Canon Rangefinder Camera Serial Numbers
Where the Canon cameras surpass the Leica is the finder. Canon III Most of Canon. Japanese 35mm rangefinder. Add category; Cancel Save. Jan 26, 2005 Dating and identifying cameras. Mamiya serial numbers, orionwerke camera models, rolleiflex 800001, where do you find the serial number on a. Our 10 Favorite Film Cameras of. Canon is the very last screw-mount rangefinder Canon. Was available starting at about camera serial number.
Leica-mount Lenses: Canon IV Series by Karen Nakamura Overview and Personal Comments The Canon IV is a compatible series of rangefinders manufactured between 1951 and 1955 in versions. It was Canon's second major revision of their LTM rangefinder series adding flash synchronization (the first revision was the Canon II & III series; the numerals indicate the lack or presence of slow speeds). From the IV onwards, all Canon rangefinders (except some lame ones) had slow speeds. The camera was made until 1956 when it was replaced by the V series, which had a more modern design. Using the text or images on this website without permission on an ebay auction or any other site is a violation of federal law. I own two of this series: a user-condition IV S and a mint condition IV SB. According to Peter Dechert's (1985) Canon Rangefinder Cameras, the various versions of the IV are: Date # Prod.
Features IV 1951.4-1952.4 1,400 III + flashbulb sync via rail IVF 19.8 6,900 IV+redesigned knobs, lever+redesigned screw flange IV S 1952.4-1953. Lil Wayne Rebirth Deluxe Edition Torrent Download. 5 IVF+redesigned shutter crate (die cast) IV SB 19.3 34,975 IVS+X sync slow speed+slow speed lock IV SB2 1954.7-1956.7 16,800 IVSB+slow shutter split at 1/30 sec+universal shutter progression + non-rotating shutter dial + fast X sync+redesigned viewfinder Canon IVs The Canon IV S came originally with a 50 mm f/1.8 Serenar as an option. The Canon Museum notes that the original retail price of the 50mm f/1.8 kit was ¥77,000. The yen was fixed at ¥360 to US$1 at the time so the dollar price was approx. According to the, $213 in 1951 is worth approximately $1502 in current 2003 dollars. As you can see, it was a rather expensive camera, but not out of line with what a Leica or Contax would have cost you. A little less than 4,900 Canon IV S units were made so my unit is on the rare side. The IV SB is much more popular, with almost 35,000 produced.
Canon IV cameras aren't that expensive, you should be able to find a good condition one for less than $300. My one pictured here is in not in the best physical condition. The chrome is brassing through and the leatherette is totally shrunken and worn. But optically and mechanically it's in fantastic condition.
I've had it re-leathered (by ) and thinking of black painting it. As you can see, CameraLeather did an absolutely gorgeous job re-leathering it with their: Before: After: Canon IVsb At an auction at the close of 2003, I bought a mint condition Canon IVsb along with a mint condition (also a Leica clone).
As noted in the chart above, the IVsb added a faster sync speed, an 'X' sync detent on the slow-speed dial, and a slow-speed dial lock (which I can't figure out why it exists). Grasslin Uni 45 Manual Woodworkers here. Other than from that, it's almost identical. The camera came in its original leather case.
See the snaps on the right side of the photo above? That's to release the side of the case so that you can slide in the flash gun, which mounts on a rail on the side as you can see in the photo below. The flash guns are fairly useless unlike you like bulb flashes, but you can find an aftermarket Canon IV flash rail adaptor, which slips onto the rail and provides a PC-sync socket. I bought mine on ebay for less than $10, although I suspect the seller did not know what it really was. My mint condition camera came with the original Serenar 50mm f/1.8 lens. How do I know it was the original lens? My camera also came with the original warrantee card, stamped 1953 listing the body, lens, and flash (which was not included in the auction, boo hoo).
Canon at that time had a 5 year warrantee. El Arte De Comunicarse Pdf Editor. It's now 50 years since then, I guess they won't honor it any more, but I'll keep it around just in case I need it serviced.:-) There's another thing I found odd about the IVsb.