Canon EOS 3000 (1999)

Canon EOS 3000 (1999)

#397

This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

A compact, lightweight, low-priced SLR camera. Successor to the EOS5000, but with greatly expanded basic functions. The camera incorporates the Mode Dial and most other basic features of the EOS Kiss/EOS REBEL XS/EOS500 and includes six-zone evaluative metering linked to three focusing points. In addition, the flash is linked to the measurement point so that during shooting the flash out-put level is constantly adjusted for optimum exposure control. For reasons of cost, the flash unit is manual pop-up/retractable head type. The EOS3000 is compatible with system accessories for the Kiss and New Kiss. The high-quality design has a feel of genuine elegance.

Source: global.canon

The EOS 3000 is an autofocus SLR for 35mm film introduced by Canon in 1999. It was sold as the EOS 88 in Asia. (It was not sold in the US.) The pentamirror viewfinder and manually-activated popup flash helped keep this a lower-cost model; but a full range of autoexposure modes were included, including off-the-film flash exposure setting. Film transport is motorized and the camera requires two 3-volt CR123 lithium batteries to operate.

Source: camera-wiki.org


Specifications

Type: 35mm focal-plane shutter, multi-mode AF SLR camera
Normal Lens: Canon EF lenses
Picture Size: 24 x 36 mm (panorama image approximately 13 x 36 mm using panorama adapter PA-1000) (Japanese model only)
Lens Mount: EF mount
AF System: TTL-SIR (TTL secondary image phase differential detection). AF modes: One-shot AF, One-shot AF/Predictive AI servo AF automatic switching, and manual focus. Multi-BASIS (1+1 array). AF operating range EV1.5-18 (ISO 100). AF in-focus indicators: LCD indicator inside the viewfinder, plus in-focus beeper (tone on/off selection is available in the Creative Zone).
Shutter: Vertical travel, focal plane electronic shutter. 1/2000-30 sec. in 1/2-stop increments, Bulb. X-sync at 1/90 sec. (hot shoe). In shutter-priority AE and manual exposure control mode; electronic dial provides 1/2- stop increments shutter speed setting. In other modes: Shutter speed is set automatically by the camera. Built-in electronic self-timer. Camera-shake warning in Full Auto and IS mode.
Viewfinder: Fixed eye-level pentamirror. 0.7x Magnification and 90% coverage horizontally and vertically.
Viewfinder Information: On the screen: Center AF mark, wide AF frame, and partial metering circle. Below the screen (seven-segment LCD display): Shutter speed (with camera-shake and out-of-range warnings) and aperture. Below the screen (LCD mask indicators): AE lock, red-eye reduction, flash charge completed, flash-use warning for low-light (blinking), exposure indicators (in 1/2-stop increments), AE exposure compensation amount, manual exposure, red-eye reduction lamp progress, AF in-focus (blinks if AF fails), manual in-focus.
Exposure Compensation: Manual setting ±2 EV in 1/2-steps. Operating range EV2-20 (ISO 100, f/1.4).
External LCD Information: Aperture, ISO mark, shutter-speed (ISO film speed/battery-check (bc) indicator, battery check level), exposure indicator (in 1/2-stop increments, ±2 stops) (exposure compensation amount/metered manual/red-eye reduction lamp), film status (loaded/not loaded/AL failure), film counter (multiple exposure setting/multiple exposures count (counts down)/beeper setting/self-timer operation (count down)), self-timer, beeper, red-eye reduction, multiple exposure
Metering & Exposure Control: Composite SPC for TTL full-aperture metering (six-zone evaluative metering and partial metering :9.5% of viewfinder at center). Picture-taking modes: Intelligent program AE (program shift enabled), Shutter speed- priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Full-auto mode (intelligent AE), four Programmed Image Control modes (Portrait/Night Scene/Close-up/Sports), Auto-DEP, TTL program flash AE, A-TTL program flash AE, metered manual. AE lock enabled (button- operated). ISO film speed range: ISO 25-5000 in 1/3-stop increments, set automatically with DX code. ISO 6-6400 in 1/3-stop increments manual settings. Multiple exposures: Max nine multiple exposures (cancels automatically at completion or manually before completion). Exposure Compensation: Manual setting ±2 EV in 1/2-stop increments. Metering range: EV2-20 (ISO 100, f/1.4).
Built-in Flash: Retractable, located on pentamirror hump. TTL auto flash control. Off-the-film metering (linked to three weighted focusing points). Measurement Conditions Creative mode: Fires automatically when flash is up. Full auto/Image select mode: Fires automatically when flash is up, under low-light or backlit conditions. Flash Sync Speed Program AE: Automatically set to 1/90 sec Shutter priority AE, Manual: Set as needed at 1/90 or slower (in 1/2-stop increments). Aperture priority AE: Automatically set from 30 to 1/90 seconds Daylight sync available, red-eye reduction lamp provided (also functions as AF assist beam lamp) Guide number: 12 (ISO 100) With External Flash: External flash has priority, built-in flash operation disabled. EZ/E series strobe: A-TTL autoflash. EX series strobe, ML-3: TTL autoflash
Autodate Feature: No date; month, day, year; day, month, year; year, month day (Japan and QD models only)
Power Source: Two 3V CR123A or DL123A lithium batteries
Film Loading & Advance: Align film leader at mark, then close the camera back for prewind loading. Film rewinds as each shot is exposed. Built-in motor for automatic winding/rewinding. Film advance: Automatic. Single-frame and continuous (1 fps). Automatically rewinds film leader into cartridge when designated number of frames have been exposed (midroll rewind available).
Frame Counter: Counts down on external LCD panel (counts up during prewinding)
Dimensions & Weight: 145 x 92 x 61.9mm, 345 g (QD model: 360 g)

Source: global.canon


Model

Serial number 3716638


Reference sites

camera-wiki.org

global.canon


Manual

English manual


Batteries

2 CR123A battery

Film

Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia 100/24

Pictures taken with this machine

Canon EOS 3000 sample 1

Canon EOS 3000 sample 2

Canon EOS 3000 sample 3

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Minolta Dynax 303si (1999)

Minolta Dynax 303si (1999)

#396

This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

The Dynax 303si is a autofocus 35mm SLR film camera manufactured by Minolta and introduced in 1999. It is also known as the α-360si (Alpha 360si) as well as the Maxxum QTsi.

The electronically controlled vertical travelling focal-plane shutter has speed of 30s to 1/2000 of a sec. with a flash sync of 1/90. The program exposure mode contains 5 separate modes including portrait, landscape, clo
se-up, sport and night portrait. The metering is TTL based on a silicon photo cell with a range of 4 to 20 EV (ISO 100, f/1.4). It can use DX encoded films with speeds of 25 to 5000 ISO. Non-DX films will use the previous films ISO setting. A electronic self-timer mode is available with a delay of 10 seconds.

The film transport is motorized with film advance settings of single or a continuous drive speed of up to 1fps. Rewinding the film is automatic at the end of the roll, but a manual rewind is also possible before the end of the roll. The built-in flash has a GN of 12. Flash modes include auto, auto red eye, fill flash, fill flash red eye, and flash off. An AF illumiator is also on the flash, that enables more precise focusing in darker conditions. The camera is powered by two CR2 battery.


Source: camera-wiki.org

Specifications

General
Name Minolta Dynax 303si , α-360si (Japan), Maxxum QTsi (USA)
Mount type A-mount
Supported lenses classic, xi
Release year 1999
Status discontinued

Auto-focus
AF sensors 1 line
AF range [EV] −1 – 18
AF modes AF-A, AF-S, AF-C
AF assist light no

Features
Eye-start no
Custom functions –
Other features –

Metering
Metering modes 2 segments
Metering range [EV] (with spot) 4 – 20 (-)
Auto Exposure Lock button no
Exposure modes P
Subject programs portrait, landscape, closeup, sport, night portrait
Exposure compensation [stops] (steps [stops]) –

Flash
Flash shoe type iISO
Accessory shoe cap SC-1000
Flash modes normal, red-eye reduction, slow sync
Flash metering CW-TTL
Requires D flash unit no
Flash guide number [m]/ coverage [mm] 12/28
X-Sync speed [s] 1/90
High Speed Sync no
Wireless flash yes
Wireless x-sync speed [s] 1/45
Wireless HSS no
Ratio flash control no
Flash exposure compensation [stops] (steps [stops]) –
Studio flash socket no
Compatible with DR-1000 no

Viewfinder
Viewfinder type pentamirror
Viewfinder coverage 90%
Viewfinder magnification 0.75×
Eye relief [mm]/ from frame [mm] unknown
Screens G (default)
Diopter adjustment [diopters] -1
Eyepiece cup fixed
Viewfinder accessory compatible no

Shooting
Frame rate [fps] 1
Frame rate with AF [fps] unknown
Shutter speed (still) [s] 30 – 1/2000
Timer for Bulb exposures no
Self-timer [s] 10
Bracketing frames (stops) –
Multiple exposures –
Remote release socket –
Wireless remote release –
Release priority no
Depth of field preview no
Aperture can be changed during depth of field preview no
Silent depth of field preview no

Film features
Leader out no
ISO override no
IR safe no

Power
Batteries 2× CR2
Battery pack BP-100 (4× AA)
Vertical grip –
External power supply –

Construction and accessories
Weather sealing no
Mount material polycarbonate
Weight [g] 340
Standard accessories strap, body cap, batteries
Data saver –
Date back QD model

Source: mhohner.de


Model

Serial number 00201520


Reference sites

camera-wiki.org

mhohner.de


Manual

English manual


Batteries

2 CR2 batteries

Film


Pictures taken with this machine


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Zeiss Ikon CONTINA IIa (type 527/24) (1956-1958)

Zeiss Ikon CONTINA IIa

#395

This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

Zeiss Ikon is a German company that was formed in 1926 by the merger of four camera makers (Contessa-Nettel, Ernemann, Goerz and Ica), and an infusion of capital by Zeiss[1]. The company formed one part of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, another part being the optical company Carl Zeiss. Logically, most of the Zeiss Ikon cameras were equipped with Carl Zeiss lenses; and the formerly independent companies, in particular Goerz, had to shut down their own lens manufacture.

The merged company was also obliged to use Compur shutters for 80% of its cameras. Thus only the simplest cameras could get cheaper shutters like the Klio. Soon AG Hahn für Optik und Mechanik, Kassel, and Goerz Photochemisches Werk GmbH, Berlin, joined the Zeiss Ikon syndicate. Both companies, Zeiss Ikon and Hahn, were also in the business of producing keys, latches an lock cylinders. This business was more and more concentrated in the former optical factories of Goerz in Berlin.

The group became one of the big companies in the photo technology capital Dresden, with plants in Stuttgart and Berlin. It continued several products of its constituents for a while, but also created new ones like the quality folder Ikonta and the medium format rangefinder camera Super Ikonta. Until WWII Zeiss Ikon was the world's market leading maker of 8mm movie cameras. In addition to cameras and lenses, Zeiss Ikon also produced some optics for medical applications.

West Germany: Zeiss Ikon AG Stuttgart

After World War II Zeiss Ikon was split into a West German and an East German part. It was reformed in West Germany, and trademark disputes followed with the part that was left in East Germany. Stuttgart became the company's domicile. Zeiss Ikon merged in the mid 1960s with Voigtländer, another important German manufacturer, and one that had been controlled by the Zeiss Foundation since 1956.

The product lines of Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart were different from the East German company's products. The Ikophot light meters were made in Stuttgart.

Zeiss Ikon ceased the production of cameras in 1972. This was a great shock for the entire German camera industry. Parts of the Zeiss Ikon product line then went to Rollei, and part of the know-how was used to revive the Contax name in collaboration with the Japanese maker Yashica.

Before reunification the whole Zeiss Ikon keys, latches & locking cylinder business was separated into a separate company.

East Germany: VEB Zeiss Ikon Dresden

Postwar production, begun early in May 1945, was soon interrupted as several factories were closed for dismantling their production machines. The machines were given as reparation to Soviet camera makers that had suffered demolition during the war. The production of the sophisticated Contax rangefinder cameras was prepared in Dresden and relaunched with new machines in Jena before all the machines were transferred to the Soviet camera maker Kiev. In 1948 the East German part of Zeiss Ikon became state owned. Production and development of Ernemann projectors and movie cameras were continued from 1949. Camera production was continued in 1947 with the Tenax and the Ikonta models. Soon the company's stock of leaf shutters was running out. In 1950 it could produce its own shutters since it took over the shutter production of Balda and the shutter factory of Mimosa. In 1952 the Tempor was Zeiss Ikon's first own leaf shutter development, followed in 1954 by the Prestor, the fastest leaf shutter at this time.

In 1948 the company could introduce its advanced SLR model, the Contax S. Since there were suits about trade mark names with the West German Zeiss Ikon AG, VEB Zeiss Ikon was renamed VEB Kinowerke Dresden in 1958. Later it became the main part of the East German combine Pentacon.

After German reunification
Today Carl Zeiss is reviving the Zeiss Ikon name. The new Zeiss Ikon camera, introduced at the 2004 Photokina show, is a rangefinder camera with Leica M-mount, developed in Germany and built by Cosina in Japan. Like the Contax G1 and G2), it has lenses made in both Japan (by Cosina) and Germany.

Source: camera-wiki.org

Manufactured from 1956 to 1958, this well-made 35mm viewfinder camera was fitted with either Novicar Anastigmat or Novar Anastigmat lenses in a Prontor SVS shutter.

The camera has an uncoupled exposure meter. Early examples have a twin range meter like this one.

You can identify it as a twin-range meter because the cover flap over the meter cell has a slot machined through it. It is normally closed for bright conditions, so it lets through less light, and you read the meter on the high scale.

In lower light conditions, you open the flap to let more light act on the selenium cell, and you make your readings on the low-light scale.

Later examples like this one below, have a single range meter. The meter flap looks much the same, but is actually a cover, and blocks all the light. The meter flap must be opened to take a reading.

Source: retinarescue.com

There appears to be confusion as to the correct name of this camera, which identifies itself as simply Contina (on the lens bezel). Some sources say it's a Contina II, while others claim the model is a Contina IIa.

Ivor Matanle's book Collecting and Using Classic Cameras, explains that the camera is often referred to as the IIa, with the a having been added by camera buffs to differentiate this (527/24) model from an earlier folding (524/24) camera also called the Contina II. Ivor's observation is incorrect, because there were actually two 527/24 models - the II and IIa - and while their differences are acknowledged, reviewers often assume the IIa was a later version of the II, rather than a different model.

The facts are, the IIa was the first model, and Zeiss (not collectors) added an a to the name to distinguish the camera from the 524/24 folding Contina II. The 527/24 Contina II followed the IIa in 1956, with some logic to Zeiss dropping the a from its name, because production of the 524/24 folding Contina II had ceased in 1953. The II and IIa had quite a few significant differences.

Contina IIa (527/24)
1954 - 56

Look for

• small slots in meter cell flap

• dual range meter with scoop cut from outer meter dial, which reveals a scale (green for flap closed, and black for flap open)

• EV number scale in meter window

• lens mount front plate has very shallow horizontal grooves

• smaller viewfinder window with no frame around.

Contina II (527/24)

1956 - 58

Look for

• no slots in meter cell flap (its just a cover)

• single range meter

• no scale in meter window because its a match-needle system rather than a pointer

• lens mount front plate is smooth

• larger viewfinder window with surrounding frame.

There was a further Contina II from 1958, but this was also known as the Contina-matic, had a coupled exposure meter, and therefore no top-plate dials. It's clearly a different camera, and I haven't included details because the point of this table is to show the a designation pertains to one specific model.

This Contina II is a completely manual viewfinder camera and was fitted with either an f/3.5 Novar or f/2.8 Novicar Anastigmat 45mm lens with a Prontor SVS shutter. My understanding is that Novar and Novicar were names owned by Zeiss, but the lenses were not actually made by the company. My camera has the faster f/2.8 lens.

The camera has an uncoupled exposure meter. It works like a hand-held; turn the dial to match the needles, and read off the recommended aperture / shutter speed combinations for transfer to the camera lens settings.

A nice feature is that the rewind knob extends away from the camera body as it is turned - making it easier to operate.

One source reports that the camera cost £43 15s 1d new, which would be equivalent to about 3 weeks average UK wages.

Source: camera.portraits.srv2.com

Specifications

Viewfinder: Simple. No parallax markings. Image about 2/3rds of natural size.

Focus: Manual scale focusing.

Lens: Novicar Anastigmat f2.8 45mm comprising 3 elements.

Close Focus: 4'.

Diaphragm: Five blades, stopping down to f/22.

Shutter: B, 1, 1/2nd, 1/4th, 1/8th, 1/15th, 1/30th, 1/60th, 1/125th and 1/300th. The shutter can be set at M or X synch. Prontor SVS five-blade leaf shutter.

Cable Release: Standard socket in shutter release button.

Meter: Uncoupled Selenium.

Exposure: Manual, read from meter scale.

Film Speed: From ASA 5 - 640.

Filter Size: 27mm screw in.

Flash: Cold shoe and PC terminal. M and X sync.

Film Advance: Long stroke lever.

Frame Counter: Set manually with auto count-up.

Rewind: Via crank and separate bottom release button.

Back Opening: Lever.

Size: 120 x 65 x 85mm (W x D x H),

Weight: 567g,

Source: camera.portraits.srv2.com


Model

Mine is, according to the first source, a IIa. But it's a model II according to the second source.
It as the serial nunmber K64395.


Reference sites

camera.portraits.srv2.com

camera-wiki.org

retinarescue.com


Manual

English manual


Film


Pictures taken with this machine


Videos

Polaroid EE33 (1976-1977)

Polaroid EE33 (1976-1977)

#394

This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 


Source:

Specifications

Name : EE33
Brand : Polaroid®
Type : Type 80 film
Production years : 1976-1977
Lens : N/C
Shutter : N/C
Speeds : N/C
Aperture : f/9.2
Type of focus : N/C
ISO : N/C
Rarity : N/C
Description : N/C

Source: polaroid-passion


Model


Reference sites

polaroid-passion


Manual


Film

Polaroid Type 80 film

Pictures taken with this machine


Videos

Porst Compact Reflex SP (1976)

Porst Compact Reflex SP (1976)

#393

This photo is from the copy I own

Gently donated by Mrs Isabel Alber. Thank you!

History and technical features 

Photo Porst was a German distributor and retailer of many brands of cameras. It was founded in 1919 by Hanns Porst in Nuremberg, Germany. For many years Porst bought cameras from other manufacturers, among them Adox, Agfa, Balda, Braun, Dacora, and Franka, and rebadged them. In the early years, from the 1930s to the end of the 1950s, it used the Hapo brand, an acronym of Hans Porst. Later on, the house brand cameras appeared under the PORST name, e.g. PORST compact reflex or PORST 135 BS. In the 1970s the house-brand Carena was added. A lot of these later house-brand cameras were produced by Cosina, but also by Balda, Franka, Fuji, Mamiya, Taron, and Yashica.

By 1996, the Porst chain of camera stores was Germany's largest photographic retailer, and in that year it was purchased by a Belgian investment group. In 2001, ownership was transferred to Pixelnet. The following year, the company became insolvent and the rights to the name Porst were sold to the German group Ringfoto.

Source: camera-wiki.org


Specifications

Porst Compact Reflex SP, also known as the Cosina CSR, 1976. Electronic-shutter M42 mount 35mm SLR.

Source: flickr.com


Model

Seral number 7833172


Reference sites

camera-wiki.org

flickr.com

Manual

Cosina CSR manual in english


Batteries

2 LR44 batteries

Film

Fujicolor Superia 100/36

Pictures taken with this machine

Porst Compact Reflex SP sample 1

Porst Compact Reflex SP sample 2

Porst Compact Reflex SP sample 3

Videos