Specifications

Type
SLR camera
Production
from 1973
Film
35 mm
Frame size
24 × 36 mm
Lens mount
Canon FD
Shutter
, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/500 s, B
Flash sync
1/60 s
Metering
TTL averaging (CdS)
Focusing
focusing screen
Film speed
ISO 25–2000
Battery
PX625 · meter only
All batteries for Bell & Howell

Good to know

Without a battery, the mechanical shutter and film advance still work, but the light meter doesn’t. [1]

Canon FD lenses allow open-aperture metering; with Canon FL lenses, you meter stopped down. [1]

Matching parts from Ausgeknipst

Sources

  1. Bell & Howell FD35 Operating Instructions, insbesondere Technical Data und Belichtungsmessung
  2. International Camera Museum: Bell & Howell FD35 / Canon TX

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know