Serenar??

[Lx3ChuA]

Didnt hear much of this lens... Is it in anyway inferior to other japanese model?


Any bros/sis can share some light on this? thanks...

 

[gommy]

Didnt hear much of this lens... Is it in anyway inferior to other japanese model?


Any bros/sis can share some light on this? thanks...

Earlier Canon are named Serena. Canon guru, benny, should be able to help.

 

[Lx3ChuA]

Earlier Canon are named Serena. Canon guru, benny, should be able to help.

Thxs bro, will wait for the Canon guru...

 

[benny]

No guru. Goondoo.

Canon used to be called Seki Kogaku (Precision Optical) in the begining of 1930s and made mostly cameras. Lenses were from Nippon Kogaku (Nikkor). When they started to introduce their own lenses in 1941, the lenses were branded as Serenar (which means clear and calm). This sub branding continued till the post war period and in 1953, Canon unified all branding/markings under the "Canon" brand.

If you are holding two identical type lenses with both the Canon and the Serenar markings (e.g. 50mm f/1.5), it just means that the Serenar one is pre 1953 and the Canon one is from 1953. Other than the branding, the is usually no performance/quality difference between the lenses. However, these being vintage lenses, image quality between different copies of the same lens will vary due to many factors, as such, don't write off these oldies before you bring out their true potential.

Have fun with your 1952 Serenar f/1.8 50mm!

Cheers,

 

[wongsan]

GURU:thumbsup:

No guru. Goondoo.

Canon used to be called Seki Kogaku (Precision Optical) in the begining of 1930s and made mostly cameras. Lenses were from Nippon Kogaku (Nikkor). When they started to introduce their own lenses in 1941, the lenses were branded as Serenar (which means clear and calm). This sub branding continued till the post war period and in 1953, Canon unified all branding/markings under the "Canon" brand.

If you are holding two identical type lenses with both the Canon and the Serenar markings (e.g. 50mm f/1.5), it just means that the Serenar one is pre 1953 and the Canon one is from 1953. Other than the branding, the is usually no performance/quality difference between the lenses. However, these being vintage lenses, image quality between different copies of the same lens will vary due to many factors, as such, don't write off these oldies before you bring out their true potential.

Have fun with your 1952 Serenar f/1.8 50mm!

Cheers,

 

[gommy]

No guru. Goondoo.

Canon used to be called Seki Kogaku (Precision Optical) in the begining of 1930s and made mostly cameras. Lenses were from Nippon Kogaku (Nikkor). When they started to introduce their own lenses in 1941, the lenses were branded as Serenar (which means clear and calm). This sub branding continued till the post war period and in 1953, Canon unified all branding/markings under the "Canon" brand.

If you are holding two identical type lenses with both the Canon and the Serenar markings (e.g. 50mm f/1.5), it just means that the Serenar one is pre 1953 and the Canon one is from 1953. Other than the branding, the is usually no performance/quality difference between the lenses. However, these being vintage lenses, image quality between different copies of the same lens will vary due to many factors, as such, don't write off these oldies before you bring out their true potential.

Have fun with your 1952 Serenar f/1.8 50mm!

Cheers,

Canon Historian!!:thumbsup:

 

[Lx3ChuA]

Wow thanks for the explaination... :thumbsup:

photo to share taken with this lens..

 

[limwhow]

Wow thanks for the explaination... :thumbsup:

photo to share taken with this lens..

:faint: ....!

 

[Leika]

No guru. Goondoo.

Canon used to be called Seki Kogaku (Precision Optical) in the begining of 1930s and made mostly cameras. Lenses were from Nippon Kogaku (Nikkor). When they started to introduce their own lenses in 1941, the lenses were branded as Serenar (which means clear and calm). This sub branding continued till the post war period and in 1953, Canon unified all branding/markings under the "Canon" brand.

If you are holding two identical type lenses with both the Canon and the Serenar markings (e.g. 50mm f/1.5), it just means that the Serenar one is pre 1953 and the Canon one is from 1953. Other than the branding, the is usually no performance/quality difference between the lenses. However, these being vintage lenses, image quality between different copies of the same lens will vary due to many factors, as such, don't write off these oldies before you bring out their true potential.

Have fun with your 1952 Serenar f/1.8 50mm!

Cheers,

Benny, you should write a book!