Film Cameras

35mm Focal-Plane Shutter Camera

II A

II A

II A

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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