Review of canon frame cameras1/21/2024 ![]() ![]() The Canon Demi EE17’s 4 blade leaf shutter is very quiet when it fires. It comes with a wrist strap that screws into the tripod mount, so anyone wanting to use a neck strap will have to go down that route. The Demi doesn’t have lugs for a neckstrap. It also has a self timer on the front for those special awkward “has it taken the shot yet?” group portrait moments.Ī tripod mount, ISO selector and film rewind button are underneath the camera along with the battery cover. It has a leaf shutter so it flash syncs at all speeds. The Demi also has a PC sync for flash usage on the side, and a cold shoe on the top of the camera. The light meter “eye” is on the body above the lens, so if a filter is used when the auto aperture mode is selected an adjustment needs to be made. There is a filter exposure compensator on the lens barrel. The Canon Demi EE17 takes the old Mercury PX625 stye batteries, so with modern batteries the meter will be out a bit based on the charge of the battery anyway. It always seems to be about one stop off from my guestimated exposure. ![]() It does have an “auto” aperture mode, but I’ve never really trusted the meter. Shutter speeds go from 1/500 down to bulb – the shutter release button is the standard type with a screw in shutter release mount so long exposures are possible.Īperture is selected on the face of the lens. One thing I would have liked would be a depth of field scale on the lens near the aperture and focus distance indicator, but I can live without it. The Canon Demi EE17 has both metres and feet to set the focus printed on the barrel of the lens – no person/people/tree/mountain indicators here (although they do make an appearance in the viewfinder). Selecting the focus distance and shutter speed on the lens barrel is straight forward. But then it’s a point and shoot, not an SLR. If I’m lining up a shot where I’m really highlighting symmetry and want say, a line running down the exact centre of the image, its a little off in the final shot. The only issue i’ve found is that like a lot of rangefinders the viewfinder is slightly offset to the lens. Like most half frame cameras it has a portrait oriented viewfinder with a generous amount of space around the frame lines. The Canon Demi EE17 is a fantastic camera to use. The light seal foam in mine has long disappeared and I might replace it one day, but I haven’t had any leaks yet after putting around 20 or 30 rolls of film through it. Fiddly job, but in the end it looks great and gets a lot of comments from curious street portrait victims-to-be. I’d recently read a post online that gave detailed instructions on how to wood veneer a camera, so I decided to give it a go. ![]() The only drawback was that in fixing it I had torn the black leatherette. Fairly simple machine on the inside, and even my uncoordinated banana fingers were able to fix it with relative ease – good to know when shooting with an almost 60 year old camera. A bit of googling and 5 minutes later I had downloaded the service manual for it and decided to operate myself. I decided this camera is too beautiful to be left broken, but the quotes for inspection or repair were all hideously expensive. That being said, the shutter on mine jammed after a few rolls and I was given a refund by the seller without having to send it back (love buying from Japanese camera sellers). ![]() Pocketable, although it may cause unsightly bulges in skinny jeans.īuild quality is great. Standard Demi’s with the f/2.8 lens are slightly slimmer and smaller and the lens only sticks out about half as much. The Canon Demi EE17 is similar in size to a Canon QL17 GIII or Olympus MJU. I imagine it would be right at home on a table outside a cafe in Italy, with a Vespa parked nearby and a beautiful woman in a flowing dress with big sunglasses sitting opposite, blowing cigarette smoke disdainfully into the air. The EE17 has a nice weight – not chunky heavy, not elcheapo light, just a reassuring, comfortable weight. Soft curves of dulled aluminium, with black leatherette and a matching black centre body “core”. It has a stylish, 1960s Italian beauty to it. When the Canon Demi EE17 arrived, my first impression was how stunningly beautiful it is. Yet another camera to add to the collection. I quickly found one in Japan on ebay for $60 US. After perusing the range of those available, I settled on a Canon Demi EE17. Selenium meters would not be tolerated either, and it had to be good looking, reasonably priced and take decent photos.After a bit of web research and ebay browsing, I decided to take a chance on a half frame camera. I had been looking for a cheap 35mm camera that could be used manually without batteries, and manual ISO selection was a must. ![]()
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