Konica C35 AF2 (1980)

Konica C35 AF2 (1980)

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Características

The Konica C35 AF (nicknamed "Jasupin") is a milestone camera in that it was the world's first production autofocus camera. Launched in November 1977, it used the "Visitronic" AF system developed and produced by Honeywell (see below for description). This was a "passive" rather than the subsequently more popular "active" system (which Canon utilized in the AF35M eighteen months after the C35 AF). Konica is said to have sold one million units. In 1980, the C35 AF was superseded by the C35 AF2 with some cosmetic differences.

Some years after the launch of these Konicas, the Belarusian Belomo factory in Minsk output an autofocus camera that owed a huge debt to them. It was called the Elikon Autofocus, but has only been seen with Cyrillic lettering.

The Honeywell AF system

"Designed by Honeywell for 35 mm cameras (visible light), uses a separate set of detectors and charge coupled devices along with a microprocessor to effect automatic focus. A correlation is performed between sets of detectors utilizing two different, widely separated small areas of the aperture. The technique is based, as in optical rangefinders, on the angular difference between separate receivers in superimposing the same scene. This technique effectively determines not only whether the system is out of focus, but the amount and direction of lens movement required to achieve optimum focus."

"Electronic Focus for Cameras", by N. Stauffer and D. Wilwerding March, Scientific Honeyweller, Volume 3, No. 1 March 1982

Fonte: camerapedia


Especificações

35mm Autofocus & Auto exposure compact camera
Lens: Hexanon 38mm f/2.8, 4 elements in 3 groups
Shutter: Programmed Leaf shutter with 3 speeds - 1/60s, 1/125s & 1/250s
Exposure: Fully automatic - 25-400ASA
Meter: CdS
Sensitivity: EV 9 - EV 17 with 100 asa film
Viewfinder: Bright Line 0.41 Magnification
Indication: Underexposure warning light, Parallax Correction Mark, Focus measuring square
Flash: GN14 - Exposure determined by range measured by autofocus
Film Winding: Manual - Lever wind + rewind crank
Features: Lens cap obscures viewfinder to prevent errors!
Dimensions: 132x76x54mm
Weight: 375 grams

Fonte: camerapedia


Modelo

A minha tem o n.º de série 217329


Sítios de referência

camerapedia


Manual

Manual em inglês


Baterias

2 AA batteries

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