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'''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 (35mm)|Bessa]], etc. -- that has either such a lens mount or an adapter that provides it.  
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'''Canon''' (and its predecessor Seiki Kōgaku) made various [[39mm screw lenses]]. These were primarily marketed for the company's own rangefinder cameras, but most<ref>The 19mm lens extends some way into the body and thus may be incompatible with certain bodies. The collapsible lenses may be used in extended state with any body; however, like the collapsible lenses of Leitz or any other manufacturer they should be collapsed with great care within any body with which they are not known to be completely compatible. The [[Bessa (35mm)|Bessa]] and small Leitz/Minolta bodies are rather less accommodating than most.</ref> fit any camera &mdash; Leica, [[Bessa (35mm)|Bessa]], etc. &mdash; that has either such a lens mount or an adapter that provides it.  
  
 
==19mm==
 
==19mm==

Revision as of 06:48, 15 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[1] 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.[2])

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • f2 Canon. Seven elements in four groups. Rigid, black, no infinity lock. April 1962.[7]
  • f2 Canon. Seven elements in four groups. Rigid, black, no infinity lock. July 1963.[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • f1.8 Serenar (later Canon). Six elements in four groups. Rigid, brass, with infinity lock. Calibrated in feet. November 1951.[11]
  • f1.8 Canon. Six elements in four groups. Rigid. Calibrated in metres or feet. August 1956.[12]
  • 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.[13]
  • 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.[14]
  • f1.2 Canon. Seven elements in five groups. April 1956.[15]

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.[16]
  • f1.9 Serenar (later Canon). Six elements in four groups. Brass. Calibrated in feet. April 1949.[17]
  • 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.[18]

100mm

  • f4 Serenar. Three elements in three groups. Brass. January 1948. Supplied with case and finder.[19]
  • f4 Serenar. Three elements in three groups. Brass. Weighs 265g (lighter than its predecessor). April 1950. Supplied with case and finder.[20]
  • f3.5 Serenar (later Canon). Five elements in four groups. February 1953. Supplied with case, finder, and hood.[21]
  • 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.[22]

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.[23]

Canon also made a 135/2.5 lens for rangefinder cameras; this needs a mirror box to be usable.


Notes

  1. ↑ The 19mm lens extends some way into the body and thus may be incompatible with certain bodies. The collapsible lenses may be used in extended state with any body; however, like the collapsible lenses of Leitz or any other manufacturer they should be collapsed with great care within any body with which they are not known to be completely compatible. The Bessa and small Leitz/Minolta bodies are rather less accommodating than most.
  2. ↑ There's a review on pp. 34–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  3. ↑ Article on pp. 120–21 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  4. ↑ Article on pp. 122–3 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  5. ↑ Article on pp. 114–15 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  6. ↑ Article on pp. 40–41 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  7. ↑ Article on pp. 36–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2. See this Photonet thread for the block diagram.
  8. ↑ Article on pp. 38–9 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2. See this Photonet thread for the block diagram.
  9. ↑ Article on pp. 108–9 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 3.
  10. ↑ Article on pp. 56–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  11. ↑ Article on pp. 46–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  12. ↑ Article on pp. 126–7 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  13. ↑ Article on pp. 44–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  14. ↑ Article on pp. 42–3 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  15. ↑ Article on pp. 124–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  16. ↑ Article on pp. 116–17 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ Article on pp. 110–11 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 3.
  19. ↑ Article on pp. 118–19 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 1.
  20. ↑ Article on pp. 106–107 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 3.
  21. ↑ Article on pp. 52–3 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  22. ↑ Article on pp. 50–51 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.
  23. ↑ Article on pp. 54–5 of Sekai no Raika-renzu Part 2.

Printed material

  • 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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