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CANON CANONET
35mm POINT & SHOOT
AUTOMATIC EYE FOCUS
SERIAL NUMBER #1528381
CANON LENS SE
45mm 1:1.9
w/ COPAL SV
LEATHER CASE WITH SHOULDER STRAP
CIRCA 1960s
FINE WORKING CONDITION
SOME SURFACE WEAR
OTHERWISE GOOD

 

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FYI

Canon Inc., Kiyanon kabushiki-gaisha is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers and computer printers. Its headquarters are located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan.

Origins
The company was originally (until 1947) named Seikikogaku kenkyusho (Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd.), founded by Goro Yoshida. In 1934 it produced a prototype for Japan’s first-ever 35 mm camera with a focal plane shutter. It was a copy of the Leica design and was named Kwanon. During these first years the company did not have the facilities to produce their own optical glass, so the first cameras came with Nikkor lenses from Nippon Kogaku K.K. (the later Nikon Corporation). In 1947 the company name was changed to Canon and the first own Serenar lenses were made.

Company milestones
Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory is the predecessor of Canon Inc. and was founded in Tokyo in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda.
1930s – 1960s
 1933 – 1936: ‘The Kwanon’, a copy of the Leica design, Japan’s first 35 mm focal plane-shutter camera, was produced in prototype form.
 1940: An indirect X-ray camera, also a first for Japan, is developed.
 1947: The company is renamed Canon Camera Co., Inc.
 1958: A field zoom lens for television broadcasting is introduced.
 1959: Reflex Zoom 8, the world’s first movie camera with a zoom lens, and Canonflex are introduced.
 1961: Canon creates an Rangefinder camera, Canon 7, and 50mm 1:0.95 lens in a special bayonet mount.
 1964: 'Canola 130', the first Japanese made 10-key calculator, is introduced. It was a substantial improvement on the design of the British Bell Punch company, which introduced the first fully electronic calculator two years earlier with the Sumlock Anita Mark 8 unit.
 1965: Canon introduces Canon Pellix, an SLR camera with a semi-transparent stationary mirror which enables taking pictures through the mirror.
 1969: The company's name is changed to Canon Inc.

Canonet
In January of 1961, Canon introduced the Canonet, a consumer-friendly 35mm film rangefinder camera aimed at the average person. Over fifty years and fourteen variations later, film photographers still look back on the Canonet as an excellent choice for beginning and experienced photographers alike. Let’s travel back in time to see how it all began and why the Canonet remains popular even today.

By the 1960s, Canon had introduced a number of film cameras that were well-suited for professional photographers, but the company wanted to branch out from their primary lineup of advanced cameras with an easy-to-use device. The idea of a camera for the masses birthed the original Canonet, which was priced at 18,800 yen.

The first Canonet from 1961 incorporated the company’s ‘Electronic Eye’ metering system, which involved wrapping the exposure meter around the lens itself. Canon claimed the meter would perceive light in the same way the lens saw it, thus creating a more precise automatic exposure.

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