- Outline
- Specifications
Marketed | June 1953 |
Original Price | For export only (no Japanese price) |
Like the II AX, the II AF is a very rare camera. A sibling of the II AX, the II AF had a flash rail on its side which enabled FP-sync only. (FP-sync was for flashbulbs which could synchronize at all shutter speeds.) Otherwise, it was the same camera as the II AX.
Type | 35mm focal-plane shutter camera |
Picture Size | 24 x 36 mm |
Normal Lens | Canon 50mm f/1.8 |
Lens Mount | Universal threaded mount |
Shutter | Two-axis, horizontal-travel focal-plane shutter with cloth curtains. Single-axis rotating dial for B, 1/25, 1/40, 1/60, 1/100, 1/200, and 1/500 sec. |
Flash Sync | FP-sync (direct synchronization provided with flash rail). |
Viewfinder | Coincidence rangefinder integrated with reversed Galilean viewfinder rotatable to set one of three magnifications. |
Film Loading & Advance |
After baseplate removal, drop-in bottom loading. Advances with camera-top knob. |
Frame Counter | Manually set from 39 to 0 at base of camera-top rewind knob. Film speed indicator dial on top of rewind knob. |
Film Rewind | Camop era-tknob |
Dimensions & Weight |
136 x 72.2 x 31 mm, weight unknown |
Remarks | The slow shutter dial is replaced with a blanking cover having the same leathery covering as the body. |