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Canon AE-1 User Manual

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electronic

technology,

after

a

thorough

analysis

of

all

mechanisms

and

their

operation. The important mechanical features

made way for the electronic ones, thus

changing the very essence of the camera's
design.

As a result, a miniature computer (CPU)

was successfully incorporated in the AE-1 for
the first time in the world to compute, judge,

control, display and regulate required in­
formation.

Adoption of the Most Advanced Ele­
ctronic Technology

The P

l

(Integrated Injection Logic), as

far as its applications in photography are

concerned, is the most outstanding achieve­

ment in electronics up to date. An LSI digital

circuit with extremely high properties of

accumulation,

an

operational

amplifier,

a

circuit with full use of an analog switch, a

hyperbolic function resistance using both

thick and thin film technology, an analog-

digital convertor, and the proper interfaces,
together with their construction and arrange­

ment in modular form, represent techno­

logical breakthroughs that go well beyond the