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The '''Carena SX-300''' is a [[SLR]] camera body with [[Minolta]] SR-bayonet. It can be used with most of the lenses which are made for [[Minolta]]'s manual focus SLRs. On the back it is marked "Shanghai China". It's a licensed copy of Minolta's [[Minolta X-300|'''X-300''']] which was produced in the same Seagull camera factory. Name variants made by Seagull were branded as [[Centon DF-300|Centon]], [[Vivitar V50]], [[Soligor]]'s SR-300 MD, Safari, Texer, Revue, Samyang and Zenit.
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The '''Carena SX-300''' is a [[SLR]] camera body with [[Minolta]] SR-bayonet mount. It can be used with most of the lenses which are made for [[Minolta]]'s manual focus SLRs. On the back it is marked "Shanghai China". It's a licensed copy of Minolta's [[Minolta X-300|'''X-300''']] which was produced in the same Seagull camera factory. A similar camera, the Carena DF-300, is the same camera but instead of an all-black body, it is black and silver.
  
A similar camera, the Carena DF-300, is the same camera but instead of an all-black body, it is black and silver.
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* [[Seagull DF-300|Safari DF-300]]
 
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* [[Seagull DF-300|Samyang DF-400x]]
 
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Revision as of 10:28, 14 July 2019

The Carena SX-300 is a SLR camera body with Minolta SR-bayonet mount. It can be used with most of the lenses which are made for Minolta's manual focus SLRs. On the back it is marked "Shanghai China". It's a licensed copy of Minolta's X-300 which was produced in the same Seagull camera factory. A similar camera, the Carena DF-300, is the same camera but instead of an all-black body, it is black and silver.


Specifications

  • Type: SLR body
  • Manufacturer: Seagull
  • Film: 35mm
  • Lens mount: Minolta SR-bayonet with aperture release tappet for Minolta MC and MD lenses
  • Shutter: quartz-controlled focal plane shutter, speeds 4 sec. to 1/1000 sec. (auto), 1 sec. to 1/1000 sec. (manual)
  • Viewfinder: pentaprism finder, screen with micro-prism and split image for distance setting
  • Metering: integral center-weighted measuring with photo diode
  • Exposure: manual setting, or shutter speed automatically controlled by meter (EV 1 to 18, with LED speed scale in viewfinder)
  • Self-timer: Electronic timer with red LED signal


Variants

The follolwing cameras are all copies of the Minolta X-300 (Minolta X-370):