I need help ID'ing a vintage Canon accessory

[Nathaniel S.]

I've looked all over the place online, in Canon booklets/instructions, and in the Canon Compendium by Bob Shell. I can't find any information about what this thing is. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My hope is that it is a useless rangefinder accessory worth thousands of dollars.

 

[Derrel]

pretty sure it is a tripod spacer....designed to add height between the camera's baseplate and the top of a tripod foot or plate.

Sorry.. a useless rangefinder accessory worth thousands of dollars.
a useless rangefinder accessory worth thousands of dollars.

 

[Fujidave]

Derrel is right, it is a Canon 35mm f2.8 S.S.C TS Tilt Shift lens tripod spacer.

 

[Jeff1548 48]

I agree with Derrel.............

 

[Derrel]

Well, there you go this device was expressly designed for use with the 35mm tilt shift lens, some decades ago.

 

[Nathaniel S.]

pretty sure your dreams of new mirrorless cameras dies in this thread.

Derrel is right, you've got a nice paper weight.

Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Original katomi]

Like others I will go with spacer on the bases that I sometimes could use something like that when using a long len with a tripod collar in some cases I have to use the tripod head in reverse otherwise the camera gets in the way.