Canon II B
Com moltes marques japoneses, Canon començà el negoci produint copies de càmeres alemanes, en aquest cas, la Leica III.
La Canon II B fou fabricada entre 1949 i 1951, i és una càmera de gran qualitat, que supera en alguns aspectes a la propia Leica que es produía en aquells moments a Alemania. Apart del cos més angular, la principal diferencia és el visor, que unifica el telemetre amb un zoom ajustable molt ben pensat. L'objectiu no venia amb la càmera, tot i que té és visualment molt similar als emprats per les Leica i Canon inicials (es tracta d'un Industar-50 sovietic).
Aquestes càmares japoneses de la postguerra mundial (anys 40 i principis dels 50) tenen un interès historic afegit en que estaven obligades a indicar que es produien en el Japó ocupat pels americans. A la base hi ha la inscripció MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN.
========================
As a lot of Japanese camera makers, Canon began it's days making copies of German cameras, a lot of them choosing the world-famous Leica III.
This is one of the best copies of the Leica III. In fact, it's an improved version that gives a lot more than even what Leica was producing arround 1950. And there's no excuse in the fact that Germany by then was still smashed by WW2. Japan was maybe even worst!!
So the Canon II B, not being the first Canon produced after the war, is the first affordable one for collection. This one, in gorgeous shape, was quite cheap. The main differences from it's German "mother", apart from the angular shape of the body, is the unified viewfinder-rangefinder. And this rangefinder has a wonderful 1'5x zoom capability. The camera came without lens, this one is a much more modern Soviet Industar 50 (but itself a copy of Leica's Elmar).
These post-war Japanese cameras have a plus in historical significance in that they were engraved MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN (in this case in the base).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_II
global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film10.html
www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/camera-10523-Canon_IIB...
www.luistriguez.es/fotos/cameras/canonIIb/index_canoniib.htm
Canon II B
Com moltes marques japoneses, Canon començà el negoci produint copies de càmeres alemanes, en aquest cas, la Leica III.
La Canon II B fou fabricada entre 1949 i 1951, i és una càmera de gran qualitat, que supera en alguns aspectes a la propia Leica que es produía en aquells moments a Alemania. Apart del cos més angular, la principal diferencia és el visor, que unifica el telemetre amb un zoom ajustable molt ben pensat. L'objectiu no venia amb la càmera, tot i que té és visualment molt similar als emprats per les Leica i Canon inicials (es tracta d'un Industar-50 sovietic).
Aquestes càmares japoneses de la postguerra mundial (anys 40 i principis dels 50) tenen un interès historic afegit en que estaven obligades a indicar que es produien en el Japó ocupat pels americans. A la base hi ha la inscripció MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN.
========================
As a lot of Japanese camera makers, Canon began it's days making copies of German cameras, a lot of them choosing the world-famous Leica III.
This is one of the best copies of the Leica III. In fact, it's an improved version that gives a lot more than even what Leica was producing arround 1950. And there's no excuse in the fact that Germany by then was still smashed by WW2. Japan was maybe even worst!!
So the Canon II B, not being the first Canon produced after the war, is the first affordable one for collection. This one, in gorgeous shape, was quite cheap. The main differences from it's German "mother", apart from the angular shape of the body, is the unified viewfinder-rangefinder. And this rangefinder has a wonderful 1'5x zoom capability. The camera came without lens, this one is a much more modern Soviet Industar 50 (but itself a copy of Leica's Elmar).
These post-war Japanese cameras have a plus in historical significance in that they were engraved MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN (in this case in the base).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_II
global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film10.html
www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/camera-10523-Canon_IIB...
www.luistriguez.es/fotos/cameras/canonIIb/index_canoniib.htm