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The Canon 7 was a rangefinder camera, the last to be interchangeable with the Leica M 39 lens mount. The lens mount was made in such a way that the Canon 50mm / 1: 0.95 lens fitted it perfectly despite the Leica M39 mount. The 7 was introduced in 1961, fitted with an integrated selenium exposure metering cell. It was presented while the first Canon SLR cameras were already on the market; the idea was that it was felt that there was a need for a fast viewfinder camera for documentary photography. In that setup, the Canon 7 was a direct competitor to the Leica M3. Some of these cameras were sold in the U.S. sold under the Bell & Howell brand; the Canon / Bell & Howell collaboration lasted until 1975.
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