Minolta Autowide

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The Minolta Autowide was a viewfinder camera with selenium meter made by Minolta in Japan. It had a solid metal body.

The meter was coupled to the ASA selection switch. A correct aperture/shutterspeed combination was found when the meter's needle matched the mark in the instruments middle.

specifications

  • Type: viewfinder camera
  • Manufacturer: Minolta
  • Year of launch: 1958
  • Films: 35mm with speeds 10 to 1600 ASA
  • Lens: Minolta Rokkor 1:2.8/f=35mm (accepts ?? mm filters)
  • Shutter: Optiper Citizen MVL , 1 to 1/500 sec.
  • Finder: Optical viewfinder
  • Metering: coupled selenium meter supports manual aperture/speed-choice
  • Film advance: Lever on the right side of the camera bottom, exposure counter in the camera top, fold-out rewind crank on the bottom, rewind release button on the bottom

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