Canon P - "original" lense ?

[gliderbee]

I have a Canon P, and I'm looking to buy the original lenses that were sold for it, so the 35mm, 50mm and 100mm.

I've found two different "types" on ebay, that apperently can be distinguished by the look of the grips (see pictures); which of these are the original types for the Canon P (or maybe both ?). What lenses were the original ones (e.g. 50/1.8, 50/1.4, etc ..) ?

Thanks,

Stefan.

 

[dexdog]

The 50/1.8, 50/1.4 and 50/1.2 would a be appropriate "original" 50s on the P.
There are a number of age-appropriate 35s, including the 1.8, 1.5 and 2.8.

The chrome and black version of the 100/3.5 is probably the best bet/most common for the 100mm focal length.

Recommend that you check out the Canon museum for determining lenses available at the time that the P was released (March 1959). Needless to say, there were quite a lenses available in the focal lengths you mentioned.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/s/19-35.html

happy hunting

 

[januaryman]

Mine has a 50/1.4 on it that I won't take off. Great lens. My "new" Canon P has a 50/1.8 that was only in so so shape and the entire kit is spending time over Mark Hama's place in GA for a CLA.

 

[crawdiddy]

The 50mm f/1.2 looks great on the P. Looks as if it belongs there.

 

[gliderbee]

Thanks all for your help !

What, in your opinion, is the "right" style of the two lenses shown ? I _think_ the second one is more Canon 7-style, so the first one would be Canon P-style ..

Stefan.

 

[raid]

The chrome 50/1.8 would be a good "representative" 50mm lens for the Canon P.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The chrome lens preceded the Canon P. Personally, I like it much better than the black one. It is more solidly made.

 

[dberger]

A range of Canon 50's were available at the time: f1.2, f1.4, f1.8, and f2.8. The "appropriate" f1.8 and f2.8 lenses will have black barrels, like the f1.8 you show in the picture (there are older chrome f1.8's and art-deco-like black/chrome f2.8's). All f1.2 and f1.4 50's have black barrels. Canon also made a handful of 50mm f2.2 lenses at the time, but you probably will never see one. Of course, Canon had a wide range of focal lengths available at the time.

Don't limit yourself, though. For fun, try one of the off-brand lenses, like a Nikkor, Elmar, Rokkor, Summitar, or Summicron, just to name a few.

Cheers,

David

 

[gliderbee]

The "appropriate" f1.8 and f2.8 lenses will have black barrels, like the f1.8 you show in the picture (there are older chrome f1.8's and art-deco-like black/chrome f2.8's).

Don't limit yourself, though. For fun, try one of the off-brand lenses, like a Nikkor, Elmar, Rokkor, Summitar, or Summicron, just to name a few.

O, I will indeed not limit myself: I have a black barrel 1.8, like the top one in the picture, and a full chrome serenar 1.8 on my IVSB2. Furthermore, I have quite some LTM-lenses to play with (CV, Industar, no Leitz (yet) though 🙂).

What I still don't know is what black barrel is the "right" one though (I like to have things just right, even if it has no practical consequences 🙂).


Stefan.

 

[Al Patterson]

I'm looking to get one of the authentic Canon ones, but I think a chrome Jupiter 8 would look neat on the P. I have an Industar now, which I'll use to test the camera on an upcoming trip.

 

[Bingley]

Judging from Peter Kitchingman's Canon lens information, the serial number on the 50/1.8 black lens in the top picture puts it in the 1959-1960 period, which would be exactly contemporaneous with the Canon P. So I'd say it is "correct" from that standpoint. It's my understanding that a lot of the Ps were sold w/ the 50/1.8 lens as "standard" equipment.
The lens info I referred to is here:

http://www.canonrangefinder.servehttp.com/index.php?page=lenses&type=standard_lenses&id=14

The black 50/1.8 is a very nice lens, but I really like shooting the P w/ the older 50/1.5.