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The '''Samoca LE-II''' was a [[rangefinder camera]] for [[35mm film]]. It had a built-in [[selenium meter]]. Appropriate settings for proper exposure could easily be found with help of the two-slice analog calculator around the rewind crank. The calculator was coupled to a second pin in the meter's instrument window. When the film speed was selected and the instrument's pin was in line with the second pin the calculator showed the possible aperture/shutter-speed combinations. | The '''Samoca LE-II''' was a [[rangefinder camera]] for [[35mm film]]. It had a built-in [[selenium meter]]. Appropriate settings for proper exposure could easily be found with help of the two-slice analog calculator around the rewind crank. The calculator was coupled to a second pin in the meter's instrument window. When the film speed was selected and the instrument's pin was in line with the second pin the calculator showed the possible aperture/shutter-speed combinations. | ||
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The Samoca LE-II was a rangefinder camera for 35mm film. It had a built-in selenium meter. Appropriate settings for proper exposure could easily be found with help of the two-slice analog calculator around the rewind crank. The calculator was coupled to a second pin in the meter's instrument window. When the film speed was selected and the instrument's pin was in line with the second pin the calculator showed the possible aperture/shutter-speed combinations.
specifications
- type: rangefinder camera
- Manufacturer: Samoca Camera
- Years of production: early 1960ies
- Film: 35mm
- Lens: Samocar 1:2,8/50mm
- Shutter: leaf shutter with speeds 1 sec. to 1/300 sec.
- Aperture: 1:2,8 to 1:22
- Viewfinder: optical finder with superimposed coupled rangefinder, bright frame with parallax correction marks
- Metering: Selenium meter
