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Canon VT: 65 Years Ago This August

The Canon VT was a 35mm film camera released in 1956 that accepted interchangeable lenses with a screw lens mount. It used a Rangefinder for manual focusing and a cloth Focal-Plane Shutter with shutter speeds from 1 sec...

2021-08-28

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Canon History

The Evolution of the Canon Lens Mount (1946-2018)

Since the first Canon camera came out in 1946, there have been a total of eight (8) different mainstream lens mounts used. Of course, every time, you change major specs on a lens mount, existing lenses cannot be used on...

2020-03-10

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