Canon T80 SLR Camera + 35-70mm Zoom Lens

A milestone in photography: Canon’s first autofocus SLR camera

During the 1980s major camera manufacturers were all competing hard to add autofocus to their SLRs.

See the gallery for some example shots we took with a T80 and 35-70mm lens.

Canon’s entry was the T80, introduced in 1985. To build a truly point-and-shoot camera the design is very minimal, with a heavy slant towards total automation.

It has 5 automatic exposure modes. 

• Program mode – automatically selects both aperture and shutter speed
• Deep depth of field mode – selects aperture and shutter speed with a bias towards smaller apertures
• Shallow depth of field mode – selects aperture and shutter speed with a bias towards wider apertures (good for portraits)
• Stop action – selects aperture and shutter speed with a bias towards faster shutter speeds (for sport)
• Flowing mode – allows the user to select a shutter speed (suggested for shooting moving subjects). 

With this level of automation there are very few buttons, and the exposure mode is selected with the slider on the top right, with pictograms to show you which mode you have selected.

3 special autofocus lenses were released to go with the camera:

• 50mm
• 35-70mm zoom
• 70-210mm zoom 

All lenses have an unmistakable shape / profile to house the autofocus mechanism making this a striking camera to carry around – 1985 retro looks rock !

Note that the T80 can also take standard Canon FD mount lenses (the same as the Canon AE-1). While they don’t have autofocus capability, you simply focus manually with the added benefit that the T80 tells you when the focus is correct.

We also stock the original flash units that Canon designed specifically for this camera. Click here to view.

The camera runs on 4 x AAA batteries.

Camera and lens both in very good condition, and full working order.