If youve followed my blog youll have seen me mention this ground breaking but now relatively obscure 70s compact. The konica c35 is a classic rangefinder thats very handy, despite its autoonly exposure control. The konica c35 ef was the worlds first compact camera with builtin flash. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you. The bizhub c35 is just the right size to be placed within arms reach for increased business efficiency. This is a free tool in experimental phase, please keep me posted about bugs. The most obvious feature of the olympus 35rc is its size. It is still compact smaller than the c35 ef, but has a 115 to 1500 sec shutter plus b, shutter priority automation with manual override and a rangefinder.
This is a large viewfinder camera made by konica in 1978. This was the worlds first commercially produced auto focus camera. The c35 series inspired other japanese cameras such as the ricoh 500gx and olympus 35ed. Check out my entire konica c35 automatic gallery here. Konica minolta digital camera instruction manual freedom zoom 140, 160, riva zoom 140, 160. It has a builtin flash and a fiveelement konica hexanon 35mm f2. There are a number of sites that list the full specs and history of the konica c35 efp see here and here so i wont cover that in great detail. Fully manual operation is a feature only thought to exist with larger rangefinders such as the olympus 35 sp, but the konica has a hidden feature, not listed in the manual.
Introduced in 1975, the 35rd was to be final, oldschool, compact 35mm rangefinder from olympus which would allow for a. It is said, that its the smallest rangefinder with full manual control. Black and white or color, your fullframe 35mm olympus 35rc will let you enjoy perfect photo graphy with every click of the shutter. Tiff, jpeg, xps and pdf as well as compact and encrypted pdf. They are amazed the the sharpness that the c35 can produce. The bizhub c35 is an a4 colour multifunctional device with the performance and productivity similar to most a3 colour multifunctional devices in a compact a4 unit.
When i first read about it after seeing it on dan ks twitter avatar, i was dead set on getting one. It has the classic styling shared with the konica pop, and several of the halina cameras of the same era, but it is bigger and clunkier than the pop. Web browsers can handle pdf display, but a dedicated viewer like adobe acrobat reader will do a better job of displaying two pages simultaneously as the book was designed to be viewed. Japan film type 5 35mm picture size 24mm x 36mm weight 24oz 680. View and download olympus 35rc instructions manual online. Find a cheap nonauto flash and you can set guide numbers on lens for focuslinked automatic flash exposure. Olympus 35 ecr with k2 yellow filter and kodak bw400cn. I usually go there looking for manuals for my cameras, but mike has also assembled a great collection of period catalogs. The olympus 35 rc was a very small 35mm film camera. You can print, zoom or read any diagram, picture or page from this field service manual. Olympus 35rc original instruction manual paperback january 1, 1976 5. The olympus 35 rc was the smallest camera of the olympus 35 rangefinder family and built from 1970 1979. The canonet is so dear to me that i cant see myself shooting the c35 very often.
The sun never sets with a konica c35 ef lomography. The more evolved olympus 35 rd is a higherspecd progression from the olympus 35rc. Now you can add multiple images for cameras in your collectioninventory. The konica c35 ef is a happy little zone focus camera from 1975.
Jan 19, 2016 the pdf file of the book is viewable on any device, though big screens are going to be a better choice. Samsung camera nx210 english user manual free ebook download as pdf file. The konica auto s2 is a large and slightly fiddly 35mm rangefinder camera with a nice feature set and a really stellar lens. The sun never sets with a konica c35 ef 9 24 share tweet. And you can read your shutter and aperture settin5 in the viewfinder. This manual is in the pdf format and have detailed diagrams, pictures and full procedures to diagnose and repair your konica minolta bizhub. It was the model that replaced the olympus 35 sp which is a little bigger in size, with the excelent 40mm f1.
From the file menu, click read, and then select konica minolta bizhub c35 twain ver. Unlike the konica c35 and cheaper rivals like the chinon 35ee there is little info in the viewfinder. Urbanrural decay in the texas panhandle with ektar 25 film by andrew morang. On either automatic or manual, the double coupled gives you sharp, crisp, pictures. Not only does it perform magnificently, its possibly the smallest 35mm rangefinder camera ever made with auto and manual exposure settings. The olympus 35rc is a 35 mm rangefinder camera manufactured by olympus in japan in the 1970s. This little guy is just about the same as the c35 automatic version, which it predates. Konica minolta bizhub c35 field service manual any. When i first purchased this camera at the best camera deal ever i thought i had finally found the elusive konica c35 af from 1977. If you are willing to sacrifice compactness consider the konica auto s2 or s1. With the olympus 35 rc, you have the basics of 35 mm photography in the palm of your hand. Jun 05, 2016 the konica c35 efp is apparently one of the first cameras to come with a built in flash, powered by 2 aa batteries. Every chapter on this manual is fully detailed and contain all the.
See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The konica c35 ef3 is an automatic exposure, zone focus camera with four settings for distance. Price new from used from paperback, 1976 please retry. If program automation is more to your liking then consider the canonet 28, konica c35, or minolta himatic e or f. It is a much simpler affair than its more illustrious siblings with just fully automatic metering but this puts it firmly in the konica c35 class. A sort after old 1970s rangefinder with a maximum shutter speed of 1500 second. Sliding a flash or coldshoe tripod mount, or a folded piece of cardboard into the hotshoe provides metered manual control. A true classic among 1970s fixedlens rangefinder cameras, the 35rc is a traditionally built metal bodied 35mm rangefinder, with the superb fit and finish that were a hallmark of olympus cameras before the predominance of plastics and electronics became the norm. Camera catalogs one of the great on line resources for those of us who are passionate about old film cameras is the orphan cameras web site maintained by mike butkus. Not bad for five bucks, but hold on this was a crappy scan from print film. Konica c35 ef or olympus trip for an everyday camera. Jun 01, 2008 also the very compact olympus xa with its aperture priority automation. In the us at least, the olympus rc is common on the used camera market, and cheap. Samsung camera nx210 english user manual shutter speed.
Olympus 35 rc smallest 35 rangefinder ever with ae exposure and manual override. The aa batteries are for the flash and px675 is for the meter in the back. Back in 1978 the olympus 35 rc sold in australia for s187. My olympus trip 35s finder doesnt black out at the instant of exposure like an slr, and its f2. The konica c35 ef3d is a variant model with a databack, which was released several months later than the original ef3. It claimed to be the smallest 35 mm rangefinder with automatic exposure control and manual override. The konica c 35 is the natural progression of the konica auto s of 1963. That would have been the first auto focus camera, ever. It uses the visitronic passive autofocus system invented by honeywell, which detects contrast inside the autofocus frame to achieve optimum focusto put it simply. Olympus xa rangefinder 35mm compact film camera f2. The konica c35 af2 is the successor to the original c35 af, historys first production autofocus camera. The olympus 35rc seems like a trivial little rangefinder camera, however its an astoundingly great performer. A group for users of the original konica c35 and the variations as noted. The konica c35 fd is a compact, easytouse rangefinder camera from japan.
The purpose of the rd was to replace the well regarded 35sp in the olympus line up. I like it better than the olympus 35rc, but not as much as my canonet ql17 giii. Konica minolta bizhub c35 user manual pdf download. I have the 35rc model had it for a while, but never got around to trying it out. Although the camera is smaller than the olympus trip 35, it is slightly heavier. Konica has a really cool fill flash system with that combo. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Konica minolta free user guide, instruction manual and.
Heaven only knows how good the olympus trip 35 is with drum scanned fuji velvia slide film. The reason why this compact is so important is obvious by the name. Select the login as the registered user radio button and enter the user name and the 8to64digit user password. User flexibility is enhanced with the clever scan to usb and usb direct print features that enable timesaving direct scanning from the bizhub c35 to the usb stick as well as direct printing from the stick, both without any detour via the pc. Now about the c35 ef prior to the ef, konica also made the c35 and c35 automatic. Olympus 35 rc rangefinder camera department of physics. By the mid 70s konica had established a knack of making classic 35mm compacts. I was at the time though deep in the depths of an obsession that hasnt quite left me with fully automated cameras. On a good day you can pick up a fullyworking c35 for anywhere from five to twenty bucks, although really clean, filmtested ones sometimes bring more. It has a 38mm fixed focus f4 hexanon lens with 4 elements in 3 groups. There is a small button on the barrel that you should press if using the flash close up to shade the lens from any flare.