Cosina Hi-Lite EC

image by Martin Hilber (Image rights)

The Cosina Hi-Lite EC is a SLR camera body for 35mm film. It has a depth-of-field preview function that's triggered by pressing the shutter release button halfway. This function is also needed to determine the shutter speed with help of the TTL meter. To regain a bright viewfinder image the button for temporary aperture reopening has to be pressed.

The viewfinder screen has a focusing aid in its center. The left side of the finder image shows the needle and the shutter speed scale of the meter which includes a rectangular battery control mark.

The Cosina Hi-Lite EC doesn't profit from the Zeiss lens's electric function image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

Specifications

• Type: SLR body
• Manufacturer: Cosina
• Year of launch: 1974
• Film: 35mm film with speeds 15 to 33 DIN
• Lens mount: M42 screw mount with aperture release mechanics
• Shutter: Copal electrically controlled focal plane shutter with speeds 1 sec. to 1/2000 sec. or B, or w/o battery: single speed
• Metering: TTL metering
• Exposure: shutter speed selected manually or controlled by meter
• Viewfinder: pentaprism finder, focusing aid on screen, ocular with frame for finder accessories
• Film advance: lever with analog exposure counter, rewind unlock button and rewind crank
• Dimensions: 145×99×53mm
• Power: Type 544 6V battery, battery control button, on/off-switch
• Connectors: hot shoe and two other flash connectors

Links

• Hi-Lite EC at Kurt Tauber's (in German)
• User's manual at Michael Butkus Jr.'s Orphan Cameras