"Amateur-166V" is a Soviet medium format dual - lens reflex camera . Produced at the Leningrad Optical and Mechanical Association from 1980 to 1990 , 906,248 copies were produced. A simplified version of the “ Amateur-166 ” camera, which was discontinued in 1981 due to complaints about the combined shutter and rewind mechanism of the film, is actually the “ Amateur-2 ” camera in a new case.
| Amateur-166V | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type of | dual lens reflex camera |
| Year of issue | 1980 - 1990 |
| Lens | Triplet "T-22" 4,5 / 75 |
| Photo material | film type 120 |
| Frame size | 6 × 6 cm |
| Focusing | manual or focusing screen |
| Exposition | manual shutter speed and aperture setting |
| Gate | central, zlinsovy |
| Flash | Cable sync pin “X” on some cameras and a central sync pin |
| Viewfinder | SLR dual - lens reflex camera , the shaft is transformed into a frame viewfinder |
| Dimensions | 80 × 126 × 100 mm |
| The weight | 608 g |
Content
- 1 Specifications
- 2 “Amateur-166 station wagon” (“Amateur-166 U”)
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Specifications
- The case of the device is plastic . On the casing you can see the places left from the “166 Lover” for installing the frame counter parts and the shutter button.
- The type of photographic material used is film type 120 .
- Frame size - 6 × 6 cm (12 frames).
- The film is rewound by numbers on the roll- film leader , on the rear wall of the camera there is a viewing window with a red filter , a window is provided with a light-proof shutter. Racord (protective light-tight paper superimposed on a film) has a series of numbers on which visual rewinding occurs. For different frame sizes (6 × 9, 6 × 6, 6 × 4.5 cm) - their own series of numbers.
- Shutter cocking separate from film rewind. The photographic shutter is a central interlens, shutter speeds : 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15 and “ B ”. Thread for trigger cable .
- “X” cable sync contact , flash synchronization exposure - any. Some cameras also have a central sync contact .
- Shooting lens Triplet “T-22” 4.5 / 75, brightened , thread for filters - 40.5 × 0.5 mm, lens aperture from f / 4.5 to f / 22.
- The viewfinder lens is a 2.8 / 75 single - lens , connected by a gear transmission with a shooting lens , simultaneous focusing occurs. The viewfinder lens has a smaller depth of sharply imaged space (f / 4.5), which allows for more accurate focusing (from 1.3 m to infinity).
- The viewfinder is a folding light-shielding shaft, the focusing screen is a collective lens, in the center of which there is a matte circle, a folding magnifier to facilitate focusing. In the front wall of the shaft, an opening window turns the shaft into a frame viewfinder . The viewfinder field of view is 53 × 53 mm.
- Mechanical self - timer .
- Tripod socket thread is 1/4 inch .
| "Amateur-166V" and the case | The shaft can be transformed into a frame viewfinder | Bottom view of the lens barrel | Magnifier viewfinder shaft | The camera is prepared for charging with film |
Amateur-166 Wagon (Amateur-166 U)
Since 1983, the production of the Amateur-166 Station Wagon camera began, with the ability to take pictures not only in the 6 × 6 format, but also in 4.5 × 6 cm.