- Outline
- Specifications
Marketed | Mar 1952 |
Original Price | For export only (no Japanese price) |
Stripped-down version of the IV S with no flash synchronization, no slow shutter speeds below 1/8 sec., and no speeds faster than 1/500 sec. It was thus more affordable. About 300 units were produced. The cameras were made-to-order for Jardine Matheson Co., a British trading company which sold the cameras mainly in the Oceania market. The slow shutter speed dial hole was covered by a round metal patch covered with the same synthetic leather covering on the camera body. This round patch was made of brass with matte chrome-plating.
Type | 35mm focal-plane shutter camera |
Picture Size | 24 x 36 mm |
Normal Lens | Serenar 50mm f/3.5, 50mm f/1.8 |
Lens Mount | Universal threaded mount |
Shutter | Two-axis, horizontal-travel focal-plane shutter with cloth curtains. Single-axis rotating dial for B, 1/25, 1/40, 1/60, 1/100, 1/200, 1/500, and 1/1000 sec. |
Viewfinder | Coincidence rangefinder integrated with reversed Galilean viewfinder rotatable to set one of three magnifications. |
Film Loading & Advance |
After baseplate removal, drop-in bottom loading. Advances with camera-top knob |
Frame Counter | Manually set from 0 to 39 at base of camera-top rewind knob. Film speed indicator dial on top of rewind knob |
Film Rewind | Camera-top knob |
Dimensions & Weight |
136 x 72.2 x 31 mm, weight unknown |