Canon IIB camera
Canon camera, made in occupied Japan. Leica 'lookalike' camera for 35mm film. Seranar f3.5 F:5cm lens No 11873. Focal plane shutter 1-1/500 sec. Coupled coincidence rangefinder. No 25524. Overall: 70 mm x 145 mm x 50 mm.
Canon IIB camera, made in Japan in between 1949 and 1952.
Leica 'lookalike' camera for 35mm film. Seranar f3.5 F:5cm lens No 11873. Focal plane shutter 1-1/500 sec. Coupled coincidence rangefinder.
The Canon II B was seen as one of a small number of important advances in 35mm rangefinder photography in the years after the second world war. The camera featured a newly developed mechanism, a three-mode optical viewfinder.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/4625
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and glass
- Measurements:
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overall: 70 mm x 145 mm x 50 mm,
- type:
- 35mm camera and single lens reflex camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
