Canon P (Black) - Camera

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    Model Details

    Manual focus 35mm rangefinder manufactured by Canon released in 1959. This is the black paint model. The P, which stands for Populaire, attempted to take the successful parts of Canon's previous rangefinders and put them all together (the "popular" features) while lowering costs. It was largely successful, and the P sold more than twice as many units as any other Canon rangefinder of this era. Metal body available in black.

    • Shutter: Metal horizontal focal plane, 1s - 1/1000s, plus B
    • Flash sync: X-sync at 1/55s
    • Finder: Parallax-corrected rangefinder with yellow frame lines for 35mm, 50mm, and 100mm at all times. Circular yellow focusing patch.
    • ISO Range: Reminder only, 32 - 1600
    • Size: 144x76x71mm
    • Weight: 790g
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      LTM / M39

      M39 is a screw-type mount system originally designed by Oskar Barnack for Leica cameras in the 1930s. These Leica Thread Mount (LTM) camera bodies attach lenses using a 39mm threaded screw mount.

      This mount was the prominent rangefinder mount for Leica until 1953 when the M3 debuted. The M Mount bayonet spelled the end for Leica’s thread mount cameras, although other manufacturers, like Canon, Leotax, and Zorki, continued to use the M39 mount for their cameras.

      There are some early Soviet SLRs that also use a 39mm thread mount called M39. Lenses for this system are incompatible with M39 rangefinder lenses, and vice versa, due to differences in flange distance.

      M39 rangefinder lenses can be easily adapted to mirrorless camera systems.

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