The Canon T60 was the last
manual focus FD-mount 35 mm single-lens reflex
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(SLR) camera sold by
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; it was introduced in 1990, three years after the introduction of Canon's incompatible
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system of autofocus SLRs and their
EF lenses. It was the final camera in Canon's
T series.
It was introduced solely as a cheap SLR system for export. It was never sold in Canon's home Japanese market. In some foreign markets, the higher price of the EOS cameras was a problem, while in others, there was demand for a cheap, largely manual camera for photography students and the like.
The T60 shared little with the other T-series models except for a superficial styling resemblance. Unlike them, it had only manual film loading, advance and rewind. Film speed and shutter speed were set with traditional dials.
The only auto-exposure mode supported was
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AE. The camera would choose an appropriate shutter speed. Also supported, of course, was full manual exposure, aided by the camera's built-in meter. Shutter speed range was 1/1000 to 1 second, plus
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Canon did not manufacture the T60. Like a number of other low-end bodies sold by major camera companies (such as the
Nikon FM10 and
Olympus OM2000), it was both built by
Cosina
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History
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, and based upon Cosina's own
CT-1 chassis. (Cosina subcontracted work for many other Japanese photographic firms as well as producing cameras to their own design.)
References
Photography in Malaysia(2000).
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*
Canon T60 User Manual'. Retrieved from the
on 20 October 2005.
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