Canon Pelix SLR with Canon FL 3.5/35mm - 400d-6943

Canon Pelix SLR Camera with Canon FL 35mm F/3.5 lens.

Canon Lens FL 35mm F 3.5
Focal Length: f=35mm Aperture Ratio: 1:3.5
Construction: 6 components, 6 elements
Coating: Amber, Purple
Diaphragm: Automatic/ Manual preset type
Min. Aperture: 16
Min. Focus: 0.4 m,
Angle of View: Diagonal 64°, Horizontal 54°, Vertical 37°
Focusing System:Straight drive double helicoid
Hood: W-50-A
Filter Size: 48mm (1-7/8")
Length x Max. Dia: 43.5 x 62mm
Weight: 270 grams (9-1/2 oz.)

Canon Pellix 35mm single-lens reflex camera introduced 1965 by Canon. Canon FL lens mount and featured stop-down TTL metering using CdS photocell technology.

The camera was unique in that stationary aluminized PET film beam-splitting mirror to feed the image to the viewfinder instead of the usual swinging reflex mirror. This avoided the mechanical complexity, noise and vibration of the moving mirror and allowed viewing the image at the instant of exposure.

This approach however, resulted in a few compromises: exposures had to be increased because approximately 1/3 of the light coming through the lens never reached the film, it being redirected to the viewfinder; also the viewfinder was not as bright as conventional reflex cameras; image resolution was compromised to some degree by the existence of the beam-splitting mirror between the lens and the film plane during the exposure.