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The '''XV-1''' is a 35mm [[SLR]] sold by [[Vivitar]] beginning in the late 1970s. It uses [[K mount lenses]]. The [[Vivitar XV-10]] is identical or nearly so.
  
The '''XV-1''' is a 35mm [[SLR]] sold by [[Vivitar]] beginning in the late 1970s. It uses [[K mount lenses]].
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As with other numerous other Vivitar SLRs, the XV-1 was actually manufactured by [[Cosina]], based on the [[Cosina CT-1|CT-1]], with only a slightly restyled [[pentaprism]] cover and self-timer lever. The vertically-traveling metal shutter offers speeds from 1 to 1/1000 second with [[flash sync]] at 1/125th. The match-needle exposure indicator is powered by a single 1.35v [[Mercury cells | mercury button cell]]—now banned, and with available 1.5-volt replacements potentially giving incorrect readings.
 
 
As with other numerous other Vivitar SLRs, the XV-1 was actually manufactured by [[Cosina]], based on the [[Cosina CT-1|CT-1]], with only a slightly restyled self-timer lever. The vertically-traveling metal shutter offers speeds from 1 to 1/1000 second with [[flash sync]] at 1/125th. The match-needle exposure indicator is powered by a single 1.35v mercury button cell—now banned, and with available 1.5-volt replacements potentially giving incorrect readings.
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
* The manual for the [https://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/cosina_ct-1.pdf Cosina CT-1] at Mike Butkus' [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com]
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* The manuals for the [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/cosina/cosina_ct-1/cosina_ct-1.htm Cosina CT-1] and the [https://cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/vivitar_vx-10.pdf Vivitar XV-10] at Mike Butkus' [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com]
  
 
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The XV-1 is a 35mm SLR sold by Vivitar beginning in the late 1970s. It uses K mount lenses. The Vivitar XV-10 is identical or nearly so.

As with other numerous other Vivitar SLRs, the XV-1 was actually manufactured by Cosina, based on the CT-1, with only a slightly restyled pentaprism cover and self-timer lever. The vertically-traveling metal shutter offers speeds from 1 to 1/1000 second with flash sync at 1/125th. The match-needle exposure indicator is powered by a single 1.35v mercury button cell—now banned, and with available 1.5-volt replacements potentially giving incorrect readings.

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