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Famously, Canon also made an f0.95 lens for its rangefinder cameras; this is not screwmount but instead requires an additional bayonet mount provided on the Canon 7 and 7s.
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Famously, Canon also made an f0.95 lens for its rangefinder cameras; this is not screwmount but instead requires an additional bayonet mount provided on the [[Canon 7|Canon&nbsp;7]] and Canon 7s.
  
 
==85mm==
 
==85mm==

Revision as of 16:00, 14 January 2007

This is a work in progress.

Canon (and its predecessor Seiki Kōgaku) made various 39mm screw lenses. These were primarily marketed for the company's own rangefinder cameras, but most fit any camera -- Leica, Bessa, etc. -- that has either such a lens mount or an adapter that provides it.

19mm

  • Canon f3.5. Nine elements in seven groups. Rigid, black and silver. August 1964. Calibrated in feet. Supplied with a case and finder.

(Canon may also have sold the 19/3.5 FL-mount lens (for SLR) as a set with a finder and FL-to-LTM adapter. Certainly this lens is used in this way.[1])

25mm

  • f3.5 Canon. Five elements in five groups. Rigid, brass, with infinity lock. January 1956. Calibrated in metres. Supplied with a case and finder.[2]

28mm

  • f3.5 Serenar. Six elements in four groups. October 1951.
  • f2.8 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Rigid, brass, with infinity lock. 1956.[3]

35mm

  • f3.5 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. Rigid, brass, with infinity lock. March 1950. Supplied with a case and finder.
  • f3.5 Canon. Six elements in four groups. March 1957. Supplied with a case.
  • f3.2 Serenar. Six elements in four groups. June 1951. Rigid, brass, with infinity lock. Calibrated in feet. Minimum aperture f22, six leaves. Supplied with a case and finder.[4]
  • f2.8 Serenar. Rigid, brass, with infinity lock. October 1951.
  • f2.8 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Rigid, black and silver, calibrated in feet. March 1957.[5]
  • f2 Canon. Seven elements in four groups. Rigid, black, no infinity lock. April 1962.[6]
  • f2 Canon. Seven elements in four groups. Rigid, black, no infinity lock. July 1963.[7]
  • f1.8 Canon. Seven elements in four groups. Rigid. April 1956.
  • f1.5 Canon. Eight elements in four groups. Rigid, black and silver, calibrated in metres. August 1959.

50mm

  • f4 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. March 1947. Comes with a finder; not rangefinder coupled.
  • f3.5 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. Collapsible. October 1946. Has a filter thread. In both the earlier, Canon-only mount and the regular LTM.
  • f3.5 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. Collapsible. August 1952. Has a filter thread.
  • f2.8 Canon. Four elements in three groups. January 1955.
  • f2.8 Canon. Four elements in three groups. Rigid, black and silver, calibrated in metres. November 1957.
  • f2.8 Canon. Four elements in three groups. Rigid, black and silver (focussing ring gives an effect of broad silver/black stripes), calibrated in feet. February 1959.[8]
  • f2.2 Canon. Five elements in four groups. January 1961.
  • f2 Serenar. Six elements in four groups. February 1947. In both the earlier, Canon-only mount and the regular LTM.
  • f1.9 Serenar. Six elements in four groups. Collapsible, with infinity lock. Calibrated in feet. April 1949.[9]
  • f1.8 Serenar (later Canon). Six elements in four groups. Rigid, brass, with infinity lock. Calibrated in feet. November 1951.[10]
  • f1.8 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Rigid. Calibrated in metres or feet. August 1956.[11]
  • f1.8 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Rigid. December 1958.
  • f1.5 Serenar (later Canon). Seven elements in three groups. Rigid, brass. November 1952.[12]
  • f1.4 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Rigid, black and silver, with infinity lock. Calibrated in metres. August 1959.
  • f1.4 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Rigid, black and silver, with infinity lock. Calibrated in metres and feet.[13]
  • f1.2 Canon. Seven elements in five groups. April 1956.[14]

Famously, Canon also made an f0.95 lens for its rangefinder cameras; this is not screwmount but instead requires an additional bayonet mount provided on the Canon 7 and Canon 7s.

85mm

  • f2 Serenar.
  • f2 Serenar. Six elements in four groups. Brass. September 1951.[15]
  • f1.9 Serenar (later Canon). Six elements in four groups. Brass. Calibrated in feet. April 1949.[16]
  • f1.9 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Black. Calibrated in metres and feet. August 1958. Supplied with a case.
  • f1.8 Canon. Five elements in four groups. Black. Calibrated in metres and feet. March 1961. Supplied with a case and hood.
  • f1.5 Serenar. Seven elements in four groups. Brass. Calibrated in feet. July 1952.
  • f1.5 Serenar. Seven elements in four groups. January 1953.
  • f1.5 Canon. Seven elements in four groups. Silver and black. March 1960.[17]

100mm

  • f4 Serenar. Three elements in three groups. Brass. January 1948. Supplied with case and finder.[18]
  • f4 Serenar. Three elements in three groups. Brass. Weighs 265g (lighter than its predecessor). April 1950. Supplied with case and finder.[19]
  • f3.5 Serenar (later Canon). Five elements in four groups. February 1953. Supplied with case, finder, and hood.[20]
  • f3.5 Canon. Five elements in four groups. Black and silver. Calibrated in metres. April 1958. Supplied with case and hood.
  • f2 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Black. Calibrated in metres and feet. January 1959. Supplied with case and hood.[21]

135mm

  • f4 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. Brass. March 1947.
  • f4 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. Brass. February 1948. Supplied with case and finder.
  • f4 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. June 1948. Supplied with case and finder.
  • f3.5 Serenar. Four elements in three groups. Brass. Calibrated in feet. January 1953. Supplied with a case, finder, and hood.
  • f3.5 Canon. Four elements in three groups. Calibrated in metres and feet. April 1958. Supplied with a case and hood.
  • f3.5 Canon. Four elements in three groups. January 1961. Supplied with a case and hood.[22]


Notes

  1. ↑ There's a review on pp. 34–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  2. ↑ Article on pp. 120–21 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  3. ↑ Article on pp. 122–3 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  4. ↑ Article on pp. 114–15 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  5. ↑ Article on pp. 40–41 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  6. ↑ Article on pp. 36–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  7. ↑ Article on pp. 38–9 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  8. ↑ Article on pp. 108–9 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 3.
  9. ↑ Article on pp. 56–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  10. ↑ Article on pp. 46–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  11. ↑ Article on pp. 126–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  12. ↑ Article on pp. 44–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  13. ↑ Article on pp. 42–3 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  14. ↑ Article on pp. 124–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  15. ↑ Article on pp. 116–17 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  16. ↑ Date from Miyazaki. "Canon" version written up on pp. 48–9 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2; the writer says that the "Serenar" version came out in 1951.
  17. ↑ Article on pp. 110–11 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 3.
  18. ↑ Article on pp. 118–19 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  19. ↑ Article on pp. 106–107 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 3.
  20. ↑ Article on pp. 52–3 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  21. ↑ Article on pp. 50–51 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  22. ↑ Article on pp. 54–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.

Sources

  • Dechert, Peter. Canon Rangefinder Cameras 1933–68. Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1985. ISBN 0-906447-30-5
  • Miyazaki, Yoji (宮崎洋司, Miyazaki Yōji). Canon Rangefinder Camera (キヤノンレンジフィンダーカメラ). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1996. ISBN 4-257-04011-4 (Much of the book is in both Japanese and English; however, the material about lenses is only in Japanese.)
  • Sekai no Raika-renzu (世界のライカレンズ, Leica lenses of the world). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha.
    • Part 1. 2000. ISBN 4-87956-061-8
    • Part 2. 2002. ISBN 4-87956-065-0
    • Part 3. 2005. ISBN 4-87956-073-5
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