Canon FX
title: "Canon FX" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["canon-fl-cameras"] topic_path: "general/canon-fl-cameras" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_FX" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| camera_name | Canon FX |
| image | Canon FX.jpg |
| type | 35mm SLR |
| lens_mount | Canon FL lens mount |
| focus | Manual |
| flash | PC socket only |
| exposure | Cadmium sulfide photocell (2 ranges) |
| dimensions | 141.5 × 91 × 86 mm, 900 g (with 50mm f/1.8) |
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|camera_name = Canon FX |image = Canon FX.jpg |type = 35mm SLR |lens_mount = Canon FL lens mount |focus = Manual |flash = PC socket only |exposure = Cadmium sulfide photocell (2 ranges) |dimensions = 141.5 × 91 × 86 mm, 900 g (with 50mm f/1.8) |}}
The Canon FX is a 35 mm SLR manufactured by Canon Inc. of Japan and introduced in April 1964. It introduced the Canon FL lens mount, the successor to the Canon R.{{cite web |url = http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1956-1965/1964_fx.html?lang=us&categ=srs&page=f |title = Canon FX |work = Canon Camera Museum |author = Canon Inc. |accessdate = 2011-08-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004043429/http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1956-1965/1964_fx.html?lang=us&categ=srs&page=f |archive-date = 2012-10-04 |url-status = dead
The camera has a built-in lightmeter using a CdS photocell mounted on the photographer's left-hand side; unlike later cameras, it does not meter through the taking lens. A lever switched between low sensitivity for bright subjects (EV 9–18) and high sensitivity for dark subjects (EV 1-10) (at ISO 100). Film speeds supported are ISO 10 through 800.
The shutter is a horizontally-traveling focal plane shutter supporting speeds between 1/1000 and 1 second in full stop increments, selected by a dial on the top plate on the photographer's right. The X-sync speed for flash is 1/55 sec.; flash support was through a PC socket on the front of the body.
The viewfinder uses a glass pentaprism and gives coverage of 90% of the frame vertically and 93% horizontally, with a 0.9× magnification (with a 50 mm standard lens).
The FX was available with either silver or black metal parts. Black versions are exceedingly rare, there were only two known all-black models until November 2014 when a third was found. Two are owned by a private collector in Pennsylvania, USA and another one by a private collector in Koromilia, Kilkis, Greece.
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