Canon IIB camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1950 in Japan
maker:
Canon Camera Co. Inc.
Canon IIB camera
    Canon IIB camera, made in Japan in 1950

Canon IIB camera Canon IIB camera, made in Japan in 1950
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Canon camera, made in occupied Japan. Leica 'lookalike' camera for 35mm film. Seranar f3.5 F:5cm lens No 11873. Focal plane shutter 1-1/500 sec. Coupled coincidence rangefinder. No 25524. Overall: 70 mm x 145 mm x 50 mm.

Canon IIB camera, made in Japan in between 1949 and 1952.

Leica 'lookalike' camera for 35mm film. Seranar f3.5 F:5cm lens No 11873. Focal plane shutter 1-1/500 sec. Coupled coincidence rangefinder.

The Canon II B was seen as one of a small number of important advances in 35mm rangefinder photography in the years after the second world war. The camera featured a newly developed mechanism, a three-mode optical viewfinder.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/4625
Materials:
metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 145 mm x 50 mm,
type:
35mm camera and single lens reflex camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford