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OBJECT TYPE: 50MM/F9/FOCUSING
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1387.001

MANUFACTURER: Canon Camera Co.
MODEL: SERENAR
LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

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General Information

Serial #: 48047
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL; GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 4.7 cm
Height: 4.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still camera parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Canon
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Tokyo

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY THE 1950'S AND 1960'S
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.
Function: USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A CAMERA, TO BEND LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE AN IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON THE FILM IN THE CAMERA.
Technical: THE 50MM LENS IS THE "STANDARD" OR "NORMAL" LENS AS THE 43 DEGREE PICTURE ANGLE IT OFFERS IS MOST AKIN TO HUMAN VISION [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED AROUND GLASS: 'Canon Camera Co. No.48047 SERENAR f:1.9 50mm'/ '[3 SCALES]'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: POLISHED METAL FINISH WITH BLACK AROUND GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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Canon Camera Co., Lens, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1995.1387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1387.001/

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