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| King Regula Picca C |
The Picca range of cameras, made by King, are redesigned successors to the earlier Sprinty range. They are much lighter and streamlined due to a mostly plastic construction, and because of this they lack the solid feel of the Sprinty, and feel a bit chintzy. All models have a light meter panel on the front but only the Picca CB, CBS and CLK have functional meters; this is most likely a way to cut down on manufacturing costs with King's financial situation in the 1970s. This camera was also licensed to be made by the IOR camera company in Romania, even until 1989 after King itself had ceased trading.
The models are very similar and share these points between them: -
The shutter speeds and aperture sizes are linked like on the Sprinty range and can't be adjusted separately.
Anodized aluminium top section, and mostly plastic elsewhere including the leatherette texture on the body.
A hot shoe that can be adjusted for use with an electronic flash or flash bulbs.
The film is advanced using a metal lever on the right side of the camera with the film counter just above it, this is reset whenever the rear of the camera is opened.
Each model has a bulb mode but can only be used when a standard cable release is screwed in
All models seem to have minor variants with different focus ring designs.
Fonte: Camera-wiki.org
The Picca camera is another redesign for the King Regula range, it bears all the hallmarks of the Sprinty range but is much lighter and streamlined due to a more plastic construction; because of this it loses the more solid feeling of the previous Sprinty range. Both cameras have a light meter panel on the front but only the Picca CB has a functional meter. The Picca C and CB both have minor variants with different focus ring designs.
Fonte: Camerapedia
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Most basic of the range has a fake selenium light meter cell panel on the front. Shutter speeds are 1/30th - 1/300th + Bulb. There are variants of this called the Picca CS that doesn't have the King logo on the front, and the Regula Rotor-S which seems to be identical, probably an export version for a specific market.
Fonte: Camera-wiki.org
The construction of the camera is anodised aluminium and mostly plastic, the leatherette texture on the camera is molded plastic. It has a hot shoe that can be adjusted for use with an electronic flash or flash bulb. The film is advanced with a metal lever; this also moves the exposure counter which is located on the top right of the camera, this is reset whenever the rear of the camera is opened. This model has a fake selenium light meter cell panel on the front, this may be a purely aesthetic choice to keep the models looking consistent.
Fonte: Camerapedia
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