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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Canon Inc. |
| Type | Single-lens reflex |
| Released | September 1991 |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Canon EF |
| Lens | Interchangeable |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Film format | 135 film |
| Film size | 36 × 24 mm |
| Film speed | ISO 6 – 6400 |
| Film advance | Automatic |
| Film rewind | Automatic |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | Manual |
| Flash | |
| Flash | Hot shoe |
| Flash synchronization | 1/90s |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Mechanical |
| Shutter speed range | 2s – 1/1000s |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Fixed eye-level pentaprism |
| Viewfinder magnification | 0.75× |
| General | |
| Battery | 1× 2CR5 |
| Dimensions | 148×97×68 mm (5.8×3.8×2.7 in) |
| Weight | 390 g (14 oz) |
| References | |
| "EF-M". Canon Camera Museum. Retrieved 2025-08-26. | |
The Canon EF-M was a manual-focus 35mm film, SLR camera which used the Canon EF lens mount. It was introduced in 1991 for export to the non-Japanese market, and was the only manual focus camera in the EF line. It was not sold as part of the EOS range; the camera's official name was Canon EF-M rather than Canon EOS EF-M.
The EF-M was in essence a Canon EOS 1000 without autofocus that replaced the top-deck LCD with a control dial. [1] It was priced slightly cheaper than the EOS 1000, and relatively few units were sold. It was not directly available in Japan, though some were re-imported. It was sold with a standard 35-80mm kit lens. The lens came with an adapter ring that was intended to make manual focusing easier.
Unlike all EOS bodies, it came with an optical manual focus aid, a split-image focusing screen as well as a ring of microprisms. This system was common with manual focus SLRs but had since fallen out of use in the autofocus era.
