Elikon-2

The body of the Elikon-2 camera is plastic , with a hinged rear wall. The camera does not need a case, the shooting lens , the photoresistor lens and the viewfinder lens are closed with a sliding plastic cover when carrying them. In the transport position, the electronic circuit is de-energized. The camera is equipped with a lanyard .

• The photo material used is a 35 mm type 135 perforated film in standard cartridges.
• Frame size - 24 × 36 mm.
• Minar-2 lens 3.8 / 35. Focusing on a scale of distances or characters. The limits of focus are from 0.8 m to infinity.
• The lens aperture is from 3.8 to 16. The aperture is two-bladed.
• Combined shutter platoon and film rewind (head). The frame counter is self-resetting. Rewind film type roulette . Hidden lock on the back of the camera.
• Optical viewfinder , with highlighted frames for indicating frame borders and parallax compensation.
• Electronically controlled shutter . Exposure range from 10 - 1/500 sec. Shutter release and self - timer - electronic, with LED indication.
• A bracket is attached to the left side of the camera, allowing the installation of a conventional electronic flash with a central sync contact .

• The camera’s power source is two mercury-zinc elements RC-53 ^[2] . Equipped with an insert for installing two smaller in size SC-32 elements.
• Setting the photosensitivity of the film by the ring located on the front panel of the camera under the sliding cover. The range of photosensitivity of films is from 22 to 350 units. GOST.
• The Elikon-2 camera is an automatic machine with aperture priority . Exponometric device with cadmium sulfide (CdS) photoresistor . Exposure compensation is possible only by changing the photosensitivity value of the film.
• In automatic mode, the shutter works continuously from 10 seconds. up to 1/500 sec.
• In the field of view of the viewfinder are the LEDs for controlling the exposure device. The glow of the green LED means that the shutter works out the shutter speed for more than 1/30 sec, it is advisable to "open" the aperture . A red LED indicates that the shutter is shutter speed less than 1/500 sec, it is necessary to "cover" the aperture.

• On the site " Stages of development of domestic camera manufacturing. “Elikon” cameras ” shows a photograph of the“ Elikon-2 ”camera with the appearance of the“ Elikon-3 ”camera.

• A Brief History of the Soviet Camera (1929-1991) / Yu. Ryshkov. - PTK: "Art", 1993.
• To help the amateur photographer / Comp. and commonly. Ed.P. S. Sparrow. - Minsk .: Polymya, 1993 .-- 317 p. - 50,000 copies.

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