Konica 35mm rangefinder camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1965
Materials
Metal, Plastic
Measurements
85 x 140 x 70 mm
Place of origin
Japan
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525651.1
Summary
Konica 35mm rangefinder camera. The whole is a Konica 35mm rangefinder camera with CdS meter cell in lens barrel. Manual or shutter-priority exposure control. Aperture scale visible on top and in viewfinder. Luminous frame finder with automatic parallax correction. Hexanon f1.8/45mm. The top of the camera has a wind control, area for the flash to be inserted and the words auto S2 and the number 1223816. The aperture screen is shown here. The bottom of the camera has an element that allows the camera to be screwed into the case fixture. There is the button to open the back of the case to insert the film. There is a red button with the word CHECK underneath. The words MADE IN JAPAN and a gold colour sticky label with JCII PASSED JMDC. The front of the camera as the lens cap and the words MADE IN JAPAN on it as well as Aperture and Depth of Field rings.