Canon Demi EE28 User manual

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Gamera for Beginners
Canon Demi EE 28 is a newly designed compact EE camera. Excellent pictures can be easily
taken even by those who have never handled a camera before.





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        Film Counter
        Film Advance Lever
        Shutter Release Button
        Film Rewind Crank
        Accessory Shoe
        Auto-Manual Aperture
         Index
        Viewfinder Window
       Manual Aperture Scale
        Distance Index
       Snap Mark
        Exposure Meter Window
        Flash Synchronization
        Socket
       Canon Lens
       Zone Focus Marks
       Auto Mark

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FEATURES OF GANON DEMI EE 28

I fne Demi EE28 has a program EE system, if The lens is made up of 5 elements in II in which the shutter, exposure meter and Ql 3 lt has been specially de- "o-ponents.so that enlarged pictures can be obta-aperture are fully coupled. The appropriate signed
combinations of aperture stops and shutter ined with the same quality as those ordinary
speeds are programmed in advance. When 35 mm size film. Focusing is of the helicoid
the camera is aimed at the subject the focus type where the entire lens system
accurate selenium exposure meter automatical- protrudes out. This lens has already been
ly selects the correct exposure. proven on the Canon Demi as a sharp and
high performance lens.
5f Just set the focus mark at the snap 1 The Demi EE 28 weighs onty 29O grams.
when pictures snapping out of doors,Q mark tlf lt's a compact camera that can easily be get and you'll pictures correct focused no put away in your handbag. lt's most conven.matter what type of subject you shoot. There's
no necessity for refocusing with each new ient on trips.
subject. All you have to do is press the shutter
release button.

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www.butkus.us      demiCANON DEMI EE 28 SPECIFICATIONS                          trtrm

Type: 35 mm demi-size (24 x 18 mm)camera    Film Speed: ASA 25-4OO.
    with program EE system.                   Viewf inder :  Marked viewfinder. O.42X.
Lens: Canon Lens SH 28 mm F 2.8 5 ele-      Snap mark, shutter sPeeds, exposure
   ments in 3 components composition. 55'       warning marks and parallax compensation
    angle of view.                             mark are indicated inside the viewfinder.
                                                                                       BEE Mechanism: Program EE system with    Flash Synchronization: X contact. JIS
    fully coupled exposure meter, shutter       type socket.
   and aperture. Manual aperture setting    Film Advance Lever t  I32" revolving angle.
    possible. When shooting with manually-        Additive windups possible.
    operated apertures the exposure meter    Film Gounter: Self-resetting type.
    circuit is disconnected and shutter speed   Size: 116x69x39 mm.
    of 1/3O sec. and aperture stops of F 2.8,   Weight: 29O grams.
    4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16 and 22 can be used.
EE Working Range: EV8 (F2.8, 1/30 sec.)-
EV 17.5 (F 25, 1/300 sec.) with ASA 100
     film.
Exposure Meter: Highly accurate galvano'
   meter using selenium  cell.

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www.butkus.us around the spool, take the slack out of the ready for exposure and the film counter film and check to see that film oerfora- will indicate O. tions are accurately engaged on the spool * Additive film windups are also possible. soroc Kets.
x When the film advance lever is wound * Checking for correct film loading.
allthe way until it stops, the film and f ilm The film is correctly loaded if the rewind-
counter advance by one frame. The film ing crank revolves simultaneously with the advance lever after can again be wound movement of the film advance lever. In release oressed. shutter the button is this case, however, the rewinding crank
5. Close the back cover. The back cover is sometimes will not turn if the film is loose completely locked by just pressing down inside the film cartridge. Therefore, it is on it. best to raise the rewinding crank and turn
6. Wind the film advance lever and press the it in a clockwise direction two or three shutter release button. Repeat this opera" times, beforehand, in order to take the tion four times. slack out of the loaded film. Reload the With the fifth windup the first frame will be film when it is not loaded co;'rectlv.

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FILM SPEED SETTING
Turn the film speed setting ring, on the back
cover of the camera, and set the index mark
to the film speed of the film to be used. The
figures on the left are ASA and those on theright are DlN. Just set the index mark to
the, de.sired figure on one side, ASA or DlN,a.nd the corresponding figure on the othei
side, DIN or ASA, will be automaticallv set.
oThe intermediate dots on the film speed dial indicate the following figures:
               32 40   64 B0   125 160   250 320           ASA 25      50    1OO      200         400
                    18      21       24          27           DtN 15 16 17   19 20    22  23    25  26
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EE PHOTOGRAPHY
1. Set the AUTO Mark. from the camera to the subiect. Turn the
Turn the aperture ring all the way in the focusing ring and set the chosen mark at direction of the arrow and set AUTO at the index. Long distance mark Over 10 meters the index. Otherwise, the EE mechanism A will not function. r r Medium distance ffl (Snap markt mark Approx. 1O nreters
meter2. Focus , Short distance mark Approx. 1
When taking pictures you must always adjust OThe distances indicated by the intermediate
the lens according to the camera-to-subject dots between the marks are shown on the distance. This is called focusing. Focus- distance table on the back cover of the
ing with the Demi EE 28 is of the simple camera.
and accurate zone focus system. OThe snap mark (hl) on the focusing ring is
oSelect, from among the three zone focusing used when taking snap shots out of doors. marks on the focusing ring, the mark which It is designed for simple photography corresponds most closely to the distance (Refer to page 14.)

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3. Look Into the Viewfinder.                              DECIDE THE EXPOSURE
  According to the various marks inside the                                        A, When the needle is in the EE range.   viewfinder you can check (i) the condition                                 +   of the exposures, and (iiJ the field.of-view.           It means                                                           the EE exposure is alright. Decide
                                           the composition of the picture and press
                                                the shutter release button.
   F           Ftash mark.
  N  Parallax comp€nsation
        mark
         Field-of-view frame

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aHow To Use the Snap Mark
                                       When shooting pictures out of doors set the
   The various shutter speeds indicated inside     focusing index, beforehand, at the snap
    the viewfinder are coupled to the following    mark. You will be able to enjoy taking
    aperture stops.                             snap shots with no trouble at all.
    iWhen film speed is set at ASA 100              1. Set the focusing index at snap mark.
   Dot indicated on the figure 300 in  the      2. When the needle inside the viewfinder  is                                                     within the snap mark range EE photog'     viewfinder means 25O (1/250 sec.'                                                   raphy is possible with a sharp focus on
                                                    your subject. There is absolutely no
                                              need for refocusing according to each
                                            new subject.





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                                          aDecide the Composition of the Picture.
The needle will almost always be within the        Everything within the white field-of-view
snap mark range under the brightness needed        frame inside the viewfinder will be exposed
for taking snap shots out of doors. Therefore,       on the film.
it will be convenient to use the snao mark.            ln the case of short distance i1 meterl                                                 photography, however, a slight parallax
                                               occurs. Therefore, compose your picture
                                                        within the parallax compensation mark.

x ln case the needle goes out of the snap
 mark range and into the white range, you
  must focus once again so that subject is in
  correct focus.

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4. Press the Shutter Release Button.
   After the composition of the picture has
  been decided, release the shutter. Press
   the shutter button gently in order to get a
    c lear, u n b lu rred p ictu re.

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HOW TO REWIND AND UNLOAD FILM
As the exposed film is naked within the      1. Raise the rewinding crank'
camera, the entire roll will be ruined  if the back      2. While pressing the film rewinciing outton,
cover of the camera is opened before rewind'          located on the base plate of the camera,
ing the exposed film back into its original          turn the rewinding crank in the direction
cartridge. Therefore, unload the film after         of the arrow. Stop rewinding when res'
rewinding the exposed film in the following         istance becomes light.
manner    :                                          3. Pull the rewinding crank upwards and
OWhen the end of the film is reached the        ooen the back cover of the camera.
  film advance lever becomes tight and no      4. Remove the exbosed film cartridge.
  further winding is possible.





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FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
When the needle inside the viewf inder is within 1. Preparation for Flash Photography
the flash mark, it means the subiect is too Attach the flash unit onto the accessorydark for EE photography and that flbsh photog- shoe of the camera and plug the cordraphy must be used. into the flash socket on the camera.When changing to flash photography, releasethe AUTO mark from the index and switch. 2. Set the Focus Accurately distance.over to manual aperture setting. The shutter Focus and obtain the shooting backspeed is automatically set at 1/30 sec. when Refer to the distance table on theAUTO is released. cover of the camera. Accurate focusing is especially necessary in the case of flash
OCanon Flash Unit J-3 or Flash Quint is re- photography.
commended for flash photography. The use 3. Obtain the Aperture Stop and Set it of Speedlight is also possible. to the lndex.aM, F and MF class flash bulbs are recom- After obtaining the aperture stop, accord-
mended. ing to the following calculation, turn the
aperture ring and set the aperture stop to
the index.
Guide Number Aperture Stop-- Distance
4. Press the Shutter Release Button.
Press the shutter release button after check-
ing the field-of-view through the viewfinder.
The guide number is indicated on the
box containing the flash bulb.
It is convenient to use Flash Unit J-3 because it has an exposure calculating
p late.

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HOW TO USE FILTERS
1. Effectiveness of Filters                   3. Exposure Adjustment Method
    Filters are attached to the front frame of       Divide the film speed of the film being
   the lens by screw-in method. Filters give      used by the exposure factor of the filter.
   special effects on monochrome and color       Reset the film speed to the numerical value
   films. Also, ND filters are used to adjust      thus obtained.
                                                                          when   exposures in cases of over-exposure.                   Film Speed _Film Speed                                                      Exposure Factor                                                                  Using Filter2. Exposure Adjustments When Using
   Filters
   Filters have exposure factors according to      * For example, when a Y3 filter with an
   density and type. Therefore, when using         exposure factor of 2 attached to a camera
  a filter the exposure must be adjusted ac-                                                      using ASA 1OO film, then it is f$:50.   cording to the exposure factor of the filter.                                                       In other words, the film speed should be
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27 mm Filters
OFor monochrome film use
YL (Exposure Factor 1.5) Prevents human skin from photographing dark at seaside and
Y3 (Exposure Factor 2) high mountains. Also increases the contrast between blue sky
and white clouds.
01 (Exposure Factor 3) Human skin is photographed naturally and beautifully.
R1 (Exposure Factor 6) Red objects are photographed white and is effective in that
photographed results are different as when seen with the naked
eye.
G1 (Exposure Factor 3) Effectively reproduce green colors.
OFor both monochrome and color film use
UV (Exposure Factor 1) Common use filter for protecting the lens and for increasing
clearness of the picture.
ND4 (Exposure Factor 4) ND4 decreases the lightvolumeto L14 and ND8 to 1/8. There-
ND8 (Exposure Factor 8) fore, these filters are convenient to use in case of over-exposure.
oFor color film use
Color Conversion A
(Exposure Factor 2) There are two types of colcr films. One is for tungsten and the
Color Conversion B other for daylight use. These filters are used when these films
(Exposure Factor 3) are used under opposite lighting conditions.
Skylight
(Exposure Factor 1) Used for protecting the lens and for increasing clearness of the
picture when using color film.

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ACCESSORIES FOR CANON DEMI EE 28
1. Flash Unit J-3                             4. Selftimer 6
      Exclusively for baseless bulbs. With built-       Used by inserting into release hole of
     in convertible socket for AG and pH.             shutter release button. Has a time lag
2. Flash Quint                                      of approximately 1O seconds.
     Five  f lash bulbs can be flashed continu.    5. Canon Release
    ously. Exclusively for AG type.                     All metal.
3. Speedlite lOO                             6. 27 mm Filters
     Small-size, high-performance type. With          (Refer to page 21)
      built-in transistor circuit in which there
     is no voltage drop once it is charged,





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