Does the Canon AV-1 fire without a battery?

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I know the Canon AV-1’s meter needs a battery, but will the camera still release the shutter without one, or is a battery required for any operation?

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Good 'ol mir had some info:

This camera will not function unless a battery is loaded

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdresources/SLRs/av1/htmls/index2.htm

Which I guess makes sense given that it has no manual operation at all, only aperture priority.

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No. The Canon AV-1 requires a battery to operate the shutter. Because it is an electronically controlled, aperture-priority camera with no fully mechanical manual mode, it will not function without a battery installed.

Does the Canon AV-1 fire without a battery?

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