Asaflex EF-300

Photos by Bernard Faure text by Sylvain Halgand. From the collection of Bernard Faure. Last update 2024-04-11 par Sylvain Halgand.

Manufactured or assembled in China from (After) 1987 to (After) 1988.
Index of rarity in France: Frequent (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 14199

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Chronology of cameras Asaflex

The brand Asaflex was registered on March 15, 1977, and renewed in February 1987, by the Compagnie de Diffusion Internationale et Commerciale (S.A). It was re-registered in February 1988, again for photographic equipment.
Subsequently, the "Gorthex Group" (located at 140 rue de la Pompe, 75016 Paris) simultaneously filed for the trademarks Asaflex and Gorthex on January 23, 1997.

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This camera imperfectly mimics a single-lens reflex camera. In reality, it's a plastic gadget, too lightweight to appear serious and thus artificially weighted by adding mass to the base.

The lens is fixed and comically small, nestled at the far end of a useless tube, closed off by a pseudo lens.

It features two viewfinders: one on the side, on the left-hand, and another in the fake prism. The protrusion serves absolutely no purpose unless one imagines that another model had a built-in flash on the front.

Film handling is entirely manual. The inscriptions in golden letters and the use of an identical serial number allow us to associate this camera with the manufacturer Ouyama - New Taiwan Photographic Corporation.

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Ouyama is also known as New Taiwan Photographic Corporation (NTPC). Like those of Formosa Plastics Corporation (FPC), NTPC's products are plastic, of poor quality (from a photographic perspective), and are found under multiple names, often used as promotional gifts. The Canomatic is representative of this manufacturer. It appears that FPC manufactured for NTPC.
The other products can be grouped into several types:

		Markings on lens	#on lens

SLR appearance Off-center viewfinder Finger rest on the right hand	Odette X3000	New Optical Lens 1:5.6 f=50mm Series 626326	626326
	Derlai (Nestlé)	New Optical Lens 1:5.6 f=50mm Series 626326	626326

SLR appearance Off-center viewfinder Finger rest on the right hand Exposure table	2000	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series 624181	624181
	Halimax WX-500
	Komax 2000

SLR appearance Off-center viewfinder Finger rest on both ends Exposure table Gold lettering on models bearing the number 198761	(La Maison de Valérie)	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761
	Neikai AW-4392
	QLS-99 2000N
	Henrycon A-8000S		624181
	Skina SK-7000F	Lens Made in Japan 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761
	Henrycon A-8000	Lens Made in Japan 1:6.3 f=50mm series 624181	624181
	Starflex	Lens Made in Japan 1:6.3 f=50mm series 624181	624181

SLR appearance Dual viewfinders Gold lettering	Asaflex EF-300	Lens Made in Japan 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761

SLR appearance Off-center viewfinder Red trim on the shutter release Motorized	Okaido	Lens Made in Japan 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761
	Meikai AR-4367	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761
	Novai 7000	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761

SLR appearance Built-in flash on the (fake) prism cover Off-center viewfinder Red trim on the shutter release Motorized Flash shoe	Fukaï WR-2	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761
	Yoshita MF-A7000F	Lens Made in Japan 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761

Built-in flash Off-center viewfinder Motorized	Ocean	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761

Built-in flash Off-center viewfinder Motorized	S-1000	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series

SLR appearance Red trim on the shutter release Off-center viewfinder Motorized	Meikai AW-4366	New Color Optical Lens 1:6.3 f=50mm series 198761	198761

SLR appearance Off-center viewfinder Motorized	Nikayo	50mm 6.3 Focus Free Optical Lens Made in Japan

SLR form. Side viewfinder. Flash in line with the lens.	Asaflex EF 50	Lens Made in Japan Auto Fix Focus 50 mm Lens 1:6

SLR shape. Side viewfinder. Flash on the fake prism.	Asaflex EF-80	New Optical Lens Auto Fix Focus 50 mm Lens 1:6

	Nikaï	Color Optical Lens f=1:6.3 50mm

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