Vintage Olympus Auto Electro Set 35mm Range Finder Camera With Original Case And Lens Cap

Fantastic condition, we lovely these cameras and will be sad to see it go. This has been cleaned and tested. A Lovely addition to any vintage photographers set up. Such a gorgeous design. these are true iconic cameras. It is easy to see why they are so desirable.

Case has age related patina but we find this adds character and in no way effects the use of the case.

The Auto series were rangefinder cameras introduced by Olympus in 1958 and 1959. There were two models, the Auto and the Auto-B, also engraved as the Electro-Set. These cameras featured:

built-in selenium exposure meter, coupled to shutter speed, aperture and ASA film sensitivity settings, and with match-needle window on top of the camera.
on the Auto, the shutter speed and aperture rings were cross coupled, so that changing speed ring would then also rotate aperture ring to compensate and maintain the exposure setting.
the Auto featured a flip-up cover over its selenium meter cell, which allowed for low light and daylight reading. The Auto-B meter cell did not have a cover.
viewfinders with automatic parallax correction.
7-element G.Zuiko 42 mm / f 1.8 fixed lens, fitted to the Auto.
5-element E.Zuiko 42 mm / f 2.8 fixed lens, fitted to the Auto-B.
Seikosha-SLV shutter with speeds 1 sec to 1/500 sec plus B mode and X and M flash-synchronization.

Both models allowed mounting of a flip-to-the-side selenium booster cell (with lens shade) accessory to the front lens ring, with cabling to a socket on the front of the camera.

As with all antique cameras, it is very difficult to completely guarantee it’s condition. However, it fires nicely, the view finder is clear, all apertures step down and the light meter swings enthusiastically

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