Vintage Cased Kowa Model E 35mm Camera - Kowa 1:2 f=50mm Lens - SEE DESCRIPTION

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Vintage Cased Kowa Model E 35mm Camera – Kowa 1:2 f=50mm Lens – SEE DESCRIPTION Product Condition
Shutter Seems to be working fine but meter doesnt appear to respond therefore
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Product Description

The Kowa E (which appears to have been branded as the Kowaflex E in the USA) was the base model for subsequent Kowa 35mm SLR cameras.It’s a fully manual camera, with an external selenium meter located on the pentaprism housing, and a match-needle pointer in the viewfinder, along with a central split image rangefinder. There’s an instant return mirror, and what Kowa claimed (in the camera’s instruction manual) to be the world’s first instantaneous return (automatic) diaphragm. The lens is a fixed 50mm f/2, and the leaf shutter a Seikosha-SLV with speeds of B and 1-1/500s. The film speed, focus, aperture and shutter speed controls are all around the lens.Introduced in 1961, this model was replaced by the Kowa SE in 1964.

Manufacturer’s Description
SpecificationLens: Lens not removable. Fitted with a Kowa f/2 50mm (6 elements in 4 groups), with an f/4 86mm, and f/4 36mm conversion lenses available, and close-up lenses. In the USA, the conversion lenses appear to have been 71mm and 35mm options.Focus: Pentaprism with condenser, Fresnel lens, and split image rangefinder.Shutter: Seikosha SLV leaf shutter with a range of 1 sec to 1/500th plus B.Meter: External coupled selenium meter on pentaprism housing.Exposure: Fully manual with viewfinder match needle.Film Speed: 10 to 1600 ASA.Flash: M and X contact, and an accessory shoe mounting port on the right side of (i.e. not on top of) the top plate (facing). This was an L shaped bracket, that positioned a cold shoe above the rewind crank.Film Advance: 180 lever.Frame Counter: Automatic count-up and reset.Rewind: Via crank and bottom release button.Size: 143 x 97 x 87mm (W x H x D).Weight: 875g.Serial Numbers

10145460
Included In Sale

Kowa Model E 35mm Camera – Kowa 1:2 f=50mm
Original CaseFront lens Cap
Notes :

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