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Canon Canonflex
The Canonflex is a Canon 35 mm film single-lens reflex meterless finder prism, which slides off after depressing
(SLR) camera introduced in May 1959. Its standard lens a button on the left hand camera front. The rewind re-
is the Canon Camera Co. Super-Canomatic R 50mm lens f/1.8. lease is situated at the base. Long time exposure is ac-
The camera was in production for one year before it was complished by sliding a switch next to the shutter release
replaced by the Canonflex R2000, adding a 1/2000 sec. to the left, before or while depressing the release button.
shutter speed. It must be returned to terminate the exposure. At the
right-hand camera front is a wide accessory shoe taking
History a selenium exposure meter, which couples to the shutter
speed dial. The camera stayed in production for one year
By the 1950s, the Japanese camera industry had turned before it was replaced by the Canonflex R2000, adding the
their interest towards the 35 mm SLR camera, which to 1/2000 sec. shutter speed.[3]
that point had been exclusively manufactured in Europe,
and in particular in Dresden, Germany. The first Japanese
35 mm SLR camera was Asahiflex. It was soon followed by
References
several manufacturers. The Miranda T was launched in [1] Peter Dechert (1985,1989). Canon Rangefinder
1955. In 1958 Minolta and Topcon followed, while Nikon Cameras 1933-68. Hove Foto Books, Hove.
presented their Nikon F in 1959, by that time a supplier of ISBN 0906447305.
rangefinder cameras based on the Contax concept. Canon [2] Rudolph Lea (1993). The Register of 35mm Single Lens
had established itself as a 35 mm rangefinder camera Reflex Cameras Second Ed.. Wittig Books
manufacturer, featuring a wide variety of camera models Hückelhoven. ISBN 3889841309.
and lenses using the Leica 39mm standard lens mount.[1] [3] Peter Dechert (1992). Canon Single Lens Reflex
Cameras 1959-1991. Historical Camera Publications
The first Canon SLR camera Washington. ISBN 1879561042.
The Canonflex was introduced in May, 1959 by Canon of
Tokyo, Japan. It is Canon’s first 35 mm single-lens re-
External links
flex camera. Its standard lens is the Super-Canomatic R • Canon Inc. Flex. Canon Camera Museum, retrieved
50mm f/1.8, using the first version of Canon’s breech- January 20, 2010.
lock manual-focus lens mount, which would evolve into • Canon Inc. Canon Camera Story: 1955-1969. Canon’s
the Canon FL and Canon FD lens mounts over the next online Camera Museum, retrieved November 18,
three decades. The Super-Canomatic lens features fully 2005.
automatic aperture operation, using two internal con- • Gandy, Stephen (2003) Canon’s 1st SLR: the 1959
nections.[2] Canomatic and R-series lenses utilize semi- Canonflex. Cameraquest.com, retrieved November 18,
automatic or manual diaphragms. Though the breech- 2005.
lock mount itself remained unchanged until the intro-
duction of the EF lenses for EOS autofocus cameras in the
late 1980s, the actuating levers of the Canomatic or R-se-
ries lenses operate differently than their FL and FD de-
scendants.
The Canonflex was inspired to an extent by the com-
pany’s rangefinder camera models. It has a thumb-oper-
ated wind-on lever on the camera’s base and a removable
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