A large parcel came in today - with Canons first ever SLR. The Canonflex R is a very well made professional SLR with an exchangeable viewfinder. The camera was introduced in May 1959, competing with the legendary Nikon F and - to lesser extent - the Konica F as well as the Praktina (not to be confursed with the Praktica). Well - everyone knows the Nikon F (850'000 made), only few know the Konica F (about 1600 made), and the Canonflex F was somewhere in between (17'000 made).

Here it is ...