Aires 35
Aires 35IIIL by Alex Gee (Image rights) |
The Aires 35 series of rangefinder cameras were made by Aires from 1954 through 1959.
Aires 35IIIC by J. Hopper (Image rights) |
Models
Here are the models, in approximately chronological order:
- Aires 35
- Aires 35 II
- Aires 35 III
- Aires 35 IIA
- Aires 35 IIIA
- Aires 35 IIIL
- Aires 35 IIIB
- Aires 35 IIIC f2.4/45mm
- Aires 35 IIIC f1.9/45mm
- Aires 35 IIIS
- Aires 35 V with Coral f3.2/35mm, f1.5/45mm, f1.9/45mm and f3.5/100mm interchangeable lenses
- Aires 35 IIISA
Links
General links
In English:
In English and in Italian:
- Aires camera survey by Massimo Bertacchi
In French:
- Various models at www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand:
- Aires 35 IIIL from Collection G. Even
In Japanese:
- Aires 35, Aires 35 II, Aires 35 IIIC, Aires 35 V in the AJCC website
- Aires 35 I at Itō Sadanobu's camera collection
- Aires 35 II and Aires 35 III at Asacame (short texts and pictures)
- Aires 35 II and more pictures in Miyazawa Noriyuki's camera site
- Aires 35 IIIC in Gillman's blog (with photos)
- Aires 35 IIIC from Puppy's Island
- Aires 35 IIIC and Aires 35 V at Kinkonkan (text and pictures)
- Aires 35 IIIC at Kamera to asobu heya (text, pictures and sample photos)
Repair notes
In English:
- Aires 35 IIIL: shutter removal, rangefinder and focus adjustment notes, at Daniel Mitchell's camera site
In Japanese:
- Takasaki Motohiro's repair/maintenance pages (text and pictures):
- H. Arai's camera repair pages (text and pictures):
- Aires 35 III repair page at the Handmade and Classic Camera site
Original documents
In English:
- Materials at butkus.org's Orphan Cameras:
- Instruction manual for the Aires 35 IIIC from mikec62.tripod.com
- Instruction manual for the Aires 35 IIIC in the instruction manual section of www.collection-appareils.fr
In Japanese:
- Advertisement for the Aires 35 and Airesflex dated 1954, reproduced in Shashin-Bako
- Aires 35 IIIB advertisement published in the September 1957 issue of Nihon Camera, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page of old Japanese advertisements by Toshio Inamura