[Canon] Canomatic C30 | October 1966

Canomatic C30

 Kodapack Instamatic Camera for the North American Market

For focusing, pictographs for near, medium, and far subject distances were used. For electronic exposure control, the camera had Canon’s simple program EE using a CdS cell. The top of the camera had a flash cube socket. The camera had no frame counter, only a window on the camera back for viewing the frame number written on the film’s paper backing.

The camera’s high evaluation led to its marketing in other overseas markets.

• Type: Instamatic Lens-Shutter camera for Kodak film cartridges
• Picture Size: 28.5 x 28.5 mm
• Lens: 40mm f/3.5 (3 elements in 3 groups)
• Shutter: Canon-made electronic shutter with simple program EE. Shutter speed-priority program EE coupled to the CdS cell’s light measurement. Film speeds of ISO 64 (f/22 at 1/250 sec.) and ISO 160 (f/3.5 at 1/30 sec.).
• Viewfinder: Reverse Galilean finder, 0.5x magnification.
• Focusing: Lens focusing lever for matching zone focusing marks at 0.8 m (2.6 feet) to 17 m (50 feet) (infinity) and pictographs for near (1 m), medium (3.3 m), and far (17 m) distances.
• EE: CdS cell for full-auto program EE. Metering range of EV 8.6 – 17 (at ISO 100). Film speeds of ISO 64 and 160 set automatically.
• Flash: Flashmatic system with flashcubes. Flash exposure is controlled automatically to suit subject distance and the flash aperture.
• Film Loading & Advance: Loading with film cartridge. Advances with camera-top lever’s 165° single stroke.
• Frame Counter: Frame number on film back viewable through camera back window.
• Film Rewind: None
• Dimensions & Weight: 119 x 69 x 58 mm, 300 g (without batteries)