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Minolta 35 A (type b) |
 Version française |
Manufactured or assembled in Japan from 1947 to 1947.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 2012
See the complete technical specifications
Chronology of cameras Minolta
Traduction de Manuel M
Caution! Absolute rarity…
There were only 700 to 1000 specimens produced as from May 1947. For the eye not informed, it is difficult to make the difference compared to one 35 type b or c.
To my knowledge, the only characteristic suitable for the type has, is the pin of locking of the barrel slow speeds. It is placed in a notch of V form opposite the position 1/25 s; it should be rocked backwards to reach at the slower speeds. The sequence of those is different here: 1,2,5,10,25, whereas one has 1,2,4,8,25 starting from the type b, readable of face then by the top.
The format of exposure is of 24 x 32 mm, which will increase gradually to 24 x 36 more orthodox starting from the 35IIB (which is not the 35 b type). But certain type b precisely have also this format… which, as opposed to what one can often read, thus does not make it possible to decide. It is necessary to have in the head that the production of these cameras began at the end of the war, during one rather chaotic period, and that probably batches of parts of the first series could be used thereafter. It is thus frequent to meet atypical models. What can add an interest for the collector!
Engraving “Osaka” following “Chiyoda Kogaku” also seems to concern only this first type, perhaps also the very first b. Marking CPO on the button of advance indicates that this camera was bought in a military store, and brought back to the USA where it remained until I buy it
This specimen (n°699) is functional, which is all the more remarkable. It should be known that nearly 80% of Minolta 35 have a problem of curtain which is not involved any more. Nothing like it here, and the two curtains function. Speeds, including the slow ones, seem right.
Some characteristics complementary to the data sheet which you will find in bottom of this page:
- Selector slow speeds separate, lockable on the position 1/25.
- Self-timer with two positions.
Help to identify the Minolta 35 models
by Renaud Laemmli
| Engraving on front | |||||
| Engraving on the top | |||||
| No engraving | |||||
| Chiyoda-Kogaku Osaka | |||||
| Slow speeds with a key lock (sequence 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 readable from front) | |||||
| Frame counter mark oriented toward front beside the "R" | 35 A (type a) | ||||
| Frame counter mark oriented toward the hinge axis | 35 A (type b) | ||||
| Slow speeds without a key lock (sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 25 readable from front) | 35 A (type c) | ||||
| Minolta 35 et ####* | 35 B (type a) | ||||
| Minolta 35, ####* et C.K.S | |||||
| Rewind button with a visible central axis and the winding of the film is seven perforations | 35 B (type b) | ||||
| Rewind button without central axis | |||||
| The winding of the film is eight perforations No eyelets on the strap No hollow on front under the lens |
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| Slow speeds always readable from the front | 35 C (type a) | ||||
| Slow speed readable from the top | 35 C (type b) | ||||
| Eyelets on the strap Hollow on front under the lens "R" lever under the frame counter disc |
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| Format 24 x 33 mm | 35 D (type a) | ||||
| Format 24 x 34 mm | 35 D (type b) | ||||
| Model E | 35 Model E | ||||
| Model F | 35 Model F | ||||
| Model II | |||||
| C.K.S | |||||
| No "sidewalk" under the rewind knob | |||||
| Slow speeds sequence : 1, 2, 4, 8, 25 | 35 Model II (type a1) | ||||
| Red X between 25 and 8 on the slow speeds knob | 35 Model II (type a2) | ||||
| Chiyoda Kogaku | |||||
| "sidewalk" | |||||
| Accessory shoe with no balls between the screws | 35 Model II (type b1) | ||||
| Accessory shoe with two balls between the screws | 35 Model II (type b2) | ||||
| Model IIB | 35 Model IIB | ||||
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