Based on the New Canonet QL 17, this was the Canonet series' low-cost, mass-market model.
For exposure control, fully-automatic program EE was incorporated instead of the shutter speed-priority EE featured in previous models in the same series. The camera used a Copal mechanical program shutter which was coupled to shutter speed-priority EE.
The wide metering range covered EV 3 (1/30 sec. at f/2.8) to EV 17 (1/620 sec. at f/14.5). The viewfinder had bright frame lines with automatic parallax correction. It showed the necessary picture-taking information and a double-image superimposing rangefinder was built-in. Despite these sophisticated features, the camera had an entry-level price. A long-seller, the camera was manufactured until 1976.
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