELEASE AND SELF-TIMER/LOCK LEVER
3 Shutter Release and Self-timer/Lock Lever
The self-timer/lock lever of the camera has three settings. With the lever at A,
press the shutter button halfway to activate the meter. To release the shutter, gen-
tly press the shutter button all the way down. When the level is at L, the shutter
button is locked. It is advisable to turn the lock lever to L when the camera is
not in use to prevent accidental shutter release and battery consumption. With the
lever at...

3 SHUTTER RELEASE AND SELF-TIMER/LOCK LEVER
mirror for the next shutter release. The lm must be advanced fully to the next
frame or the shutter will not release. 10