Seagull 205 (~1970)

Seagull 205 (~1970)

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Características

Shanghai Seagull Camera Ltd is a Chinese camera maker located in Shanghai, China. Seagull is the oldest camera maker in China. The product line of Seagull includes TLR cameras, SLR cameras, folding cameras, CCD and SLR camera lenses, large-format cameras, film, night vision scopes, and angle viewfinders. Seagull's cameras usually use basic, time-tested mechanical designs that require no batteries. Seagull has made 21 million cameras since it was founded in 1958. Some Seagull cameras are distributed through the Lomography company.

Seagull adopted Minolta's manual focus SLR lens mount and camera design under license, and continues to produce it long after Minolta moved on to autofocus cameras.

Fonte: Wikipedia


Seagull (海鸥 = hǎi ōu = seagull) is the brand name used from 1964 by several camera factories situated in the Shanghai region, simply named Shanghai Camera Factory No.1, No. 2, No. 3, ... etc.. In the literature they are collectively referred as Shanghai Camera Factory. Perhaps they are most widely known for their fascinating Shanghai 58 rangefinder camera, based on the Leica IIIa, which evolved with some modifications borrowed from Canon and FED, and more recently the Seagull DF cameras, a manual focus 35mm SLR range. The first ones were simply copies of Minolta SR models since they were the easiest to copy. Later the cameras were produced with licence from Minolta. Some SR mount lenses of Seagull's own brand Haiou were made too.

The Seagull-4 series of TLR cameras, introduced in 1964 and distributed worldwide, is a continuation of the earlier Shanghai TLR; itself quite possibly produced using outdated Japanese tools and manufacturing equipment. These cameras are usually found with knob wind, but the Seagull 4A has lever wind. There are also a range of Seagull 35mm rangefinder models, as well as a range of Seagull folding roll film cameras typical of the immediate post war European production.

Several Seagull camera accessories are known, for example the electronic flashgun SG-100 and several accessory angle finders for SLRs.

In 1976 three of the Shanghai camera factories moved together into the new factory Shanghai General Camera Factory in Song Jiang County. The 35mm SLR series Seagull DF-... was continued there. The Seagull CL-A light meter was made in the Shanghai No. 2 Photographic Equipment Factory.

In 1999 600.000 units (cameras and lenses) could be produced per year. In 2001 Seagull planned to produce digital cameras for Kodak.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo

Esta é modelo 205, e possui o n.º de s+erie, no corpo, 31095.
A lente é uma 1:2.8, 50mm, e tem o n.º de série 122029.


Manual


Sítios de referência

Camerapedia
collection-appareils.fr
Wikipedia


Vídeos

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