Canon Pellix (1965) is the first marketed pellicle mirror camera. Pellix QL is a Pellix with a 'Quick Loading of film' device inside the film door.
There two things I like to point out here:
1. If you want to buy a Pellix or Pellix QL to use, you better get a copy with an active built-in light meter. Since the pellicle mirror always reflects a portion of light coming into the lens, I believe, it is not that straight forward to measure the light reaching the film behind the mirror by using a hand-hold or shoe-mount meter. Well, even with a working meter inside the camera, the next question is how to find the required cell battery of 1.3 v. There are several ways to solve this issue as suggested online.
2. In the Pellix manual, it says that Pellix accepts Canon FL lenses. I do not have one. Therefore, I tried my FD lens. At beginning, I could not mount the FD lens to Pellix. Then, I figured out that the FD lens could be mount unless the aperture ring was moved away from 'A' setting. It's understandable because the built-in meter is the kind of 'stop-down'.
If you really want to experience a pellicle mirror camera, I believe that the AF body,
EOS RT compatible with more common EF lens, is more practical to use and is less expensive.
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| The QL device within the back door, on the right side of the image |
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| See the image of built-in meter sensor? It's located between the mirror and shutter blades. It will stand up when the meter handle is pushed leftward. |
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| The battery chamber with two contacts for meter booster |
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| I saw at least two versions of Pellix cases with the same base, which consists of three layers (leather, metal and cloth) |
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| The front upper sections with the Pellix label have two versions. The one on the left has a flip upper back and a metal layer. the other on the right without the flip has no internal metal layer |
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