A gentle touch activates the shutter button, Immediate response metering for any situation – Canon AE-1 User Manual
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A Gentle Touch Activates the Shutter
Button
This unique shutter button activates a
complex
of
electronically
controlled
fuctions.
As opposed to the conventional mechanical
systems, it serves as a switch to turn the ele
ctric circuity on or off, and operates magneti
cally, in order to make the shutter release
extremly fast and smooth.
Immediate Response Metering for Any
Situation
From light metering to exposure setting,
all
functions
are
electronically controlled.
With this astounding, revolutionary system, at
the very instant the shutter button is pressed,
the electronic brain (CPU) immediately com
putes
the
photographic
information
and
produces the operating command. In EV 1
lighting conditions, light metering takes but
only 0.04 sec.
There is no need to worry about in
accuracies in metering and exposure timing.
No matter how suddenly the chance to shoot