Cosina Hi-Lite DL
The Cosina Hi-Lite DL is a manual focus 35mm SLR from Cosina. It accepts M42 type lenses. The camera usually came with a Auto Cosina 50mm lens with f/1.4 (5 group, 7 element), f/1.8 (4 group, 6 element) or f/2.8 (3 group, 4 element).
It has an metal focal-plane shutter with speeds from 1s to 1/1000 with B. There are two terminals for flash sync. One for M for flash bulb and X for electronic sync which is at 1/125 a sec. A self-timer feature is also available and has a delay of approx 8 sec.
The built-in exposure meter uses a stopped down TTL match-needle, center weighted metering system using a CdS cell. The ASA film speed setting can be set on the shutter knob window, to speeds from 25 to 1600 ASA. The metering is done via a needle on the right side of the viewfinder display. Choosing the proper shutter and aperture combinations will result in correct exposure with the needle aligned between the + and −. It is powered by a 1.35v mercury battery.
The focus is done manually on the lens. The viewfinder screen features a central focusing spot to ease focusing. The film transport uses a single stroke film advance lever with a automatic reset film counter and double exposure prevention. The rewind crank is also surrounded by film reminder collar with choices of panchro, color and reversal.
