Canon Canodate E
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| Canodate E image by Kelly Marie Ekeroth (Image rights) |
A 1970 compact rangefinder camera from Canon, similar to the Canonet series but with an early date-imprinting function.
It uses a 40mm f/2.8 (5 elements in 4 groups) lens. The shutter is the electronically controlled Seiko ESF. The exposure meter uses a CdS cell for electronic exposure. Metering range of 1 to 17 EV (at ISO 100). Film speed can range from ISO 25 to 400. The finder has 0.6x magnification with 84% coverage which also contains parallax correction marks. It is powered by 2x 1.3V mercury cells batteries.
A newer minor revision of the Canodate E was released three years later in 1973. Canon refers to this as the Canodate E-N, but was just sold as the same Canodate E. This is mostly just a cosmetic change with the name plate's E in red. The date dials text with the Year in Blue, Month in Orange and Day in Red. The shutter also no longer functions when the battery is flat.
Links
- Canon Canodate E at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Canodate E | Canodate E-N at Canon's official Camera Museum.
