The serial number for your EOS camera will generally be 12 digits long, however, for some older models, the serial number may be 6 or 10 digits long. It can be found in the following locations which are highlighted in the images below - On the bottom of the camera printed in black, grey or white; Behind the LCD screen.
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- After using a Canon 7 rangefinder for 1 year. I was finally able to buy my first Leica!! Originally wanted an M6 but the prices have gone up recently for some reason, and I was lucky to find a great deal for this M5.
- The lens mount compared to that of the Zeiss Contax. Nippon Kogaku designed the mount, and would later used a similar one (actually a copy of the Contax mount) on their rangefinder cameras after the second world war. The camera serial number is stamped inside the baseplate. Return to Canon Rangefinder Main Page.
Nikon M image by Cheol Jang(Image rights) |
The Nikon was the first camera introduced by the optical manufacturer Nippon Kogaku K.K. It is a 35mm rangefinder camera, now known as the Nikon I. The original design was approved by September 1946. After over a year of development and testing, manufacture began in March 1948. Sales began in September 1948 with a shipment of 100 cameras to Hong Kong. Production grew slowly over the next year, with all but a few of the cameras being sold to overseas markets including the United States. Because it uses the Zeiss' Contax camera mount, the Nikon camera bears a strong external resemblance to that camera. However, both the shutter and rangefinder mechanism followed the Leica's, resulting in a simpler, easier to manufacture design. Serial jepang semi.
The factory, encouraged by the Japanese government, chose the 24 × 32mm frame size pioneered by Chiyoda Kogaku—known as the Nippon format—which yielded more frames per length of film, and matched more closely the common paper sizes. However, the United States importers, Overseas Finance and Trading Company, objected to this non-standard format. It did not correspond to the automatic slide cutting machines being used in the US, and the images might be sliced in the middle. In addition, the Central Purchasing Office (CPO) that controlled the sales of cameras to the military exchange stores in Japan decided that they would not approve cameras for sale with that format either. Effectively cut off from the two most important markets for their new camera, Nippon Kogaku redesigned the camera's film gate, pressure plate and gearing in August 1949. This became the Nikon M. Introduced in the autumn of 1949, this model can be recognized by the M preceding the body number. The Nikon's body casting and shutter did not permit increasing the format to a full 24 x 36mm. Therefore Nippon Kogaku settled for an intermediate frame format of 24 × 34mm, but did change the gearing to increase the number of perforations per image to the standard 8 (instead of 7 for the 24 x 32), This was acceptable to the export market as slides, although still slightly narrower, were now always cut between frames.
The Nikon M was sold in the PXs, and United States sales resumed, but the camera received little attention in the western media until the fall of 1950, when photographers from the Life magazine began reporting on the Nikkor lenses' sharpness. The Nikkor-P.C 1:2 f=8.5cm received the first attention, but the 5cm f1.5 (later f1.4) and 135mm Nikkors also received praise. A demand to fit Nikkors to reporters' Leicas were immediately met at the factory in Tokyo, and soon the word spread that these Japanese lenses were just as good as, or possibly better than their German counterparts.
Aperio image scope for mac. In November 1950, Nippon Kogaku made built-in flash synchronization a factory standard.
Nikon M, S, and SP image by Rick Soloway(Image rights) |
The Nikon S, was a Nikon M with these flash sync contacts, two double sockets set in the upper left-hand edge of the body. (The M was dropped from the serial numbers in April 1951.) All cameras sold with this feature are considered a Nikon S by the factory, even if marked M.
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The Nikon I, M and S all appear similar in appearance. They are heavy, have shutter speeds only up to 1/500th of second and the viewfinder for the 50mm lens is small. Despite these shortcomings, the Nikon S sold well with over 34,000 manufacture4d from 1951 through 1954. By chance, a number of Nikon S cameras have one more serial number digit, known as the 8-digit Nikon S. When reaching 6099999 the engraver continued at 60910000, but it was soon realized that the long serial number was impractical, and after some 1200 cameras, the numbering reverted to 6100000. The 609 prefix refers to the date the design was approved in September 1946. The 8-digit camera is about twice as valuable as the ordinary 7-digit version, while Nikons MIOJ (Made in Occupied Japan) are even more valuable.
Several highly sought-after models were made available throughout the 1950s, and the first SLR camera from this maker, the Nikon F, shares the basic body configuration of the latest rangefinder models. All Nikon rangefinders are considered highly collectible and fetch very high sale prices, commanding just as high prices as those for Leica cameras of the same period.
- See also the page about lenses in Nikon rangefinder mount.
image by Geoff Harrisson(Image rights) |
Links
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- Official Nikon's History & Technology ste:
- Short history of Nikon until 1949 (pdf) at the Nikon Historical Society website, with details about the Nikon I
- Nikon S2 at Photoethnography by Karen Nakamura
- Nikon S3 at Scott's Photographica Collection
- Nikon S2 at the Vintage Nikon DSLR website
- Nikon MS rangefinder instruction manual at www.orphancamers.com
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Leica screw mount | Alta | Bessa L/T/R | Canon II/III/IV | Canon VT | Canon VI-T | Canon L-3 | Canon P | Canon 7 | Canon 7s | Chiyoca | Chiyotax | Honor S1 | Honor SL | Ichicon-35 | Jeicy | Konica FR | Leotax | Leotax G | Melcon | Melcon II | Minolta 35 | Muley | Nicca | Nicca III-L | Nippon | Tanack 35/IIIS/IV-S | Tanack SD | Tanack VP | Teica | Yasuhara T981 |
Leica M mount | Bessa R2/R3/R4 | Konica Hexar RF | Minolta CLE | Rollei 35 RF | Zeiss Ikon |
Nikon mount | Bessa R2S | Nikon rangefinder models |
Contax G mount | Contax G1 | Contax G2 |
Other | Bessa R2C | Kwanon | Tanack V3 |
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Japanese 6×6, 4.5×6, 3×4 and 4×4 -> |
- Nikon SP Rangefinder instruction manual at www.orphancameras.com
- Articles at Cameraquest:
- Nikon S, Nikon S2 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
In Japanese:
- Nikon kamera no koneta, with many documents on the Nikon rangefinder models
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After the war, Canon began the task of regrouping and rebuilding the company. Qualified technical personnel were scarce, many having lost there lives during the war, others stranded wherever they were stationed at the wars end. Raw materials were also scarce, and the immediate future looked pretty bleak. Canon resumed camera production in the simplest manner possible. Parts from unassembled Canon S and J cameras were used to design the most basic 35mm camera.
The body shell and top plate were parts made for the Canon S, as was the finder cover, which was designed for the S, but cut only for the viewfinder, and lacked the pop up finder of the S. The top cover extends around the rewind knob, like the top cover of a Leica, rather than being squared off like the pre-war Canon J. The earliest examples have 'Seiki Kogaku' and the serial number engraved in front of the accessory shoe, rather than below the Canon logo, the same place it was engraved on the S series as the pop up finder was below the Canon logo. Most examples have 'Seiki Kogaku' and the serial number under the Canon logo, where it would remain until the end of the Leica style bodies in the mid-1950's. Smartscore x2 pro 10.5.8 free for mac.
The body shell was cut and drilled for slow speeds, a feature that the J-II lacked as the slow speed mechanism was difficult to manufacture. The hole is capped with a metal patch with three visible screw heads. Some examples may have been covered over by the body covering material. There is also a notch in the top plate, on the front at about 1 o'clock to the lens mount. This was where the rod for the rangefinder coupling went through on the Canon S. It is covered over by the body material.
The body covering material itself is usually a cheap, blackened cardboard. Leather, like most raw materials, was in short supply in 1945-6. This is the weakest part of the finish of the J-II, and many (or most) of the examples found today have had this body covering replaced. On those that don't, it is inevitably falling apart and shoddy looking. The chrome plating is also often not as good as that found on earlier or later cameras.
The lens mount is not Leica thread, although it is 39mm thread. The pitch of the thread is different. A Leica thread lens can be partially screwed on, but the threads will bind. Damage to either the lens or camera will result if you try and force it. This mount is referred to as J mount. It was first used on the pre-war Canon J, and can be found on some of the earliest Canon S-II cameras. Occasionally you will find a camera that the mount was changed to accept Leica mount lenses. Most J-II cameras were sold with the collapsible 5cm/3.5 Nikkor. However, the very first Canon 50/3.5 Serenar lenses were sold on J-II cameras.
Peter Decheert, in his book 'Canon Rangefinder Cameras1933-68' estimates production at 525, although he states some records show a production of 506 cameras, while others show only 164. Serial number apparently started at 8001, and may run as high as 8700. I have seen photos of 8556, so no all numbers were used.
Front view of a J-II with the early style of engraving.
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Canon Rangefinder Camera Serial Numbers List
A different camera, five serial numbers earlier. Note the mark on the front of the top cover. A similar mark can be seen on #8037, and I have seen pictures of other early models (#8025 and #8183). Hrd version 5.24.38 download. It is not a scratch, but rather a darkening of the chrome.
A closer look at an early Serenar lens. This is the first lens that Canon made for consumer purchase, and this is the 10th lens in the series. Production started at number 8011.
The Seiki logo embossed on the back of the case.