Canon's first production model and Japan's first high-quality 35mm camera. An improved version of the KWANON camera, it also incorporated technology from Nippon Kogaku (Nikon). Although some say that the camera was marketed in October 1935, the marketing date was February 1936. The lens was a Nikkor 5cm f/3.5 mounted for the first time on a civilian camera. The rangefinder optics and focusing mount were made by Nippon Kogaku. The viewfinder was a reversed Galilean type and it was separate from the rangefinder window.

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