Minolta 35 D (type b) |
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Manufactured or assembled in Japan from 1950 to 1951.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 7088
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Chronology of cameras Minolta
The classification used here is adapted from those of Wolfgang Huller and Andrea Apra ', which is serving as the basis for data from the Minolta Manual Focus Collector's Society.
The second version of the 35 D, called type b in our filing system, differs very little from the previous one: in fact, only the format of the exposing window is changed from 24 x 33 to 24 x 34 mm. This last format will be the maximum that will be made by Mr. Tashima to get closer to the 24 x 36 standard, as far as the Minolta 35 up to 35 IIB are concerned. It will need the release of the Memo in 1949, a compact camera, for Minolta to join the herd closely watched by Mr. Kodak!
This second series will receive a "mushroom" surrounding the trigger button , whose collar is lowered (about 2 mm in height), but we know that some 35 D (type a) already had this characteristic. Substitution of part or real series? Impossible to know, this element being easily dismountable.
This copy is engraved "made in occupied Japan" under the body.
![Minolta 35 D](../../minolta/images/Minolta_35D_type_b.jpg )
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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