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This camera is also reported as sold under the names '''Boots Amica''', '''Hanimex 35 Auto-EE CDS''', '''Cavalier EE Auto 35''', '''Porst SE18''' and [[Taron Auto EE]].
 
This camera is also reported as sold under the names '''Boots Amica''', '''Hanimex 35 Auto-EE CDS''', '''Cavalier EE Auto 35''', '''Porst SE18''' and [[Taron Auto EE]].
  
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*[https://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/amica_eyelux.pdf Amica Eyelux manual] (PDF) at Mike Butkus's [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com]
 
*[http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/cameras/Amica_Eyelux.html Amica Eyelux] at [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/index.html James Ollinger's]
 
*[http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/cameras/Amica_Eyelux.html Amica Eyelux] at [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/cam-coll/index.html James Ollinger's]
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*CdS and selenium-cell [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/52617680992/in/pool-camerawiki/ Amica Eyeluxes advertised], in the March, 1966, ''Popular Photography'' (Vol. 58, No. 3; page 14).
  
 
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Latest revision as of 04:34, 13 August 2023

The Amica Eyelux is a rangefinder camera for 35mm film with built-in CdS meter. It was made by Taron for Amica International Corp. around 1966. In automatic mode the CdS meter controls the aperture automatically; there was also manual override. It has a weak viewfinder but a fast Amicor 1:1.8/45mm lens. Citzen MVE shutter, speeds are 1 sec. to 1/500 sec.

This camera is also reported as sold under the names Boots Amica, Hanimex 35 Auto-EE CDS, Cavalier EE Auto 35, Porst SE18 and Taron Auto EE.



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