The Canon T50 Camera

The T50 was the first of the five camera “T” Series which led from the FD mount SLR to the EOS cameras of the future.

“T” Series Cameras

The March to the Future

The Canon “T” Series of cameras was the Company’s last line of manual focus SLR cameras. There were 5 cameras in all, all made of sculpted polycarbonate (plastic) and there was extensive use of automation. The SLR market was being depressed by the highly automatic “point and shoot” cameras and this series attempted to create a more sophisticated camera that was very easy to operate. They were successful.

Except for the T60, which was almost an afterthought and has very little in common with the other “T” cameras, one can see in this series the movement towards what became the EOS Series in both operation and form.

Canon T70 Ad from the April 1984 Issue of National Geographic

 

Camera Year of Introduction
Canon T50 March 1983
Canon T70 1984
Canon T80 1985
Canon T90 1986
Canon T60 April 1990

T Series in the Collection

The Canon T50 Camera

Canon T50

the first of the “T” Series
March 1983 thru Dec 1989

Canon T90 Camera

Canon T-90

Precursor to EOS

Canon T70 Camera
C-05

Canon T70 SLR

The Second of the “T” Series
April 1984 thru 1987

Canon T60 Camera

Canon T60

the Last of the “T” Series

Canon T80 Camera

Canon T-80

Precursor to EOS

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