Film Cameras

35mm Lens-Shutter Half-frame Camera

Color Demi

Color Demi

Color Demi

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Marketed October 1963
Original Price 10,800 yen, 1,000 yen (case), 300 yen (wrist strap)

The pebbled synthetic covering on the hinge-attached front and back covers came in black, blue, white, and red. Otherwise, it was the same camera as the Demi.

Type 35mm Lens Shutter zone-focusing half-frame camera
Picture Size 24 x 18 mm
Lens Canon SH28mm f/2.8 (5 elements in 3 groups)
Shutter Seiko-sha L with behind-the-lens light value program. EV 8 (f/2.8, 1/30 sec) to EV 17 (f/22, 1/250 sec.) and B. X-sync flash.
Viewfinder Kepler finder with 0.41x magnification and 90% coverage.
Focusing Lens focusing ring to match zone focusing marks. Pictographs for near (1 m), medium (3 m), and far distances (15 m). Focusing range from 0.8 m to 15 m (infinity).
Exposure
Adjustment
Selenium photocell meter with moving needle and program to determine correct exposure with the shutter speed and aperture combination. Metering range of EV 8 – 17 (at ISO 100). Film speed range of ISO 10 – 400.
Film Loading &
Advance
After opening camera back, insertion onto spool. Advances with camera-top lever. (145 single or partial strokes with extra 20 stroke)
Frame Counter Counts up. Resets automatically when camera back is opened.
Film Rewind Camera-top crank
Dimensions &
Weight
115 x 68 x 37 mm, 380 g