Cosina Hi-Lite 205

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The Hi-Lite 205 is one of a large number of SLR models for 35mm film from Cosina accepting 42mm screw lenses. Stop down exposure metering is activated with a switch on the side of

While similar to the preceding Hi-Lite DLR, this model gains a hot shoe, but loses the film-reminder ring around the rewind crank. Compared to its sibling the Hi-Lite 202, it adds a battery-check button and a locking collar around the shutter release.

By this point in Cosina's history it is likely that more units of the Hi-Lite 205 were sold rebadged under other brands than as Cosina models. This appears to be the model sold as the Vivitar 250/SL by Ponder & Best.

Links

• A Spanish sale listing (archived via the [ Wayback Machine]) shows several views of the Hi-Lite 205
• Online manual (PDF) for the Vivitar-rebadged models 220/SL and 250/SL, from Mike Butkus' [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com}