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Two types of '''Firstflex 35''' exist. The early model has a leaf-shutter; the later model uses the mirror as a shutter.
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The early '''Firstflex-35''' model is a leaf-shutter [[SLR]] with waist level finder and a special lens bayonet, made starting in 1955 by [[Tokiwa Seiki]]. Other names used for that model were [[Soligor]]-35, Windsorflex-35 and Lafayette-35.
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Two types of the later model exist, the '''Firstflex 35''' and the '''PLUSflex 35''', both with [[pentaprism]] finder,  [[flash sync]]hronized shutter, with and [[Exakta lenses|Exakta lens bayonet]].
  
 
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* [http://rawhiti.tripod.com/firstflex35.html Firstflex 35 (early and later models) and Plusflex 35 variant] on [http://rawhiti.tripod.com/ Chris Sherlock's Camera Pages]
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*[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/firstflex_35/firstflex_35.htm Firstflex 35 user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org]
* [http://www.ifimages.com/public/image/1452588/view.html Oplenflex 35] picture by Nick Scott
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* [http://retinarescue.com/firstflex35.html Firstflex 35 (early and later models) and Plusflex 35 variant] on [http://retinarescue.com/ Chris Sherlock's Camera Pages]
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[[Category: Japanese 35mm SLR]]
 
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Latest revision as of 01:37, 13 March 2024

The early Firstflex-35 model is a leaf-shutter SLR with waist level finder and a special lens bayonet, made starting in 1955 by Tokiwa Seiki. Other names used for that model were Soligor-35, Windsorflex-35 and Lafayette-35.

Two types of the later model exist, the Firstflex 35 and the PLUSflex 35, both with pentaprism finder, flash synchronized shutter, with and Exakta lens bayonet.

Links

In English: