Canon Dial

aniramca · Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Posts: 66 Location: Canada

I recall that my uncle used a Canon Dial camera in the late 1960s. I wonder if such a camera are still in the used market. I don't think that I saw it being discussed or sold on e-bay. Is it a rare Camera. It is a half frame camera, with the negative is half of the 35mm negative camera.
Would anyone who owns one, and still in working order make comments about this camera?

Is it a forgotten camera? Was it an unsuccesful camera? My uncle told me that it was a good camera.

Minolfan · Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 3439 Location: Netherlands

Canon Dial was a good halfframe camera. Sometimes they come up on Ebay.
When film was expensive the double number of frames could be attractive. The camera was small, but larger and heavier then later FF models. Selenium meters are often stuck or unreliable now.
But halfframe is not very populair in todays filmusers world, may be except for the simple and small Olympus Pen.