Seagull 4A

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The Seagull 4A TLR series for type 120 roll film is made by Seagull in Shanghai, China. The 4A cameras support only 6x6 format exposures.

The series is still offered. The 4A TLRs have a film wind crank. The entry level model is the model 4A-105. It has just lenses with 3 elements, the Haiou SA-99 75mm. The models 4A-107 and 4A-109 have 4 element camera lenses but 3 element viewfinder lenses. For all models the camera lens aperture is upto 1:3.5 and the viewing lens aperture is 1:2.8.

Special features of the Seagull TLRs are the depth-of-field calculator device within the focusing knob. The cameras have hot shoes and are flash-synchronized at all shutter speeds.

The 4A-109 has small knobs for shutter speed and aperture control. A little window on top of the viewing lens shows the selected values. Instead of a fresnel lens it has a viewfinder screen with split image center. The camera has a slightly faster shutter.

Chinese TLRs
and "pseudo TLRs"
Cangle | Dalian | Eastar | Emei | Five-Goats | Hongmei-5 |
Hua Ying | Hua Zhong | Mudan | Pearl River | Qingdao SF-2 | Rainbow | Seagull 4 | Seagull 4A | Seagull 4B | Seagull 4C |
Seagull 4D | Shanghai | Splendidflex | Temple of Heaven | Wuhan Youyi | YC-75X100
Hong Kong
Bedfordflex | Binaflex | Halina A1 | Halina Prefect | Halina Viceroy | Haking Mirroflex II | Traveller

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