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Canon IV SB2

July 1954 - July 1956

​Production: 16800 units
Serial numbers: 122490 - 229000

​First Canon model to have a synchro X rapid. In fact, there are two positions “X” on this model. A new position X “rapid” with 1/45, located on the serrated roller fast speeds on the HOOD, between the 1/30-1 and 1/60 speeds. Second position X is located on the serrated roller slow speeds, between the 1/15 and the 1/30 is, in fact, a slow speed, related with a synchroM (or F).

© Image from Canon Camera Museum

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