Konica C35 EF3
A compact 35mm point-and-shoot camera with zone focus and built-in flash, released in 1981 as the final model in Konica's C35 zone-focus series.
Overview
Specifications
| Type | Automatic exposure, zone focus camera |
| Film Format | 35mm |
| Years Produced | Launched in 1981 |
| Aperture Range | f/2.8 – f/16 |
| Focus | Zone focus with four distance settings |
| Flash | Built-in pop-up flash |
| Dimensions | 116 × 69.5 × 44.5 mm |
| Weight | 275 g (without battery) |
| Battery | 2x AA |
Design
The zone-focus system has four preset distance settings. Automatic exposure picks the aperture and shutter speed, so there is little to set. Two AA batteries power both the exposure system and the flash.
Context
The Konica C35 EF3 was the last of Konica's zone-focus C35 cameras. The series ran from 1968 to 1984. It was a user-friendly compact, and it came at the end of Konica's work on automatic point-and-shoot design, just before the move to autofocus models.
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