35mm compact camera automatically. The first 35mm camera of the world with autofocus. He used the Visitronic AF system manufactured by Honeywell. The Konica C35 AF (nicknamed"" Jasupin"" ) is the first autofocus camera production of the world. Launched in November 1977, using the AF"" Visitronic"" system developed and produced by Honeywell (see description below). It was a"" passive"" system instead of the then popular"" active"" system (which Canon used in the AF35M eighteen months after the AF C35). Konica is said to have sold a million units. In 1980, AF C35 was replaced by C35 AF2 some cosmetic differences. A few years after the launch of these Konicas, the Russian factory in Minsk Belomo produced an autofocus camera owed them a lot. Autofocus called Elikon, but has only been seen with Cyrillic letters.
Konica C35 AF , a camera whose launch was a global milestone in 1977 because it is the first camera with autofocus of the world
first model C35 was released in 1968 for the house Konishiroku Photo Industry and influenced no doubt cameras that took from 1970 other Japanese companies
The company had started as a site selling rice & nbsp , called Konishi-ya Rokubei Ten and soon became one of the leading businesses in Tokyo's son founder Sugiura Rokusaburo, took a photograph in a studio when he was 25 . This experience was so impressed that began to introduce the sale of photographic material in your business from 1873
Finally Sugiura Rokusaburo left the family business to launch its own store, Honten Konishi Rokuemon, dedicated exclusively to the sale of photographic and medical equipment
The name Konica was originally who gave a model of 35mm camera introduced in 1947. As was also the case with the name Leica or Yashica, the name Konica is actually the stands for the name of the manufacturer (Konishiroku), adding the suffix" ca" of" camera" . the company name officially changed to Konica Corporation until 1987. Later Konica Minolta merged in 2003, becoming Konica Minolta, and leaving to manufacture cameras in 2006.
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The model is in our collection is the C35 AF , to which he was also known for their nickname: " Jasupin" this is without doubt a milestone in the history of popular cameras, because as we said this model is & nbsp. ;. the first camera with autofocus of the world This model was launched in November 1977 and is a evolution also historical C35 EF , which was the first auto-exposure 35mm compact camera with integrated flash and function
system AF it was designed Honeywell and worked without batteries, was a system" passive" by comparison image was incredible for the time This technique is based, as in the case of rangefinders in the & nbsp. ; angular difference between separate receivers, to the superimpose. the same scene So is able to determine not only if the system is out of focus, but also the amount and direction of movement of lens required to achieve the targeted optimum
As you can see is a historic camera, a cornerstone of the new technology, not perfected until many years later. Their success was resounding , is said to Konica sold one million units
This type of cameras represented a great social change, thanks to its lightness, . reliability and easy handling in fact, one of the greatest exponents of pop culture, Andy Warhol, used this type camera normally and the apparently had 3 Konicas