Aires 35

The Aires 35 is a leaf-shutter rangefinder camera made by Aires.

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 f/2.4
• Aires 35 IIIC f/1.9
• Aires 35 IIIS
• Aires 35 IIISA
• Aires 35 V

Links

General links

In English:

• Aires Viceroy and Aires 35 V in Nekosan's website

In English and in Italian:

• Aires camera survey by Massimo Bertacchi

In French:

• Aires 35 III at www.collection-appareils.com by Sylvain Halgand
• Aires 35 IIIL from Collection G. Even

In Japanese:

• Aires 35 IIIC in Gillman's blog (with photos)
• Aires 35 IIIC from Puppy's Island
• Aires 35 II and Aires 35 III at Asacame (short texts and pictures)
• 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)
• Aires 35, Aires 35 II, Aires 35 IIIC, Aires 35 V in the AJCC website

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):
  • Aires 35 IIA
  • Aires 35 IIIS
• H. Arai's camera repair pages (text and pictures):
  • Aires 35 I
  • Aires 35 II and 35 IIA
  • Aires 35 IIIC
• Aires 35 III repair page at the Handmade and Classic Camera site

Original documents

In English:

• Materials at butkus.org's Orphan Cameras:
  • Aires 35 V manual
  • Aires 35 III manual and sales booklet (PDF)
• Aires 35 IIIC manual in English at www.collection-appareils.com by Sylvain Halgand

In Japanese:

• 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