Canon EP rangefinder...what can you tell me about it?

[david b]

What can you tell me about this camera? It has a 50mm 1.8 lens.

 

[ricpr]

For one....it's nice. Check the Canon History Museum for info on the camera. Looks like a great user camera. Have fun with it.

 

[back alley]

looks like a ivsb in very nice shape

 

[bmattock]

looks like a ivsb in very nice shape

Say that five times fast. Ivsb!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[John Shriver]

EP means that it was sold at a military Post Exchange. No excise taxes were paid on it, either US, or Japanese. The Japanese historically have paid very high taxes on cameras. If a Japanese citizen had a camera so marked, he was a tax dodger...

 

[david b]

So, what might this be worth?

 

[bob cole]

this model does, indeed, as others said, look like the popular IVSB, but it also looks a lot like a couple of other models pictured by Dechert in his Canon book -- particularly the IIF, which Dechert calls "the PX camera" because most were sold through PX's with the red EP [exchange post] designation...The serial number on your camera, however, is very early...

If it is a IIF, the model name will be found on some IIF's on the inside bottom plate after you remove the base plate, according to Dechert.

regards, bob