Canon described it this way when it launched the camera. "A camera for the masses".



Yes. It's not luxurious, its lenses are bright, and it doesn't have any outstanding strengths. It's just not burdensome.

The biggest point was that, as the name suggests, the date can be stamped on the photo.

Considering that the act of photography was taken on a special day, not on a daily basis, as it is now, it was a very important function.

Sometimes it is said that this Canon Datematic uses the same lens as Canon's Canonet 28, which is incorrect information.

The Canonet 28 is a 40mm f/2.8 Tesa type with 4 elements in 3 groups, and the Datematic is a 40mm f/2.8 Zona type with 5 elements in 4 groups.

(Personally, I think the sonnar is a better lens.)

This Canon camera, which was made aimed at the Konica c35 series, was named Datematic, but the date is only taken until 85 years. The life cycle of the swings determined by Canon's own is more than 10 years.