Canon EOS 5

Canon EOS A2

Type	35 mm SLR
Lens mount	Canon EF lens mount
Focus	TTL Phase Detection Autofocus (5 zone)
Exposure	PASM autoexposure 16 zone evaluative metering
Flash	Built-in flash
Frame rate	Up to 5 frame/s
Dimensions	154 × 121 × 74 mm, 675 g (1.488 lb)

The Canon EOS 5 (sold as the EOS A2 and A2e in the USA) is a semi-professional autofocus, autoexposure 35 mm SLR film camera. It was sold from November 1992 onwards, and was replaced in late 1998 by the Canon EOS 3.^[1] As part of the EOS line of cameras, the 5/A2/A2e utilized Canon's EF bayonet lens mount, first introduced in 1987.

The 5/A2/A2e featured a built-in zoom flash, AF assist light, fast motor drives and several pre-set autoexposure modes. Although marketed towards the "prosumer" user, the 5/A2/A2e were popular among professional photographers. The camera was powered by a 6 volt lithium 2CR5 battery, or, with the optional Canon BP-5 Battery Pack, could be powered by D batteries attached to the belt of the user. The Canon VG-10 Vertical Grip added a shutter release, control wheel, AE Lock button and Focus Point Selection button to the bottom of the camera for portrait orientation use, but did not add AA batteries as a power source.

The camera had many operational modes available, selected by the dial on the left-hand side of the camera. These modes selected whether the exposure settings were set automatically, semiautomatically or fully manually. This dial also doubled as an on/off switch.

The Canon EOS 5/A2/A2e had three built-in metering modes; Evaluative, center-weight average and spot. These were user-selectable by means of a button on the back of the camera and the command dial.

The EOS 5/A2e featured eye-controlled focusing, which allowed the user to select from one of five focus points by looking at it through the viewfinder as well as activating depth-of-field preview by looking at a sixth point marked in the top-left corner of the viewfinder. At the time, this feature was unique to Canon. The A2 had the same five focus points, but they could only be selected manually. Although the EOS 5 had an optional vertical grip, the VG-10, the eye-controlled focussing feature only worked when the camera was held in horizontal orientation.

Canon EOS A2 Autofocus SLR

The 5/A2/A2e has two dials to control exposure, one over the shutter button and one on the back of the camera. The dial above the shutter button will adjust the shutter speed in shutter priority Tv/Time value mode, but in aperture priority Av/Aperture value mode this same dial will adjust the lens aperture. In full manual mode, the dial above the shutter reverts to adjusting the shutter speed, and the back dial controls the aperture.

At the time of the camera's production, there was a U.S. patent on the use of a digital scale to show under- or over-exposure in a metered-manual SLR. Canon did not want to pay the patent holder, and therefore omitted the -2/+2 (in half-stops) scale in the A2/A2e, leaving just an over or under indication. The European/Japanese market EOS 5 had the scale and on account of this many American photographers preferred the imported model. This is a firmware difference only, and there is at least one third-party firm which will install EOS 5 firmware on an A2/A2e, thereby adding this scale.

Back and top view of the Canon EOS A2

Features

TTL Phases Detection AlFocus
Shutter 30 s – 1/8000 s
Viewfinder 92% vertical coverage, 94% horizontal coverage, 0.73 magnification
16 zone evaluative metering
AF operating range at ISO 100: EV 0–18
Built-in zoom flash, three focal length-dependent settings
Five frames per second in one shot AF mode
Three frames per second in AI servo AF mode
Five horizontal autofocus sensors
Eye-controlled focusing (EOS 5/A2e)
16 Custom functions
Requires one 6V 2CR5 batteries
Dimensions and weight 154 × 121 × 74 mm, 675 g (1.488 lb)

References

↑ Canon. "Canon EOS A2 / EOS A2E, EOS 5, EOS5 QD". Canon Camera Museum. Retrieved 2008-08-13.

External links

Media related to Canon EOS 5 at Wikimedia Commons

Canon EOS film SLR timeline

	1987			1988		1989				1990		1991			1992		1993			1994		1995		1996			1997	1998		1999		2000			2001		2002		2003		2004			2005	2006	2007	2008	…	2015

Professional								1 / 1 HS													1N / 1N HS / 1N DP											1V
																						1N RS
Enthusiast										10 10S 10QD						5 A2E / A2 5 QD													3
																										IX / IX E
		620							RT																			IX 7 / IX Lite / IX 50
	650						600 630 630 QD						100 Elan 100 QD										50E / 50 Elan IIE / Elan II 55											30 / 33 Elan 7E / Elan 7 7								30V / 33V Elan 7NE / Elan 7N 7s
			650 QD
Entry-Level															1000S QD-P
										700				1000 QD-P																						Kiss III L
					750 QD / 850						1000F Rebel Rebel S 1000				1000N 1000FN Rebel II Rebel SII 1000S QD			500 Rebel XS Kiss							500N Rebel G New Kiss						300 Rebel 2000 Kiss III							300V Rebel Ti Kiss 5					300X Rebel T2 Kiss 7
							850 QD												Rebel X														Kiss III Black
																						5000 888								3000 88							3000N Rebel XS N 66			3000V Rebel K2 Kiss Lite

Pellicle mirror | APS-format | Panorama function | Eye Controlled Focus

Also available with and without QD

See also: Canon EOS digital cameras

Canon SLR cameras and lens mounts (film)

Lens Mount R

Canonflex (1959)
Canonflex R2000 (1960)
Canonflex RP (1961)
Canonflex RM (1962)

EX EE (1969)
EX AUTO (1972)

FX (1964)
FP (1964)
Pellix (1965)
FT QL (1966)
Pellix QL (1966)
TL (1968)

Amateur	FTb (1971) FTbn (1973) EF (1973) TLb (1974) TX (1975)

Professional	F-1(1971) F-1n (1976) New F-1 (1981)

AE-1 (1976)
AT-1 (1977)
A-1 (1978)
AV-1 (1979)
AE-1 Program (1981)
AL-1 (1982)

T50 (1983)
T70 (1984)
T80 (1985)
T90 (1986)
T60 (1990)

1	EOS-1 (1989) EOS-1N (1994) EOS-1N RS (1995) EOS-1v (2001)

EOS 650 (1987) EOS 620 (1987) EOS 750QD (1988) EOS 850QD (1988) EOS 630QD (1989) EOS RT (1989) EOS 700QD (1989) EOS 10sQD (1990) EOS 1000F (1990) EOS 100 (1991) EF-M (1991) EOS 5/5QD/A2/A2e (1992) EOS 1000FN (1992) EOS 500 (1993) EOS 888 (1993) EOS 50 (1995) EOS 500N (1996) EOS-3 (1998) EOS 88 (1999) EOS 300 (1999) EOS 30 (2000) EOS 3000N (2002) EOS 300V (2002) EOS 3000V (2003) EOS 30V (2004) EOS 300X (2004)

IX	EOS IX EOS IX Lite

See also: Canon EOS digital cameras

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