Rangefinder Instructions
I love the old rangefinder cameras. Partly, I suppose, I like them because that is where I started out. For years I shot film with a Leica M-3. When I hold my Canon II D2 or my Model P I am transported back to those times.
And then there is the feel of them. They are heavy and compact and obviously finely made. They are works of art, each one a jewel of precision and craftsmanship.
Modern cameras just don’t feel like this. Plastic may be tougher and lighter and cheaper to form. However it is anything but romantic. Plastic speaks of today, of digital cameras, of photography as a mass consumer oriented activity. The older cameras are refined. They speak of class and photography as an elite activity pursued by people of discernment.
Take out an old rangefinder Canon (or Nikon, or Leica, any of them) and shoot some film. You will see what I mean.
Canon Model SII User Manual
No Publication Number
Canon Model IIb User Manual
No Publication Number
Instruction Manual for the L1-L2-L3
Pub. No. 396
Canon Model SII Registration Card
No Publication Number
Canon Model IId – IV S2
Publication 230(JMC-4)
Publication 355 9T-3-57
Publication 122
The Bell & Howell / Canon Model 7
Publication 52178
Canon V Manual
Canon III-A and IV-F Manual
Publication 189
Canon VI-T – VI-T Manual
Publication Illegible
Canon Model III User Manual
Publication 125 5T-6T
Publication 419 ST-7-58
Publication 419 ST-7-58
Publication 365A 6T-3-58
Directions for Using Canon 35mm Cameras
Publication C-9504
Publication C-9503
Publication 197 (JMC-4) 3T K-9-52
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