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- Specifications
| Marketed | October 1964 |
| Original Price | 22,800 yen, 1,800 yen (case) |
The Canonet’s successor with an SE 45mm f/1.7 lens (6 elements in 4 groups). The first camera to be produced with Canon’s automated design technology.
Improvements over the Canonet included a film advance lever on the top instead of a bottom winding trigger. The selenium exposure meter was replaced by a CdS exposure meter which increased the low sensitivity range to EV 2.5. In the following year, QL versions were introduced, making the Canonet S a short-lived model.
| Type | 35mm Lens Shutter rangerfinder camera with shutter speed-priority EE |
| Picture Size | 24 x 36 mm |
| Normal Lens | Canon SE 45mm f/1.7 (6 elements in 5 groups) |
| Shutter | Copal SV; B, 1 to 1/500 sec. Built-in self-timer. Flash sync enabled with M-X switchable German socket. |
| Viewfinder | Coincidence rangefinder integrated with reversed Galilean viewfinder. Automatic parallax correction with projected frames and marked finder. 0.7x magnification. Viewfinder bottom features aperture scale (f/1.7 – f/16) and match needle correct exposure window/exposure warning indicator. |
| Exposure Meter and EE |
CdS comb-controlled shutter speed-priority EE. Metering range of EV 2.5 – 19 (at ISO 100). Film speed range of ISO 25 – 800. Manual exposure enabled by disabling AUTO (EE). |
| Power Source | One 1.3 V MP mercury cell |
| Film Loading & Advance |
After opening camera back, insertion onto spool. Advances with camera-top lever. (120° single stroke) |
| Frame Counter | Counts up. Resets automatically when camera back is opened. |
| Film Rewind | Camera-top crank |
| Dimensions & Weight |
140 x 78 x 37 mm, 750 g |