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Chapter 14 - Taiyodo Koki Beauty Canter 35

Taiyodo Koki Beauty Canter 35
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Points of difference between the f/1.9 and f/2.8

Taiyodo Koki Beauty Canter 35
Taiyodo Koki Beauty Canter 35
Taiyodo Koki Beauty Canter 35
Taiyodo Koki Beauty Canter box
The two different Beauty Canter focus scale dials

Focus dial distance scale markings on the f/2.8 change somewhere within the 90000 serial numbers.

First version f/2.8 Beauty Canter

Early f/2.8 with release catch on top of the rewind knob, which traps the rewind-crank- arm in its folded position (from 80000 to 118531).

f/1.9 Canter  (22 examples in a range of 3,702): 1905, 1967, 2422, 2443, 2636, 3133, 3854, 3935, 3979, 4060, 4068, 4084, 4176, 4234, 4336, 4673, 4891, 5294, 5346, 5435, 5581, 5606

f/2.8 Canter with rewind crank arm release catch:

80166, 80331, 80634, 81314, 81393, 81531, 81902, 82086, 82218, 82363, 82921, 82333, 82730, 83106, 83134, 83147, 83216, 83313, 84072, 84290, 84681, 84706, 85290, 85838, 85929, 85987, 86057, 86213, 86252, 86367, 86385, 86524, 87495, 87596, 87777, 88353, 88621, 88712, 89057, 89547, 89704, 89734, 89547, 89550, 90082, 90154, 90228, 90399, 90658, 91104, 91156, 95003, 95106, 95232, 95483, 95899, 96052, 96238, 96500, 96747, 97049, 97469, 97474, 97484, 97688, 97781, 97938, 98161, 98830, 98893, 99246, 99528, 99639, 100090, 100147, 100264, 100355, 100453, 100494, 100499, 100615, 100704, 100706, 101339, 101604, 101732, 102031, 102156, 102469, 102473, 103266, 103276, 103279, 103306, 103357, 103403, 104111, 104184, 104224, 104472, 104593, 104685, 104878, 104924, 106009, 106147, 106154, 106525, 106941, 107210, 107301, 107695, 107799, 107954, 107971, 108033, 108294, 108368, 108694, 108770, 108792, 109398, 109442, 109448, 109687, 109731, 109857, 109869, 109949, 109985, 110131, 110687, 110864, 111049, 111234, 111788, 118531 (129 examples in a range of 38,366)

f/2.8 Canter without release catch:

107301, 110697, 110984, 112046, 112100, 112749, 112780, 112791, 112805, 112925, 113086, 113314, 113387, 113565, 113776, 113795, 113851, 113936, 114071, 114284, 114400, 114579, 114761, 114764, 114867, 115258, 115389, 115879, 115888, 115945, 116038, 116415, 116509, 116510, 116613, 116854, 117040, 117105, 117118, 117241, 117300, 118269, 118442, 118795, 119032, 119051, 119244, 119259 (45 examples in a range of 11,959)

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1958 Beauty Canter 35 advertg
Beauty Canter 35 advert for Western Samoa
Beauty Canter advert from the Miami Herald

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updated 22/03/2026

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