Carena KSM 2
I don´t know what is the origin of this camera. I have found several almost similar cameras badged as, Exakta Ke-5,Topcon RM 300 which was one of the last Topcons,Quantaray D2-RZ and Cimco LS-1. They all have K-mounts, even Topcon, and the features and design are astonishingly alike.
This Carena is made by Cosina. Carena is a German or Luxembourger retail chain that sold a lot of Carena labeled cameras and equipment but they didn't manufacture any. Cosina Company has made cameras under the names Miranda, Ricoh, Vivitar, Voigtländer and Yashica, even Nikon, Canon and Olympus and curiously also Cosina. A subcontractor of the kings and peasants.
Carena KSM 2 operates only in manual mode. It has a metal focal plane shutter, B, 1 - 1/1000 sec. K- mount bayonet, mechanical self timer, TTL metering (powered with two 1,5 V? batteries) with LED indicator in the view finder and a hot flash contact. It is heavy all metal construction which dates it in late seventies. Although Carena is not aimed for a professional use it feels reliable and solid and it has a connection for motorized rewind though the rewind lever acts astonishingly smoothly and smartly. K- bayonet enables a huge variety of affordable lenses. Something bad to say about KSM2? Oh, yes..it is loud and lacks the catapult seat.
The lens in the picture is Super Carenar 3,5-4,3/ 35-100mm Zoom |
Cosina CSM (~1978)
(Cosina/Vivitar/Porst), a list of all the cameras made by Cosina
Lens Mount: M42 screw mount
Shutter: Magnetically controlled Focal Plane shutter with the speed from 4 sec. to 1/1000 sec. plus B and mechanical 1/50 sec.
Flash synchronization at X (1/60 sec.)
Self timer: Electrically controlled 10 sec. with winking signal lamp
Viewfinder: Fixed Pentaprism, Magnification 1x (with f=55mm lens), Dioptry 0.9, field of view 93% for both vertical and horizontal, Horizontal split image and surrounding Micro-prism, Indications of optimum-, over- and under exposures.
Metering System: Matching led system by stop-down metering (optional aperture-prefered automatic exposure accessory unit)
Film Speed Range: ASA 25 - 3200
Auto-exposure range: EV 3 (F1.4 1/4 sec.}--EV 18 (F16 1/1000 sec.)
Film advance: 180° rotation with Stand-off angle 30°
Shutter Release: Equipped with built-in Lock dial and Stop-down release button. Half pressure stops down the lens shooting aperture and full pressure fires the shutter.
Exposure Counter: Progressive type from S (start) and automatically resets to S
Battery: 2 x S-76 Silver battery 1.5V,
Size and weight: 136.5 x 83.2 x 51mm / 540g |
| My friend, Arska, who kindly donated this camera to my collection, prefacing: "You who still are surrounding yourself with old junk..." I had no other possibility but accept, so here they are. The former donation was Olympus Auto Eye II , also that caused me a pleasant problem to hunt the history of the item |
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