Canon R lens mount
Lens mount for Canon 35mm single-lens reflex cameras
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The Canon R lens mount is a physical standard for connecting a camera lens to a 35mm single-lens reflex camera body. It was introduced in March 1959 along with the Canon Canonflex.
The R mount was used on Canon's first single lens reflex (SLR) camera. The mount employed a "breech lock" system to attach the lens to the camera body.[1]
The R mount was discontinued in 1964 and replaced with the Canon FL lens mount.[2] Many mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras are able to use Canon R lenses via an adapter. The mechanism for controlling the aperture is different from both the later FL and FD mount, although they physically still can mate with most adapters.
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R cameras
- Canon Canonflex (1959)[1]
- Canon Canonflex R2000 (1960)[3]
- Canon Canonflex RP (1960)[4]
- Canon Canonflex RM (1962)[5]
R lenses
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Zoom
- 55-135mm f/3.5 (1963)
Wide-angle (under 50mm)
- 35mm f/2.5 (1960)
Standard (50–60mm)
- 50mm f/1.8 I (1959)
- 50mm f/1.8 II (1960)
- 50mm f/1.8 III (1963)
- 58mm f/1.2 (1962)
Telephoto (above 60mm)
- 85mm f/1.8 (1961)
- 85mm f/1.9 (1960)
- 100mm f/2 (1959)
- 100mm f/3.5 I (1961)
- 100mm f/3.5 II (1963)
- 135mm f/2.5 (1960)
- 135mm f/3.5 I (1959)
- 135mm f/3.5 II (1961)
- 200mm f/3.5 (1959)
- 300mm f/4 (1960)
- 400mm f/4.5 (1960)
- 600mm f/5.6 (1960)
- 800mm f/8 (1960)
- 1000mm f/11 (1960)
- 2000mm f/11 (1960)
References
- ^ a b "Canonflex - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ Gandy, Stephen (November 25, 2003). "Canonflex". Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Canonflex R2000 - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Canonflex RP - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Canonflex RM - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "View by series - Canon Camera Museum". global.canon. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
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