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This camera is a gift from my friend Dr.Mithat Çamlıbel
Manufactured by Canon Camera Co.Inc, Tokyo , Japan
Model: c.1966, (produced between 1965-69)
All Canonet series produced between 1961-82
35mm film Rangefinder camera
Engraving on the top plate: Canonet QL19 E
Lens: Canon SE 45mm f/1.9, 5 elements in 4 groups, filter thread: 50mm
Aperture: f/1.9-f/16, setting: Auto speed
Focusing: matching rangefinder images in the finder, ring and scale on the lens
Focus range: 0.8-5m +inf
Shutter: Seiko SE electronic, speeds:1/15-1/500, setting: Auto speed, manual for flash mode, ring and scale on the lens
Cocking lever: also winds the film, short stroke, on the right of the top plate
Shutter release: on the winding lever button
Frame counter: advance type, auto-reset, beside the cocking lever
Viewfinder: Coincidence rangefinder coupled with reverse Galilean viewfinder,
parallax correction with bright-line in the finder, w/ a red light doubles as a over/under exposure warning and a battery checker and flash signal
Exposure meter: fully-automatic program EE auto electric eye, fully coupled to the ASA, aperture and speed.
The CdS meter cell round window, above the lens but inside the filter thread.
Metering range: EV 5.8 - 17
Film speed range: ASA 25-400, setting: ASA/DIN window and setting ring on the lens
Exposure setting: set the mode ring on the lens to auto
Re-wind lever: folding crank type, on the left of the top plate
Re-wind release: a button on the bottom plate, turns when winding
Flash PC socket: on front of the camera, set the mode ring on the lens to flash or bulb modes
Hot-shoe
Self-timer: lever on front of the camera
Back cover: Hinged, opens by a latch on the left lover side of the camera
Film loading: by Quick Loading (QL) system. The QL cover opens simultaneously with back cover, film leader must be aligned at mark then close the back cover and advance the film to the first frame with winding lever
Engraving on the back of the top plate: Canon Camera Co.Inc. Made in Japan
Tripod socket: 1/4''
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: 699g
Battery: One 1.3 V MP mercury cell PX625, replacement is possible with Varta 1PX alkaline 1.5V (V1PX), also known as PX1A / 1A / A1PX / 1100A / PC1A / LR50
Battery compartment: on the bottom plate
Battery check button: beside the re-wind lever
On/off switch: none
serial no.200251 (on the back cover)
QL19 E is the first Canon camera that have an electronic shutter. The shutter blades were controlled by magnet. The QL19 E has no manual controls and like wise little information about exposure. The “E” version was made with a Sieko EE shutter vs. the standard Copal SV shutter on the rest of the QL line.
Canonet QL range was introduced by 1965, as a development of the Canonet, with shutter priority CdS-meter controlled auto exposure and manual override. Their difference in name corresponds to those of their apertures. The QL17 had a 45mm f1.7 lens, the QL19 an f1.9, and the QL25 an f2.5, set in Copal SV shutters and QL19E model, from 1965 with a 1/15-1/500s electronically-controlled Seiko ES shutter.
more info: Canon Camera Museum Camera Hall , Camerapedia , Sylvain Halgand Collection , Canonet