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EOS 5000

 

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January 1995

 

Fully automatic AF SLR for the European market.

 

Canon EOS 5000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

35mm focal-plane shutter multi-mode AF SLR camera

Picture Size

24x36 mm

Compatible
Lenses

Canon EF lenses

Lens Mount

EF mount

AF System

TTL phase detection. AF modes: One-Shot AF/Predictive AI Servo AF (automatic switchover). Multi-BASIS (3 focusing points) for the AF sensor. The AE lock button selects the center focusing point. AF operating range at ISO 100: EV 1.5 - 18.

Shutter

Vertical-travel, focal-plane electronic shutter. 1/8 sec. - 1/2000 sec., B. X-sync at 1/90 sec. (hot shoe). Built-in electronic self-timer (with blinking red-eye reduction lamp).

Viewfinder

Fixed eye-level roof mirror. 0.7x magnification and 90% coverage.

Viewfinder
Information

Center AF mark, wide AF frame, and partial metering circle. Three LEDs for in-focus indicator, AE, and flash ready.

Metering &
Exposure Control

Composite SPC for TTL full-aperture metering (6-zone evaluative, 9.5% partial at center) with shutter speed-priority AE, Intelligent program AE, and four Programmed Image Control modes set with a dial. Metering range at ISO 100 and f/1.4: EV 2 - 20. Film speed range: ISO 25 to 5000 (DX-coded only). Maximum 9 multiple exposures.

Built-in Flash

Located on pentaprism hump. Manual pop-up/retractable head. TTL autoflash control (fires automatically in backlight and low-light conditions). Off-the-film metering (with a 4-zone flash metering sensor covering three flash metering points. Red-eye reduction with tungsten lamp. Guide No. 12 (at ISO 100 in m).

Power Source

Two 3 V CR123A lithium batteries

Film Loading &
Advance

Align film leader at mark, then close the camera back for prewind loading. First, the entire roll is wound on the take-up spool. Then each time a picture is taken, the film advances back into the cartridge. Film transport with the built-in motor. Film advance speed: 1 fps and single advance. After the last frame is exposed, the film is rewound automatically.

Frame Counter

Counts down on external LCD panel (counts up during prewind loading).

Dimensions &
Weight

145 x 92 x 70 mm, 340 g

 

 

 

 

Features include compact design, silent operation, three focusing points, wide focusing area, center-priority focusing, 6-zone evaluative metering linked to the focusing points, 3-zone flash metering linked to the focusing points, metering and exposure-control modes, external LCD panel, viewfinder information, a large mode selection and shutter speed dial, and flash exposure control with a series circuit. In Asia (except Japan), the camera was marketed as the EOS 888.

 

Source: CANON CAMERA MUSEUM