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