Canon EOS-1V
The Canon EOS-1V is a 35mm single-lens reflex camera from Canon's EOS series, released in 2000. The body design formed the basis for Canon's subsequent Canon EOS-1D and EOS-1Ds families of digital SLRs. The 1V was the last model of Canon professional film cameras before it was discontinued on May 30, 2018.
The Canon EOS-1v with EF 50 mm f/1.8 II lens | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Canon |
| Type | 35mm SLR |
| Released | March 2000 |
| Production | 2000-2018 |
| Intro price | 270,000¥ |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Canon EF lens mount |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | TTL Phase Detection Autofocus (45 zone) |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure | TTL max. aperture metering with 21-zone Evaluative metering Partial metering Centre spot metering Focusing point-linked spot metering Multi-spot metering |
| Flash | |
| Flash | None |
| Shutter | |
| Frame rate | 4 frame/s, 10 frame/s with PB-E2 |
| General | |
| Dimensions | 161 x 120.8 x 70.8 mm, 945 g without battery nor film; 1380 g with PB-E2 grip but still without battery nor film |
| Chronology | |
| Replaced | Canon EOS-1N |
| Successor | Canon EOS-1D, Canon EOS-1Ds |
Canon used the suffix 'v' because the camera introduced the fifth generation of Canon professional SLRs, after the Canon F-1 and New F-1, the Canon T90, and earlier EOS 1 models; Canon also stated that the 'v' stands for "vision".
The EOS 1V was the fastest moving-mirror film camera ever put into production at the time it was introduced, at 10 frames/second with the PB-E2 power drive booster and the NP-E2 Ni-MH battery pack. (Although the 1nRS has a higher frame rate, it used a fixed pellicle mirror rather than a moving mirror). Only the latest professional digital cameras are faster, for example the Canon EOS-1D X Mark II with 16fps.