CAMARA CANON III 50MM 1.8 1951

Specifications

• Produced between 1951-52
• Lens: Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.9, M39 Leica mount, collapseable, Aperture: f/1.9 - f/11
• Focusing: matching rangefinder yellow images in viewfinder, when lens changing the focusing lever must be locked in the infinity catch
• Shutter: double rubber and cloth focal plane shutter, horizontally traveling
• Speeds:
  • High speeds: 1/40 - 1/1000, +B,
  • setting: via the high speeds dial (HSD) on the top plate, lift and turn, dial turns when winding ^[2]
  • Slow speeds: stepless but there are marks on the dial, 1/2-1/4-1/6-1/25 +T,
  • setting: via the low speed dial (LSD) on front of the camera, for closing the diaphragm on T mode turn the dial to 1
  • When using HSD, set the LSD on 25, on the contrary set the HSD on 25-1, and for 1/25 shutter speed set both of the dials on 25 and 25-1
• Winding knob: also cocks the shutter, double exposure prevention
• Viewfinder: coupled view and range-finder, no parallax correction
• Range-viewfinder magnification selector: beneath the re-winding knob, marks F, 1x, 1,5x. This feature helps to sharp focusing, also for 100 and 135mm Serenar lense's field-of-views
• Film loading: drop-in bottom loading, the bottom plate opens by a lock-knob on it, follow the loading instruction drawing on the inside of the camera, Special removable take-up spool, (there was the Canon Film Magazine for bulk film )
• Other: Cold-shoe; Strap lugs
• Body: metal; weight: 720g