Specifications

Type
Rangefinder camera
Production
from 1958
Film
35 mm
Lens
42 mm f/1.8
Shutter
Leaf shutter
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/500 s, B
Metering
separate meter cell (not through the lens) (Selen)
Focusing
rangefinder
Film speed
ISO 10–800
Weight
780 g

Good to know

To set the exposure, you preselect a shutter speed and then set the aperture according to the meter reading. [2]

The viewfinder has automatic parallax correction. [1]

Sources

  1. Olympus Museum: Olympus Auto
  2. The Olympus Cameras Collector: 1958 Olympus Auto Electro-Set, dokumentiertes Exemplar und Bedienungsbeschreibung
  3. Olympus Auto Eye II: selbst verfasster Hintergrund- und Bedienungstext

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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