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The '''Ansco Autoset CdS''' is a 1964 [[viewfinder camera]]<REF>It is described as a [[rangefinder camera|rangefinder]] in [[McKeown's]] 12th edition, page 55 and in its user manual; but the owner of the example shown here confirms it is [[guess focus|scale focus]] only.</REF> manufactured by [[Minolta]] and marketed by [[Ansco]]. (In the mid-1960s, Ansco transitioned to using the brand [[GAF]], after their corporate parent, General Aniline & Film.)  
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The '''Ansco Autoset CdS''' is a 1964 [[viewfinder camera]]<REF>It is described as a [[rangefinder camera|rangefinder]] in [[McKeown's]] 12th edition, page 55; but the owner of the example shown here confirms it is [[guess focus|scale focus]] only.</REF> manufactured by [[Minolta]] and marketed by [[Ansco]]. (In the mid-1960s, Ansco transitioned to using the brand [[GAF]], after their corporate parent, General Aniline & Film.)  
  
 
As the name implies, the autoexposure system uses a [[CdS]] meter cell; but this is located in the top housing rather than within the lens filter ring (as with the contemporary [[Minolta Hi-Matic 7]]). Unlike the earlier [[Minolta Hi-Matic|Autoset]] model, the CdS does not seem to have a direct Minolta equivalent.
 
As the name implies, the autoexposure system uses a [[CdS]] meter cell; but this is located in the top housing rather than within the lens filter ring (as with the contemporary [[Minolta Hi-Matic 7]]). Unlike the earlier [[Minolta Hi-Matic|Autoset]] model, the CdS does not seem to have a direct Minolta equivalent.
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[[Category:A|Autoset CdS GAF]]
 
[[Category:A|Autoset CdS GAF]]
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[[Category:Japanese 35mm viewfinder]]
 
[[Category:Minolta]]
 
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Revision as of 05:48, 23 October 2022


The Ansco Autoset CdS is a 1964 viewfinder camera[1] manufactured by Minolta and marketed by Ansco. (In the mid-1960s, Ansco transitioned to using the brand GAF, after their corporate parent, General Aniline & Film.)

As the name implies, the autoexposure system uses a CdS meter cell; but this is located in the top housing rather than within the lens filter ring (as with the contemporary Minolta Hi-Matic 7). Unlike the earlier Autoset model, the CdS does not seem to have a direct Minolta equivalent.

Notes

  1. It is described as a rangefinder in McKeown's 12th edition, page 55; but the owner of the example shown here confirms it is scale focus only.