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Pacific Rim Camera: Canon Identification Guide-P Series Pacific Rim Camera Canon Rangefinder J-IIAfter the war, Canon began the task of regrouping and rebuilding the company.Qualified technical personnel were scarce, many having lost there lives duringthe war, others stranded wherever they were stationed at the wars end. Rawmaterials were also scarce, and the immediate future looked pretty bleak. Canonresumed camera production in the simplest manner possible. Parts fromunassembled Canon S and J cameras were used to design the most basic 35mmcamera. The body shell and top plate were parts made for the Canon S, as was thefinder cover, which was designed for the S, but cut only for the viewfinder, andlacked the pop up finder of the S. The top cover extends around the rewind knob,like the top cover of a Leica, rather than being squared off like the pre-warCanon J. The earliest examples have 'Seiki Kogaku' and the serialnumber engraved in front of the accessory shoe, rather than below the Canonlogo, the same place it was engraved on the S series as the pop up finder wasbelow the Canon logo. Most examples have 'Seiki Kogaku' and the serialnumber under the Canon logo, where it would remain until the end of the Leicastyle bodies in the mid-1950's.The body shell was cut and drilled for slow speeds, a feature that the J-IIlacked as the slow speed mechanism was difficult to manufacture.
The hole iscapped with a metal patch with three visible screw heads. Some examples may havebeen covered over by the body covering material.
There is also a notch in thetop plate, on the front at about 1 o'clock to the lens mount. This was where therod for the rangefinder coupling went through on the Canon S. It is covered overby the body material.The body covering material itself is usually a cheap, blackened cardboard.Leather, like most raw materials, was in short supply in 1945-6. This is theweakest part of the finish of the J-II, and many (or most) of the examples foundtoday have had this body covering replaced. On those that don't, it isinevitably falling apart and shoddy looking. The chrome plating is also oftennot as good as that found on earlier or later cameras.The lens mount is not Leica thread, although it is 39mm thread. The pitch ofthe thread is different.
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A Leica thread lens can be partially screwed on, butthe threads will bind. Damage to either the lens or camera will result if youtry and force it. This mount is referred to as J mount. It was first used on thepre-war Canon J, and can be found on some of the earliest Canon S-II cameras.Occasionally you will find a camera that the mount was changed to accept Leicamount lenses. Most J-II cameras were sold with the collapsible 5cm/3.5 Nikkor.However, the very first Canon 50/3.5 Serenar lenses were sold on J-II cameras.Peter Decheert, in his book 'Canon Rangefinder Cameras1933-68'estimates production at 525, although he states some records show a productionof 506 cameras, while others show only 164. Serial number apparently started at8001, and may run as high as 8700.
I have seen photos of 8556, so no all numberswere used. Front view of a J-II with the early style of engraving.A different camera, five serial numbers earlier. Note the markon the front of the top cover.
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A similar mark can be seen on #8037, and I haveseen pictures of other early models (#8025 and #8183). It is not a scratch, butrather a darkening of the chrome. A closer look at an early Serenar lens. This is thefirst lens that Canon made for consumer purchase, and this is the 10th lens inthe series. Production started at number 8011. The Seiki logo embossed on the back of the case. Return to.