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Chinon CE-4

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Maker: Chinon

Dates: cca. 1980

Variants: black, CE-4s

Camera Type: 35mm SLR

Focusing: manual

Lens mount: Chinon Universal Bayonet Mount (Pentax K-mount)

Shutter: Seiko MFC electromagnetic focal plane, vertical, metal
from 8s to 1/1000

Exposure meter: TTL, open aperture,
center weighted by two silicon blue photo cells. EV -2-19

Exposure modes: aperture priority, manual, Bulb

ASA/ISO range: 25 to 3200 ISO

Finder screen: fixed split-screen

Flash shoe: fixed hot shoe, contact for dedicated flash

Flash speed: 1/60

TTL Flash: no

Motor drive: Chinon Power Winder

Battery: 3 ×1.5V Alkaline (LR44, A76) or 3 ×1.5V silver oxide (SR44, S76, G-13)

Weight: 485g

Number produced: unknown

Chinon CE-4 was the transition model from the screw-mount (Chinon CE-3) to the Pentax K-mount. It's an automatic 35mm SLR compact camera with aperture priority exposure system (AE).

Same specifications as for Chinon CE-4, but with with the following changes:

Shutter speeds: stepless speeds from 8 to 1/1000 sec. on automatic; 13 speeds from 4 to 1/1000 sec. on manual for CE4, but stepless speeds from 4 to 1/2000 sec. on automatic; 13 speeds from 2 to 1/2000 sec. on manual for CE-4s.
Viewfinder: Over exposure LED blinks and under exposure LED will glow when exposure is -2EV and will flash at-2EV or lower for CE4, but over exposure LED blinks and under exposure LED will glow when exposure is -2EV and will flash at-2EV or lower for CE-4s.
Exposure range: EV-2 (F/1.4 @ 8 sec.) to EV+ 19 (F/22 @1000) ASA 100 50mm F/1.4 lens for CE4, but EV-1 (F/1.4 @ 4 sec.) to EV+ 20 (F/22 @2000) ASA 100 50mm F/1.4 lens for CE-4s.

Chinon CE-4 photographic advertising from 1979
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-Chinon CE-4 was the transition model from the screw-mount ([[Chinon CE-3]]) to the [[Pentax]] [[K-mount]]. It's an automatic 35mm [[SLR]] compact camera with [[aperture priority]] exposure system (AE).
+[[Chinon]] CE-4 was the transition model from the screw-mount ([[Chinon CE-3]]) to the [[Pentax]] [[K-mount]]. It's an automatic 35mm [[SLR]] compact camera with [[aperture priority]] exposure system (AE).
 ==Chinon CE-4s specificatios==