The parallax-correcting framelines on a P are 35-50-100. There is no 135, which is just as well since the magnified RF view was omitted (compared to its big brother the VI-L), another weak point of this camera i the limited rangefinder effective baselength (41 mm I believe), which is insufficient to focus the 135/3.5 wide open close up, also 100/2 and 50/1.2 for the same reasons (wide open and close up), but this camera is great with with a 35/2 or 35/2.8, a 50/1.8 or 50/2.2 (made specifically for the P) and a 100/3.5. A great troika!
This is an awesome camera! Thank you for sharing. I did buy a repainted one form Shueido Camera which is great and working perfectly. I couldn't be happier. I whish soooo much that Canon would make e new range finder style camera. I would be the first person in line to get one. 🤗
Hello, thank you very much for this inspiring video and your servicing tipps. I have been asked several times to buy a black P body but I always refused because of the danger to buy a fake. Nevertheless I do own some chrome P bodies besides the wonderful VI-L and VI-T and the L-3, L and L-2 or VT de luxe and so on. Once I bought a Canonflex RP in black which also seems to be repainted but I love its look. The manual or ad with the big 495 on the cover seems to be a version from a neighbour country, but its not german. Kind regards, Thomas
Great video, as always, about this beautiful Canon rangefinder. The paper that comes ut at around 28:10, is in Swedish. Not a common language to know 🙂
@@Ron-us1sp thanks, those are useful tips. In my case it wasn't brass screws but I've dealt with those in the past and acetone helped ease out the screw. I was having a particularly tough time with another set from a seikosha shutter. Tried acetone, lighter fluid, heating with a hair dryer and nothing would budge. After about a week, threw in the towel. So I've been wondering what camera techs typically do with these.
Any advice or best practice to deal with the strap lugs position? Like are there adapters or half cases so the camera doesn’t angle upwards constantly?
@Saxon Eyles im using the Jupiter 12 and that one is pretty light, that’s true. I just ordered a screw for the tripod mount so I will try out a Leica M5 style strapmount.
Probably not the first to say this, but thats not german. The leaflet is either swedish, danish or some other kind of scandinavian language :D As a german I had a good chuckle at that one :) Great Video though, very informative!
Hello. I would like some advice. I can't decide between VL and P which one should I choose. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? And the 50mm chrome lens, which one should I choose, 1.2 or 1.4?
Fantastic video! I am at the moment on the hunt for a decent Canon P with 50mm 1.4 lens. Is there any guide for Canons Auto-ups, because is saw theme in many different shapes. Thanks in advance Lukas
Hello, in 1969 or 1970 canon published a pocket book called canon interchangeable lenses and it has a lot of information about canons Rangefinder (S) and FL lenses. It includes a list of all the matching accessories and if I remember it well it contains a list of the auto up. On each of these adapters there is an info about the matching lens engraved. Unfortunately I do not have the book or an adaptor at hand today.
Hello. I would like to ask for your advice. Right now I'm interested in the Canon VI and P. I can't decide since they're both beautiful. Which one should I choose? And is there a 50 mm 1.4 chrome lens and is it expensive? Or is there any substitute?
The viewfinder is large enough for most people who wear glasses, and it has a non-scratch surface so it won't scratch or damage. Keep in mind that a large percentage of Japanese, if not most, wore glasses back when these cameras were designed.
I ordered a TLR camera from your store several months ago, I have a few questions like where is my camera now? Well, I’m trying to reach out to you, please reply to my emails. Thanks
A very rare camera. I would guess that there are more fake "black" P units out there (chrome repainted black) than real ones. This one lost the case and acquired the lens somewhere in the last 60 years. From the shop wear on the body, we might wish otherwise. In the 1980s and 90s, I collected a cross-section of Canon RF bodies from the IVSb through to the 7Sz. I skipped the P at the time because there was (and is) nothing special or interesting about it, and at that time it was overpriced. In the 2000s the used prices on a P dropped like a stone, half off or more, but by then, I'd stopped collecting. Today (2023), prices have mostly returned, although much of that is inflation. IMO, to paraphrase Churchill, the P has much to be modest about. Its cluttered viewfinder is the worst Canon offered from the V models on. The shutter is shared with the 7 and 7S, loosing spec on its high speeds and being unrepairable, outside perhaps a few shops in Japan which can manufacture the unique parts required. (I.E., at a price far more than the camera is worth)
10 years ago I could buy a P with a lens and a meter for less than $100 in Japan. I'm lucky to find one for 3 times that price today. Luckily, the shutter is very reliable in these cameras, and I have yet to find one which was beyond my self-taught ability to repair.
@@japanvintagecamera8869 I wish the shutter in my 7 enjoyed your experience. As for the P, when I was collecting, the bottom have not yet fallen out of their price, but they were plentiful and relatively cheap, I figured that if I acquired a need to have one, doing so would be no big deal. I only reconsidered when I saw the prices rising, but it was no longer a priority for me. Here in the US, the meter alone would get $100 in the 1990s if it was working properly.
Amazing how modern the graphic design of the packaging looks. It could have been designed yesterday.
A lot of things designed in the 60s are very well thought out. Whenever I designed for work, I always look at designs from the 60s for references.
@@Rangefinder48 Yes, me too. Graphic design from an era where it was still plausible to believe objectivity was the attainable goal.
The parallax-correcting framelines on a P are 35-50-100. There is no 135, which is just as well since the magnified RF view was omitted (compared to its big brother the VI-L), another weak point of this camera i the limited rangefinder effective baselength (41 mm I believe), which is insufficient to focus the 135/3.5 wide open close up, also 100/2 and 50/1.2 for the same reasons (wide open and close up), but this camera is great with with a 35/2 or 35/2.8, a 50/1.8 or 50/2.2 (made specifically for the P) and a 100/3.5. A great troika!
I'm so glad you're posing these videos on the Canon P. Thank you so much. Regards from Itzehoe (near Hamburg, Germany)
This is an awesome camera! Thank you for sharing. I did buy a repainted one form Shueido Camera which is great and working perfectly. I couldn't be happier. I whish soooo much that Canon would make e new range finder style camera. I would be the first person in line to get one. 🤗
So that camera store is reliable if ordering from them overseas?
Now that Leica is rumored to be releasing a new rangefinder film camera, maybe it will motivate Canon and Nikon to do the same.
Another great video, appreciate them
what a wonderful camera! so lucky to have a canon P, especially a black paint. good find!
It sure is a beautiful Camera.Great vid
Thanks for the informative video. I wouldn't mind one of these to go along with my F-1 and to use my lenses from my Leica IIIf on.
I enjoy your videos. Reminds me of my own history with dim cameras. Still frustrating using digital.
I'd love to see a video demonstration of your using a TV to calibrate the shutter timing!
Hello, thank you very much for this inspiring video and your servicing tipps. I have been asked several times to buy a black P body but I always refused because of the danger to buy a fake. Nevertheless I do own some chrome P bodies besides the wonderful VI-L and VI-T and the L-3, L and L-2 or VT de luxe and so on. Once I bought a Canonflex RP in black which also seems to be repainted but I love its look.
The manual or ad with the big 495 on the cover seems to be a version from a neighbour country, but its not german.
Kind regards, Thomas
Great video, as always, about this beautiful Canon rangefinder. The paper that comes ut at around 28:10, is in Swedish. Not a common language to know 🙂
Can you do a short repair video on steps to remove tough to open screws/ stripped screws?
@@Ron-us1sp thanks, those are useful tips. In my case it wasn't brass screws but I've dealt with those in the past and acetone helped ease out the screw.
I was having a particularly tough time with another set from a seikosha shutter. Tried acetone, lighter fluid, heating with a hair dryer and nothing would budge. After about a week, threw in the towel.
So I've been wondering what camera techs typically do with these.
Any advice or best practice to deal with the strap lugs position? Like are there adapters or half cases so the camera doesn’t angle upwards constantly?
@Saxon Eyles im using the Jupiter 12 and that one is pretty light, that’s true. I just ordered a screw for the tripod mount so I will try out a Leica M5 style strapmount.
Can you come back with image samples, video author? How good that Canon rangefinder lens is.
Probably not the first to say this, but thats not german. The leaflet is either swedish, danish or some other kind of scandinavian language :D As a german I had a good chuckle at that one :) Great Video though, very informative!
Hello. I would like some advice. I can't decide between VL and P which one should I choose. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? And the 50mm chrome lens, which one should I choose, 1.2 or 1.4?
Fantastic video! I am at the moment on the hunt for a decent Canon P with 50mm 1.4 lens.
Is there any guide for Canons Auto-ups, because is saw theme in many different shapes.
Thanks in advance Lukas
Hello, in 1969 or 1970 canon published a pocket book called canon interchangeable lenses and it has a lot of information about canons Rangefinder (S) and FL lenses. It includes a list of all the matching accessories and if I remember it well it contains a list of the auto up. On each of these adapters there is an info about the matching lens engraved. Unfortunately I do not have the book or an adaptor at hand today.
Hello. I would like to ask for your advice. Right now I'm interested in the Canon VI and P. I can't decide since they're both beautiful. Which one should I choose? And is there a 50 mm 1.4 chrome lens and is it expensive? Or is there any substitute?
I want this camera
I thought this was going to be about the Canon P, but it was a lot about various versions of black.
With this camera, while wearing my glasses. Would I have any issues on focusing
The viewfinder is large enough for most people who wear glasses, and it has a non-scratch surface so it won't scratch or damage. Keep in mind that a large percentage of Japanese, if not most, wore glasses back when these cameras were designed.
The Yellow guide is from Denmark, not Germany
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I would like to box anyone doing unboxing videos 😂😊
Saw one on eBay a year or so ago for $30,000.
I ordered a TLR camera from your store several months ago, I have a few questions like where is my camera now? Well, I’m trying to reach out to you, please reply to my emails. Thanks
Please contact me through my Etsy store, I had to get a new email for JVC
I have done it yesterday
@@japanvintagecamera8869 I read reviews about Etsy , they're horrible, so many complaints, hardly any compliments.
@@japanvintagecamera8869 I replied to your email on Etsy 2 days ago, I'll take the refund, please check it today.
kid > young > ordinary > old
Insane how much you sound like Jordan Peterson
I've heard that a lot of times, if I pretended I was him, I could probably get a lot more more views...
A very rare camera. I would guess that there are more fake "black" P units out there (chrome repainted black) than real ones. This one lost the case and acquired the lens somewhere in the last 60 years. From the shop wear on the body, we might wish otherwise. In the 1980s and 90s, I collected a cross-section of Canon RF bodies from the IVSb through to the 7Sz. I skipped the P at the time because there was (and is) nothing special or interesting about it, and at that time it was overpriced. In the 2000s the used prices on a P dropped like a stone, half off or more, but by then, I'd stopped collecting. Today (2023), prices have mostly returned, although much of that is inflation. IMO, to paraphrase Churchill, the P has much to be modest about. Its cluttered viewfinder is the worst Canon offered from the V models on. The shutter is shared with the 7 and 7S, loosing spec on its high speeds and being unrepairable, outside perhaps a few shops in Japan which can manufacture the unique parts required. (I.E., at a price far more than the camera is worth)
10 years ago I could buy a P with a lens and a meter for less than $100 in Japan. I'm lucky to find one for 3 times that price today. Luckily, the shutter is very reliable in these cameras, and I have yet to find one which was beyond my self-taught ability to repair.
@@japanvintagecamera8869 I wish the shutter in my 7 enjoyed your experience. As for the P, when I was collecting, the bottom have not yet fallen out of their price, but they were plentiful and relatively cheap, I figured that if I acquired a need to have one, doing so would be no big deal. I only reconsidered when I saw the prices rising, but it was no longer a priority for me. Here in the US, the meter alone would get $100 in the 1990s if it was working properly.
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Hi)) It is written in Swedish not German! ;)
Can be both
Edit: my bad, hadnt watched it completely
rich guy.