Aires 35-V

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With 45mm f/1.8 lens option image by Iza Lemargouillat (Image rights)

The 1959 advertising for the Aires 35-V emphasized that this was the most technologically ambitious model yet in the Aires company's line of 35mm rangefinder cameras. Advanced features included a built-in selenium meter, an interchangeable lens mount in front of a central leaf shutter, parallax-corrected brightline viewfinder, and (at launch) the S Coral 45mm f/1.5 lens as standard.

Several interchangeable lenses were offered: 35mm f/3.2, 100mm f/3.5, and eventually three 45mm options (f/1.5, f/1.8, and f/1.9).

Specifications

• Format : 24 x 36 mm on 35mm film
• Coupled rangefinder
• Shutter: Seikosha-MX leafshutter. Speeds B, 1 ,2 , 5 ,10 ,25 ,50 ,100, 200, and 400.

Lens Variation

The mounts are proprietary to Aires and all use Coral lenses.

S Coral

• 1:1.5/f=4.5, Diaphragm:1.5, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, and 16

H Coral

• 1:1.8/f=4.5cm, Diaphragm:1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.8, 8, 11, and 16
• 1:1.9/f=4.5cm, Diaphragm:1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, and 16

W Coral

• 1:3.2/f=3.5cm, Diaphragm:3.2, 4, 5.8, 8, 11, 16, and 22

TELE Coral

• 1:3.5/f=10cm, Diaphragm:3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, and 22

Links

• Aires 35-V manual (PDF) from Mike Butkus's OrphanCameras.com
• Aires 35-V review at Tazm Pictures

June 1959 Popular Photography ad with price listing image by Voxphoto (Image rights)