Canon 35mm Lens
date: label: date made
content: c. 1953
name: label: maker
content: Canon, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Lens; Canon 35mm 1:5, Serial Number: 15081, Manufactured c. 1953. Used by Carl Mydans. The Canon camera company made a range of lenses in Leica screw mount fitting after World War II. These lenses (and lenses made by Nikon) gained a reputation for high quality and were used by many professional photographers including Mydans. This lens design was introduced in 1958 and competed with the Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.167.07
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.167.07
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: serial number
content: 15081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lens
label: Object Name
content: Lens
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)