Chinon

Browse Chinon vintage camera equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Cameras

• 35EE — Chinon 35EE (1976) 35mm compact rangefinder with 38mm f/2.7 lens — affordable, functional, and rebadged widely. Includes detailed specs and production dates.
• 35F EE — A compact 35mm film camera with auto-exposure and manual scale focusing, introduced around 1978. With full specifications and production years.
• 35F-A — Chinon 35F-A (1978) — 390g compact with half-press focus lock & built-in flash. A working autofocus pioneer. Includes the complete spec table.
• 35FS A — A compact 35mm autofocus camera with built-in flash and electronic exposure control. This page has full specifications and production years.
• 35FX III — A fixed-focus point-and-shoot 35mm camera with motorized film advance and built-in flash. This page has full specifications and production years.
• 35mm film — Chinon 35mm film cameras from 1976–1989, including 35EE, 35F-A, 35FA Super, and 35FX-III—compact, affordable, with early autofocus and rangefinder options.
• AP700S — A fixed-lens compact camera using APS film, made in China, with a 24mm f/4.5 lens and built-in flash. This page has full specifications and production years.
• Auto 2001 — Chinon Auto 2001 (1987) — a 35mm point-and-shoot with 35mm f/2.8 lens, 1/500s shutter, and infrared autofocus. Sliding cover powers it on.
• Bellami — A compact 35mm point-and-shoot camera with a retractable 35mm f/2.8 lens and zone focusing. With detailed specs and production dates.
• CE-4 (1980) — A 35mm SLR that marked Chinon’s shift to the Pentax K-mount, offering both automatic and manual exposure modes. With full specifications and production years.
• CM-4 — A fully manual 35mm SLR film camera introduced in 1980 with center-weighted metering and a Seiko-designed shutter. Find full specifications here.
• SLR — A 35mm automatic SLR camera with aperture-priority exposure and manual focus, introduced around 1980. Includes detailed specs and production dates.

Slr

• CP-7m — Chinon CP-7m (1986) — K-mount 35mm SLR with three program modes, 1/2000 shutter, 2.5 fps motor drive. The affordable alternative for Pentax glass collectors.

Other Models

• 200mm — A manually focused, multi-coated telephoto lens made in Japan for 35mm SLR systems. With detailed specs and production dates.
• 50mm — Little is documented about the Chinon 50mm AF F1.7 autofocus lens for 35mm photography; known specs are 50mm focal length and f/1.7 maximum aperture.
• 872 — A Super 8 movie camera with power zoom and synchro sound, marketed in 1971. Find detailed specs and production dates here.
• 877 — Chinon 877 Macro silent super 8 camera, marketed 1976. 8x Chinon Reflex Zoom f/1.7, TTL auto exposure, interval timer, 1500g.
• CE-3 — A compact 35mm electronic SLR with aperture-priority automation and an M42 screw mount. This page has detailed specs and production dates.
• CM-4s — A 35mm SLR camera with manual exposure control and a mechanical self-timer, released in 1982. Find the complete spec table and when it was made here.
• DP-5 — A compact 35mm SLR film camera with programmed autoexposure and manual mode override. Find the complete spec table and when it was made here.