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Post by PeterW on Sept 28, 2005 5:23:01 GMT -5
Randy wrote:
The information I've found says both were made by Leitz Camera Works. I think Leitz owns Leica.
They do indeed, Randy. Leica was coined from LEItz CAmera.
Peter
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 1, 2005 23:07:46 GMT -5
23 more have been added to the list.
here is the current list:
COSINA MADE SLRS
COSINA CT-1
COSINA CX-2
COSINA CT-1A
COSINA CT-1G
COSINA CT-1 SUPER
COSINA CS-2
COSINA CS-3
COSINA CT-7
COSINA CT-7D
COSINA CT-9
COSINA CT-10
COSINA CT-20
ARGUS STL1000
RICOH XR-1
VIVITAR 220SL
CANON T60
NIKON FM-10
NIKON FE-10
OLYMPUS OM-2000
RICOH KR-5
RICOH KR-500
RICOH KR-5 SUPER2
YASHICA FX3 SUPER 2000
CARENA CX-300
CARENA CX-500
EXAKTA TWIN TL
EXAKTA HS-3
EXAKTA HS-10
EXAKTA HS-40
MIRANDA MS-1
CAVALIER MSTL
COSINA HI-LITE
VIVITAR 420SL
VIVITAR 650SL
HANIMEX DR-1
ELICAR MN-1
RICOH SINGLEX TLS
SEARS TLS
NIKKOREX F
SEARS SL2
PRINZFLEX SUPER TTL
PENTAX P30T
PETRI GX-1
PETRI GX-2
PETRI GX-3
PETRI GX-4
SOLIGAR SC-1
QUANTARAY R400
QUANTARAY RZ800
Again this is an on-going project....if anyone can add to this list, please post or PM me.....thanks!
Bob
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Post by paulatukcamera on Oct 2, 2005 1:37:10 GMT -5
If Cosina made Carena (I always thought they were a general purpose manufacturer in the way Cosina were) then the field widens a bit into my area of interest! Topcon. For the following are identical - Carena KSM1, Topcon AM1, Cimko LS1, Quantaray D2-RZ and Exacta KE5 More information and more importantly, pictures here: www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/Topconclub/fpslr5.htmFurthermore this huge list: free.of.pl/h/henry/apk.html also turns up some more suggestions to investigate - as he has lumped all manufacturers together, it is difficult to "unbundle" the differing Cosina made models. He does suggest: Agfa (interesting that - the Selectronics) Bauer (? model) Kenlock, Panagor (I thought they were lenses only) Selmax (never heard of them) Nice little "bumper bundle" for you to follow up! My investigations also turned up: www.oz3d.info/sscc/mags/136/NL136Jan98.pdf which has aparagraph or two about this very topic. Paul P.S. Just found a cine camera link-up between Cosina & Carena here (scroll down a lot!): www.kolumbus.fi/puistot/collect.htm |
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 2, 2005 8:02:13 GMT -5
Paul
thank you so much!!!
I will be following up all your leads later today, once a little work is out of the way..............
I am ever so amazed at how many SLRs Cosina has produced. They must have one hellva facility.........especially when you add in rangefinders, lenses, flash units and tri-pods.....for all these years and all these names they produced them under......it is truly amazing.
I will keep updating the Cosina-made SLR list....and will re-list as it grows.
thanks again
Bob
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Post by PeterW on Oct 2, 2005 8:57:53 GMT -5
Hi Bob,
I see you mention Prinzflex Super TTL in your Cosina list. Haven't got one of those, but I've got a Prinzflex TTL (not Super), and that's made by Chinon - at least, that's what it says on the camera, but it seems you never can be sure!
I don't know what model Chinon it is, but it's M42 mount, vertical metal blade shutter 1 to 1/1000, speeds and ASA setting on a dial at the front just above the delayed action lever, battery switch on the left side of the lens housing. I don't think the lens is original, it's a 1.8 Auto Reflecta with a stop-down lever underneath so it can be used on auto-diaphragm and non auto-diaphragm cameras.
I picked it up from a junk box. It's a bit knocked about cosmetically, and the mirror's got a couple of spots, but it all works.
Prinz, by the way, was - and is - the house brand name of Dixons plc in the UK. Dixons started as a chain of camera dealers and bought the old-established Wallace Heaton/Westminster Photographic/City Sale and Exchange group, but now they're mainly consumer electronics with just a few video and lower-bracket digital cameras. Dixons also house-branded the Zenit B and Zenit E among quite a few other cameras, exposure meters etc.
Peter
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 2, 2005 21:00:06 GMT -5
Peter
Can you post a photo of the Prinzflex TTL.
I suspect it may also be a Cosina............
posting a photo will go a long way in deteriming if it is.
thanks
Bob
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 2, 2005 21:02:36 GMT -5
Paul
Thanks again for all the info. and the directions you have pointed me in.......I have been able to add a ton more models to the Cosina-made SLR list.
The updated list will be appearing very shortly.
Bob
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 2, 2005 21:30:31 GMT -5
OK here is the latest list of Cosina Made SLRs:
COSINA MADE SLRS
COSINA C1
COSINA C2
COSINA CT-1
COSINA CT-1EX
COSINA CX-2
COSINA CT-1A
COSINA CT-1G
COSINA CT-1 SUPER
COSINA CS-1
COSINA CS-2
COSINA CS-3
COSINA CT-4
COSINA CT-7
COSINA CT-7D
COSINA CT-9
COSINA CT-10
COSINA CT-20
COSINA CT-90
COSINA EL SOLAR
ARGUS STL1000
RICOH XR-1
VIVITAR 220SL
CANON T60
NIKON FM-10
NIKON FE-10
OLYMPUS OM-2000
RICOH KR-5
RICOH KR-500
RICOH KR-5 SUPER2
YASHICA FX3 SUPER 2000
CARENA CX-300
CARENA CX-500
CARENA KSM-1
CARENA KSM-2
EXAKTA TWIN TL
EXAKTA HS-2
EXAKTA HS-4
EXAKTA HS-3
EXAKTA HS-10
EXAKTA HS-40
EXAKTA KE-5
MIRANDA MS-1
CAVALIER MSTL
COSINA HI-LITE
VIVITAR 420SL
VIVITAR 650SL
VIVITAR XV2
VIVITAR XV3
VIVITAR V2000
VIVITAR V6000
HANIMEX DR-1
ELICAR MN-1
RICOH SINGLEX TLS
SEARS TLS
NIKKOREX F
SEARS SL2
PRINZFLEX SUPER TTL
PENTAX P30T
PETRI GX-1
PETRI GX-2
PETRI GX-3
PETRI GX-4
PETRI MF2
PETRI MF3
PETRI MF4
PETRI MF101
PETRI MF102
PETRI MF103
PETRI MF104
SOLIGAR SC-1
QUANTARAY R400
QUANTARAY RZ800
QUANTARAY DZ-RZ
TOPCON AM-1
SEIMAX SV7
SEIMAX SV9
CIMKO LS-1
HAKING HG1
HAKING HG2
KENLOCK KG1
PANAGOR CT1EX
PANAGOR CT90
BAUER RX1
BAUER RX2
that's our current total......it is an on-going project....
so please anyone who can add to the list or can point me in a direction that will help...please either post or PM me.
what I am hoping for someday...........is to find someone who worked for Cosina or works for Cosina. That would be the jackpot.
Bob
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Post by kamera on Oct 3, 2005 20:02:28 GMT -5
Bob,
I wouldn't doubt if there are a lot more. Cosina has been around for a long, long time; and different major brand companies have farmed work out to them.
Had read somewhere a few years ago that they or Kyocera makes all the Nikon point & shoots.
Ron
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 3, 2005 20:09:00 GMT -5
Ron
if there are a whole lot more...........I would like to find out the brand sold under and model # of each......
bear in mind I am only out to document and list the MF SLRs made by Cosina.
thanks
Bob
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Post by paulatukcamera on Oct 3, 2005 20:54:36 GMT -5
Bob,
Have just come across a suspicious character - the
Zodel 2MTL - suspicious - well yes very! It has Cosinon 50mm f1.8 6 element of the highest optical performance!
Date 1971 - Price £89.75
Sold by the very upmarket camera shop in London called Wallace Heaton. Will publish a picture in this thread later (doing this whilst I do some slide scanning - doesn't it take forever!)
The Amateur Photographer published a Camera Guide each year and I have a run from the early fifties to the 1970s. I'll have a look and see if I can spot a few.
Suggestion Bob - if you want us Cosina spotting, could you publish a photo of their main models, so we could guess which one lay underneath the new badge!
What aout a member's research thread - I haven't seen one of those anywhere on the web, have you? So there is a place where we can check whose added what.
I am not a Cosina collector, but I have a wealth of material that would help Bob - shelves of mags going back to 1903 - no Mr Silve,r I'm not going to photocopy all of them for you! You can ask me nicely about certain models though!
Gone on enough, so must stop
Paul
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 3, 2005 22:28:08 GMT -5
Paul
you are correct!
the Zodel 2MTL is a Cosina!!!
thanks much...I appreciate it.
yes we can consider this a Cosina research thread.
And Paul...I will post some photos tomorrow to help folks identify Cosina made SLRs---great idea.
As far as your magazines and research....anything you can uncover...at your leisure...would greatly appreciated. Thank you!
And if I have a question about a particular make and model may I tap your sources for info?
thanks very much
Bob
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 4, 2005 9:38:07 GMT -5
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Post by Randy on Oct 5, 2005 6:29:10 GMT -5
I think we should put this information on a permanent website for posterity. When we are done we should start on CHINON.
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Post by Rachel on Oct 12, 2005 15:00:01 GMT -5
I think we should put this information on a permanent website for posterity. When we are done we should start on CHINON. Well Randy, I have come across a Chinonflex which looks just like my Ricoh Singlex TLS. Have a look at this site www.butkus.org/chinon/ebay/chinon_images.htmand look at the Chinonflex pictures. There are lots of other Chinon & Ricoh cameras there. BTW Bob, I think you should sort that list of Cosina cameras into alphabetical order  |
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