Seagull 203
The Seagull 203 is a rangefinder camera for rollfilm. Unlike the 203-I it doesn't have a flash hot shoe. Before loading a new film its exposure frame format can be changed from 6×6 cm to 4.5×6 cm and vice versa. Its first version was the Shanghai 203 of 1963. The lens/shutter-unit is an old-style construction, with self-timer and all selection rings for exposure settings. Even the shutter has to be cocked with a lever on that unit. Only the shutter release button has "a modern position" on top of the camera, and the rangefinder is coupled to the distance selection ring around the lens.
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Specifications
- Type: rangefinder folding camera
- Manufacturer: Seagull, China
- Film: roll film of type 120
- Lens: 1:3.5/75mm
- Viewfinder: optical viewfinder with superimposed coupled rangefinder
- Shutter: leaf shutter with speeds 1 sec. to 1/300 sec
- Aperture: 1:3.5 to 1:22
Links
- Seagull 203 English instruction manual at Orphancameras.com [1]
- Seagull 203 Review on ThorleyPhotographics [2]
