Serial no. 262980

With Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 lens #84648

TheCanon FTbis amanufactured byof Japan from March 1971 replacing the. It features a, and is also compatible with Canon's earlierlenses inmode. Launched alongside the top-of-the-line, the FTb was the mass-market camera in the range.

The FTb was primarily intended to be a camera for the advanced amateur photographer, offering many of the same features and same build quality as the F-1, but without the option of interchangeable prisms, focusing screens, or motor drives. The Canon FTb was released at a retail price of 35,000 yen for the camera body ($99, or US$580 in 2014 USD).

The FTb has an all-mechanical horizontally traveling focal plane shutter with timed speeds from 1/1000 to 1 second and bulb. The FTb has rubberized silk shutter curtains rather than the more durable but more expensive titanium curtains found on the F-1.

It offers a 10-second self-timer, as well as.