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Canon 7s and 7sZ

Canon · LTM + Canon 7 bayonet mount · 24×36mm on 35mm film · 1965

Also known as: Canon 7s · Canon 7S · Canon 7-s · Canon 7sZ · Canon 7SZ · Canon 7s Z · Canon Model 7s

Variants & identification

Variant Mount Years Serial ranges Production
7s LTM 1965–1967 — About 16,000 (camera-wiki)
7sZ LTM 1967–1968 — About 4,000 (camera-wiki)
How to tell them apart (expand)
  • A round CdS eye and an accessory shoe — the 7 has a wide selenium window and no shoe
  • 7sZ: the adjustment port above the second 'n', the bigger rewind knob

7s:

  • Marketed April 1965, 88,000 yen (w/50mm f/0.95), 64,000 yen (w/50mm f/1.2), 49,500 yen (w/50mm f/1.4), 44,500 yen (w/50mm f/1.8) · 875 g · 140 × 81 × 31 mm
  • CdS meter with a small round eye; accessory shoe restored; back safety lock; tripod socket moved

7sZ:

  • Marketed April 1965, 88,000 yen (w/50mm f/0.95), 64,000 yen (w/50mm f/1.2), 49,500 yen (w/50mm f/1.4), 44,500 yen (w/50mm f/1.8) · 875 g · 140 × 81 × 31 mm
  • Rangefinder adjustment port moved to the top left, above the second 'n' of 'Canon 7s'; clearer finder with fewer ghost images; larger rewind knob that no longer sinks into the top plate (camera-wiki)

Specifications

Format
24×36mm on 35mm film
Finder
As the 7: combined rangefinder and universal-mark finder, 0.8×, four projected frames 35/50/85–100/135, automatic parallax correction, 47.2 mm effective base · 0.8× magnification · automatic parallax correction
Effective baselength
47.2 mm
Shutter
Horizontal metal-curtain focal-plane, single non-rotating dial · X, T, B, 1–1/1000 on one dial · flash sync FP and X at 1/60; bayonet terminal · self-timer
Film advance
Single-stroke lever on top
Back
Hinged, swings open, with safety lock
Meter
Built-in CdS cell, battery-powered, coupled to the speed dial, two ranges (EV 6–13 and 12–19 at ISO 100); 400 ASA maximum
Weight
875 g
Dimensions
140 × 81 × 31 mm
Country
Japan
Original price
88,000 yen (w/50mm f/0.95), 64,000 yen (w/50mm f/1.2), 49,500 yen (w/50mm f/1.4), 44,500 yen (w/50mm f/1.8) (April 1965, Canon Camera Museum) (today ¥393,000)

What reviewers say

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History

April 1965, when Canon already sold seven SLRs including the TTL-metering Pellix: the 7 with a battery-powered CdS meter in place of the selenium cell — a small round eye instead of the wide window — the accessory shoe the 7 lacked, a back safety lock and a repositioned tripod socket. ¥49,500 with the 50mm f/1.4, ¥88,000 with the f/0.95. The museum calls it the last of a thirty-two-year line of luxury rangefinders that began with the Hansa Canon.

The 7sZ of 1967, made until September 1968, is not marked as such: camera-wiki identifies it by the rangefinder adjustment port moved to the top left above the second n of the name, a clearer finder with fewer ghosts, and a larger rewind knob. About 16,000 7s and 4,000 7sZ were made; the meter is limited to 400 ASA, and a working one is the thing to check.

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This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.

Photographs

Canon 7s and 7sZ
Canon 7sZ — s58y, via Openverse (flickr) (BY 2.0)

Live listings

Asking price, USD: a median of $500 across 20 fixed-price listings on 2026-09-11 (middle half $400–$700). Tracked since 2026-09-09, 2 days: down 9% from $550.

By day
DateMedianMiddle halfListings
2026-09-11$500$400–$70020
2026-09-09$550$450–$70022

Asking prices from the listings scanned, not sales; junk-flagged rows and auction lots excluded; other currencies are not converted.

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Related: Canon 7

Lenses for this body: Canon 19mm f/3.5 · Canon 25mm f/3.5 · Canon 28mm f/2.8 · Canon 28mm f/3.5 · Canon 35mm f/1.5 · Canon 35mm f/1.8 · Canon 35mm f/2 · Canon 35mm f/2.8 · Serenar 35mm f/3.2 · Serenar 35mm f/3.5 · Canon 50mm f/0.95 · Canon 50mm f/1.2 · Canon 50mm f/1.4 · Canon 50mm f/1.5 · Canon 50mm f/1.8 · Serenar 50mm f/1.9 · Serenar 50mm f/2 · Canon 50mm f/2.2 · Canon 50mm f/2.8 · Serenar 50mm f/3.5 · Canon 85mm f/1.5 · Canon 85mm f/1.8 · Canon 85mm f/1.9 · Serenar 85mm f/2 · Canon 100mm f/2 · Canon 100mm f/3.5 · Serenar 100mm f/4 · Canon 135mm f/3.5 · Serenar 135mm f/4 · Canon M135mm f/2.5 · Canon 200mm f/3.5 · Canon 300mm f/4 · Canon 400mm f/4.5 · Canon 600mm f/5.6 · Canon 800mm f/8 · Canon 1000mm f/11

Sources (3)

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