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+ | The '''Canon 7''' is a 35 mm coupled rangefinder camera made by [[Canon]] in 1961: the same year as the [[Canonet]].<ref name=CCM>[http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1956-1965/1961_7.html?lang=us&categ=srs&page=range&p=1 Canon 7] at the [http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/index.html Canon Camera Museum]: the source for most of the information here.</ref> | ||
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+ | It was the first of Canon's rangefinder cameras to have a built-in lightmeter. This is a dual-range selenium meter (the low range is EV 6-13 at ISO 100, and the high rage EV 12-19): the range is selected with the small knurled knob beside the finder eyepiece, to show either a black dot (low sensitivity; i.e. high EV) or an organe one (high sensitivity) in the hole above the knob.<ref name=Man>[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_7/canon_7.htm User's manual] at Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Orphan Cameras].</ref> The meter is coupled to the shutter speed dial, which incorporates the film-speed dial. The meter output is a needle-meter giving aperture values in the centre of the top plate. | ||
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+ | The camera has a focal plane shutter with metal curtains, travelling horizontally. This has speeds 1 - 1/1000 second, plus 'B', 'T' and an 'X' position for flash synchronisation at 1/60 second. The synchronisation is by a PC socket on the left-hand end of the top housing. In order to accomodate the meter in the top housing, there is no built-in flash shoe. | ||
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+ | The Canon 7 has a normal 39 mm screw lens mount, and in addition a bayonet mount (bayonet mount 'M') to accomodate the 50 mm f/0.95 lens made specially for this camera. | ||
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+ | The viewfinder has brightline frames for 35, 50, 85 and 135 mm lenses; one of these is selected with a dial on the top plate. The finder has automatic parallax correction. | ||
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+ | Film advance is by a lever, and there is a frame counter, which resets automatically when the back is opened. Rewind is by a folding crank; the film is released for rewinding in the 'R' position of the collar round the shutter release button. The back opens with a catch on the left hand end, but there is also a lock on the bottom of the camera. | ||
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+ | There is a self-timer on the front of the body. | ||
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+ | ==Notes== | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
+ | * [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=236011&_ssl=off#236011 Canon 7] with the 50 mm f/0.95 lens, sold in the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=232051&acat=232051&lang=3 November 2011 Westlicht Photographica Auction] in Vienna. | ||
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In English: | In English: | ||
* [http://www.pentax-manuals.com/manuals/service/canon%207%20repair.pdf Canon 7 repair manual (PDF)], at [http://www.pentax-manuals.com/ Pentax Manuals] | * [http://www.pentax-manuals.com/manuals/service/canon%207%20repair.pdf Canon 7 repair manual (PDF)], at [http://www.pentax-manuals.com/ Pentax Manuals] | ||
In French: | In French: | ||
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/canon/html/canon_7.php Canon 7] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/canon/html/canon_7.php Canon 7] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | ||
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[[Category: 39mm screw mount]] | [[Category: 39mm screw mount]] |
Revision as of 13:32, 29 November 2011
Canon 7 with Canon 50/1.4 lens image by rst12 (Image rights) |
Canon 7 with Canon 50/1.8 lens and another with Canon 50mm/0.95 lens image by Mike Caine (Image rights) |
The Canon 7 is a 35 mm coupled rangefinder camera made by Canon in 1961: the same year as the Canonet.[1]
It was the first of Canon's rangefinder cameras to have a built-in lightmeter. This is a dual-range selenium meter (the low range is EV 6-13 at ISO 100, and the high rage EV 12-19): the range is selected with the small knurled knob beside the finder eyepiece, to show either a black dot (low sensitivity; i.e. high EV) or an organe one (high sensitivity) in the hole above the knob.[2] The meter is coupled to the shutter speed dial, which incorporates the film-speed dial. The meter output is a needle-meter giving aperture values in the centre of the top plate.
The camera has a focal plane shutter with metal curtains, travelling horizontally. This has speeds 1 - 1/1000 second, plus 'B', 'T' and an 'X' position for flash synchronisation at 1/60 second. The synchronisation is by a PC socket on the left-hand end of the top housing. In order to accomodate the meter in the top housing, there is no built-in flash shoe.
The Canon 7 has a normal 39 mm screw lens mount, and in addition a bayonet mount (bayonet mount 'M') to accomodate the 50 mm f/0.95 lens made specially for this camera.
The viewfinder has brightline frames for 35, 50, 85 and 135 mm lenses; one of these is selected with a dial on the top plate. The finder has automatic parallax correction.
Film advance is by a lever, and there is a frame counter, which resets automatically when the back is opened. Rewind is by a folding crank; the film is released for rewinding in the 'R' position of the collar round the shutter release button. The back opens with a catch on the left hand end, but there is also a lock on the bottom of the camera.
There is a self-timer on the front of the body.
Notes
- ↑ Canon 7 at the Canon Camera Museum: the source for most of the information here.
- ↑ User's manual at Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras.
Links
- Canon 7 with the 50 mm f/0.95 lens, sold in the November 2011 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.
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In French: