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148375 The Canon 1950 %u2018Skinner%u2019 %u20ac3.000*no. 50074, 1950, condition B/A %u20ac 6.000 %u2013 7.000Extremely rare and important Canon rangefinder camera, the firstoriginal synchronised Canon camera, but also the first with shutterspeed up to 1/1000%u2009sec, and finally the first to allow the use of arapid winder, a pre-model of the Canon IV. In total only 50 of these were produced between July and November 1950 (serial numbers allocated nos. 500000%u201350199), most of them delivered to retailer C.R. Skinner in San Francisco. The offered camera is in beautifulcondition, only marked by some light scratches on top and bottomplates, together with matching Serenar 1.9/50 mm no. 20485 (front lens cap), note the base plate engraved with %u2018MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN SERVICED AND GUARANTEED IN SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA%u2019, note also the side sync. flash rail. This is a specialoccasion for every serious Canon collector!376 Canon VT de luxe chrome with %u20ac700*3.5/19 mmno. 561261, 1958, condition A/B %u20ac 1.400 %u2013 1.600Very nice and quite rare second version VTDM recognizable by its magazine opening key on the baseplate, around 2500 cameras produced between January and December 1958, chrome version in near-mint condition, metal shutter curtains, together with rarewide-angle Canon in original M39 mount 3.5/19 mm no.10507, with finder.377 Canon 7 chrome with %u20ac1.000*0.95/50 mmno. 802688, c.1961, condition A/B %u20ac 2.000 %u2013 2.400Chrome version in almost mint condition, together with soughtafter ultra-fast Canon 0.95/50 mm no.103959, optics showing a few cleaning marks.378 Canon P black paint with %u20ac1.000*Canon 1.2/50 mmno. 719799, 1959, condition A/B %u20ac 2.000 %u2013 2.400Very rare original black paint Canon P in beautiful, almost mint condition, only a few hundred made in this finish, together with rarematching black 1.2/50 mm no. 32166, optics with noticeable haze (UV filter and black front lens cap), completed with rare blackexposure meter with incident light attachment.379 Canon S with Nikkor 4.5/5 cm %u20ac2.000*no.10814, 1939, condition B/A %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000A very early example of the pre-war Canon S, no.10814, introduced in 1939 as one of Seiki-Kogaku%u2019s advanced 35%u2009mm rangefindercameras. It is fitted with the particularly rare Nippon Kogaku Nikkor4.5/5 cm no. 50508, one of the earliest interchangeable Nikkor lenses and an original lens option for the Canon S. The scarce f/4.5 version was produced in very limited numbers before and during the war; no. 50508 belongs to the late part of the known pre-war serial sequence. The camera is in very good condition, with the finder release knob missing.380 Canon P chrome %u20ac700*%u2018Japanese Self-Defense Forces%u2019no. 773376, 1960, condition A/B %u20ac 1.400 %u2013 1.600Very rare Canon P with Japanese Self-Defense Forces red logo on the top plate, quite late chrome version with black and colored filmindex, in almost mint condition, with some minimal scratches from the rewind crank, with fast 1.4/50 mm no. 92566, very good optics, with UV filter and metal hood.381 Canon S-II Canon Camera %u20ac500*Company LTD.no.18784, c.1950, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 1.000 %u2013 1.200Rare late %u2018Canon Camera Company LTD.%u2019 version (around 5500 were made) marked on the base plate with %u2018Made in occupied Japan%u2019, together with Canon Serenar 2/5 cm no. 20871, feet scale, in original, mint condition, with front lens cap and leather case.382 Canon IIC %u20ac700*no. 51874, 1951, condition A/B %u20ac 1.400 %u2013 1.600Rare short-lived model with top speed of 1/500sec, it was designed as an economical version of the Canon 1951, only 800 cameras were made during 5 months of production, in near-mint condition, with Serenar 1.9/50%u2009mm no.%u200920158, with UV filter and leather case(cond. C).