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Revision as of 16:11, 25 May 2009
AiBORG, lens cover open by Skagman |
The Konica AiBORG super zoom 35-105 is a large, very distinctive (if not downright eccentric) 35mm point-and-shoot viewfinder camera. It made in Japan by Konica, who described it as "futuristic, black, ellipsoidal." at its introduction in 1991[1].
lens cover closed |
The heavy body is black plastic, with rubberised grips on the ends, and a subtle glitter effect on the front panels. An LCD panel on the top shows the camera settings, and a further small LCD display in the back shows the date settings. The AiBORG has a 3x zoom lens - with a hinged transparent plastic cover, motor drive and built-in flash. There is no facility for external flash.
top rear buttons |
The back features a large joystick-like switch which moves vertically for zooming and horizontally for manual focus or moving the focus point. The focus distance is shown on a small arc-shaped dial in the viewfinder. There are small coloured button controls for flash (red), self-timer (green, 3 or 10 secs or single/continuous shooting) and date setting, and several labelled in an inscrutable non-standard manner. The small viewfinder eyepiece has a rotary dioptric adjuster carefully placed to be on the cheekbone when in use, leaving little room for a finger to adjust it.
rear, showing zoom "joystick", date panel and film window |
- Lens: Konica Zoom, 35-105mm, f3.5-f8.5
- Power: 2CR5 6v battery
- ↑ New York Times article, 24 November 1991
Links
- User Manual in Japanese, on KonicaMinolta.com
- Photo of AIBORG with lens cover closed, on Flickr by David Kovaluk