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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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| image by Adriana Füchter (Image rights) |
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| Porst SE18 image by Jörg Krüger (Image rights) |
Links
- Amica Eyelux manual (PDF) at Mike Butkus's OrphanCameras.com
- Amica Eyelux at James Ollinger's
- CdS and selenium-cell Amica Eyeluxes advertised, in the March, 1966, Popular Photography (Vol. 58, No. 3; page 14).
