Interesting indeed,
but did you see the film format in the first link says 18*24?
This is a half frame camera in real Pen heritage!
Iwert.
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From: "Piers Hemy"
Interesting, I hadn't seen that "beauty" before.
Here is a pic of an earlier version from 1985, where the similarities seem
to have been disguised by "restyling" the body, but the layout is very
clearly XA (before it was messed-with).
http://www.photodome.ru/Articles/Abramov/Soviet-Foto-Ind/Pictures/Elikon1.jp
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The description speaks of this camera being "a small rangefinder with
electronic flash attachment (GN 11 meters) of fundamentally new unitary
design with built-in protective cover. Aperture priority automatic, 35/2.8
lens, minimum focus 0.8 meters. Shutter speeds from 10 - 1/500. Shutter
release - electronic sensor. Self-timer - electronic with indicator light."
Sounds familiar!
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Piers
>From the Rangefinder Forum.... a Russian rip-off?
http://dvdtechcameras.com/cameras/35rang/11/11.htm
Rick
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