I bought the camera with a missing rewind crank, but I could replace it with a slightly bended left over crank from a broken Olympus PEN EE-2. The camera needs two AA batteries to operate the flash and one (now non-existent) PX-675 1.35 V battery for the light meter. This is rather unusual for a normal point and shoot camera of any era. What might take some time (or at least some basic ancient Greek) to discover, is that the lens consists of six elements. All of this you will see at the first glance. The lens has a focal length of 38 mm with an aperture from ƒ 2.8 to 22. In Japanese the camera is nicknamed “ Pikkari” (which nearly every post about it tells, but sadly no one translates).
#Big brother rewind button Pc
It has neither a hot shoe nor a pc flash sync, as it comes with a built-in flash, thus the name. Speaking of filters, the cameras has a 46 mm filter thread. The camera is equipped with an CDs light meter with the eye above the lens, so it automatically compensates filters, just like on the Olympus 35 RC. In 1977 the improved second model with an orange flash button, but more important, a self-timer and an added faster speed of 1/250 to the 1/60 and 1/125 of the first model was released. There were two models, the first was produced from 1975 and had a black release button for the flash. Manufactured by Konica, Japan’s oldest photographic company, which sadly stopped producing cameras in 2006, the Konica C35 EF was the first automatic compact camera for 35 mm film with build in electronic flash. Introduction to the Konica C35 EF (second model) I really wonder what his opinion on the five (!) different typefaces on the camera’s front must have been. I later (=now) learned that the Konica C35 EF was (reportedly) one of Andy Warhols favorite cameras. Lighting was perfect (for my standards) and the sharpness of the just pictures just great.
But I was wrong: although I used the wrong batteries, the result were impressive. I did not expect much from the camera at all. I then immediately started to shoot the first roll (was in my backpack, another pure coincidence) on my way alongside the Panke and to the Tegeler Fließ.
Under the surprised looks (who brings batteries to a flea market?) of the seller, I quickly checked if the light meter was working and, although the rewind crank was missing, I bought it. It did not come with batteries, but coincidentally I had a pack of LR44 in my backpack. As in most previous cases, I did not know anything about the Konica C35 EF before, but as it was light, cheap and had a built-in flash, I thought it would be the perfect kids’ camera. I was happy to find not only one, but two fitting cameras for him: an Agfaphoto Compact FF for 2€ (battery included, will be the next post) and a Konica C35 EF for 10€ (covered in this post you’re about to read if I finally come to the point). His elder brother already had an Olympus XA-2 (which when I bought it for him still was a cheap camera) so he deserved one too. I was happy to discover it, because I currently “needed” an easy to use camera for my second child. Unlike the bigger markets in Berlin, most sellers are still private merchants. The spa hosts now a public library (the healthy spring was destroyed during the construction of the sewer system in 1891, another proof that building seems to be harder here than in the rest of our country) and in front of it you’ll find on Sundays a small and nice flea market. When I biked one day along the small river Panke in Berlin’s north, I passed Luisenbad, a former spa, which gave the surrounding district it’s name: “Gesundbrunnen”. By far the nicest way to discover Berlin (except in the grey and windy mess which the locals refer to as “winter”) is by bike.
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