Canon Canonflex
Canonflex cameras with accessories. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Canon Inc. |
| Type | Single-lens reflex |
| Production | 1959 - 1960 |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | R mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Film format | 35mm |
| Film size | 36 mm x 24 mm |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Two-axis horizontal-travel focal-plane shutter with cloth curtains |
| Shutter speed range | 1s - 1/1000s |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Interchangeable eye-level pentaprism |
| Viewfinder magnification | 0.9x |
| General | |
| Dimensions | 145×100×49 mm (5.7×3.9×1.9 in) |
| Weight | 940 g (33 oz) |
| Made in | Japan |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Canon Canonflex R2000 |
The Canonflex is a Canon 35 mm film single-lens reflex (SLR) camera introduced in May 1959 as Canon's first SLR. Its standard lens is the Canon Camera Co. Super-Canomatic R 50mm lens f/1.8. The camera was in production for one year before it was replaced by the Canonflex R2000 in 1960.