Minolta CLE is a small format rangefinder camera with automatic exposure setting ( aperture priority ).
| Minolta cle | |
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| Type of | rangefinder camera |
| Manufacturer | Minolta ( Japan ) |
| Year of issue | 1980 -? |
| Lens | removable |
| Lens mount | bayonet mount Leica M |
| Photo material | Type 135 film |
| Frame size | 24 × 36 mm. |
| Focusing | manual, rangefinder base 31.5 mm |
| Exposition | aperture-priority automatic |
| Gate | focal, electronically controlled, rubberized horizontal blinds |
| Flash | central sync contact "X" |
| Viewfinder | combined with a range finder |
| Dimensions | 124.5 × 77.5 × 32 mm |
| Weight | 380 g [1] |
The German company Leica Camera and Minolta ( Japan ) had experience in cooperation; in 1973 - 1976, the Leica CL camera was jointly produced. [2]
Minolta’s further development was the Minolta CLE automatic rangefinder, based on the Leica CL housing. The camera is equipped with a TTL - exposure metering device and a curtain shutter which is cocked mechanically, the first curtain is also lowered mechanically, and the second is an electric solenoid, which allows precise shutter speed without a mechanical cam. Lens mount - Leica M mount .
300 copies of the camera were issued with gold trim, the so-called. "Gold issue" (CLE GOLD LIMITED) and were sold only in Japan. [3] [4]
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Specifications
- The type of photographic material used is film type 135 .
- Frame size 24 × 36 mm.
- The case is metal-plastic, with a hinged rear wall.
- Trigger cocking shutter and film rewind. The trigger has two positions - working and transport.
- Automatic self-resetting frame counter.
- Rewind the tape with a tape measure head (on the bottom panel).
- Lens mount - Leica M mount .
- It is possible to use M39 optics through an adapter .
- Interchangeable lenses were produced for the device: M-Rokkor 2/40 ( normal lens ) , M-Rokkor 4/90 ( telephoto lens ) and M-Rokkor 2.8 / 28 ( wide-angle lens ) .
- The viewfinder is combined with the rangefinder, the base of the rangefinder is 31.5 mm.
- When using telephoto lenses, focusing accuracy may deteriorate.
- In the field of view of the viewfinder, frame-limiting frames for lenses with focal lengths of 28, 40 and 90 mm are automatically switched (when changing the lens). Automatic frame switching is determined by the design of the Leica M mount .
- Viewfinder eyepiece magnification 0.6 × .
- The photographic shutter is a curtain, electronically controlled descent of the second curtain with a solenoid.
- Shutter speeds from 1 to 1/1000 s and " B ", "non-rotating" shutter speed head on the top panel of the camera.
- Synchronization exposure - 1/60 s, central sync contact "X". It is possible to control automatic flash units using the TTL - exposure meter camera device.
- Clip for attaching flash units and interchangeable viewfinders.
- Electronic self - timer .
Auto Exposure
The Minolta CLE has an automatic exposure setting ( aperture priority ) using the TTL exposure meter .
Exponometric device power supply - two elements A76.
The head for inputting the photosensitivity of the film is combined with the shutter speed setting head. The values of photosensitivity 25-1600 ISO.
Notes
- ↑ Without lens and film
- ↑ Year and month: Francesch, p. 49.
- ↑ Cameraquest com
- ↑ Cameraquest .