Cosina Hi-Lite 402

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The Hi-Lite 402 from Cosina is a continuation of the company's many stopdown-metering SLRs accepting 42mm screw lenses. Refinements include a hot shoe, a battery-check button with an indicator lamp on the top deck, and a locking collar around the shutter release.

A half-press on the shutter release stops down the lens after which the user centers a needle in the viewfinder bracket by adjusting exposure settings. A silver button on the front of the camera reopens the aperture to its widest setting for the focusing and brighter viewing. The meter is powered by a single 1.35v button mercury battery (now unavailable) but the shutter will operate without it. Flash sync is possible at a respectable 1/125 second or slower. There is a mechanical self-timer; and as is common with Cosina cameras, it flips the reflex mirror out of the way at the beginning of its cycle which can allow camera vibration to die out before the exposure begins.

Links

• The Hi-Lite 402 manual from Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
• eBay Auction #293749964967 (archived via the Wayback Machine) shows a Hi-Lite 402 from several angles (ignore the bubble-level release button)