Konica Genba Kantoku

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The Genba Kantoku (現場監督) (translated as Site supervisor) or refer to as Foreman or Work cameras is a rugged 35mm film cameras released in Japan by Konica in 1988. It was primary designed for building construction workers. It is waterproof (JIS protection grade 4), dust, sand proof and anti-shock. It uses a 40mm f/3.5 auto focusing lens with a focusing distance of 0.9m. The shutter has speeds of 1/5 to 1/500 sec. Power is from 2CR5 battery.

Afterwards a whole series of similar rugged type cameras were released.

  • Konica Genba Kantoku DD (1989)
  • Konica 28WB (1994)
  • Konica 28WB ECO
  • Konica 35WB (1994)
  • Konica 28HG (panorama) (1994)
  • Konica Zoom 28-56 (1996)