Canon EOS 33

The Canon EOS 33 is a single lens reflex camera. The 35mm camera was built by Canon and introduced in the early 2000s. It is the successor of the Canon EOS 50. 35mm photo camera was offered on the American market under the name “Canon EOS Elan 7”. With eye-controlled autofocus the camera was available under the name “EOS 30”.

The lenses of the Canon EOS 33 can be exchanged. Therefore an EF bayonet was installed. The Canon EOS 33 has a built-in autofocus system.

The camera has a built-in light meter. The light meter was built for films with a sensitivity from ISO 6 to ISO 6400. The film speed can be determined via the DX code on the film cartridge. In this mode, films with an ISO value of 25 to 5000 are recognized.

The light meter is designed to measure the exposure through the camera lens. Aperture and exposure time are set automatically by the camera. There is an aperture preselection, time preselection and a program automatic to choose from. The aperture and shutter speed can be freely selected in manual mode.

The camera comes with a bulb mode. There is a built-in flash for taking pictures in low light. There is also a tripod socket and self-timer.

The built-in flash has a range of up to thirteen meters at ISO 100, and more power is available with an external flash. You can connect it to the hot shoe on the top of the camera.

The camera weighs 575 grams and measures 14.6 x 10.3 x 6.9 cm. The power source of the 35mm camera are two CR123A batteries (eBay / Amazon*).

Films for the Canon EOS 33

In the Canon EOS 33, photographic films are exposed, more precisely 35mm films. 35mm films are still produced by various manufacturers. Possible films for the Canon EOS 33 are the Kodak Ultramax 400* for color pictures and the Kodak T-Max 400* for black and white pictures.

The color film is developed in the C-41 process. The C-41 process is offered by almost every photo lab. For example, you can hand in your films for developing at many drugstores in Germany.