Konica, Fodor, PMC, Ricoh C35 EF / C35 / C35 / Automatic Rapid Analoge Kamera

This lot features 4 cameras from the 1960s-1970s. The cameras are mechanically operational (winding and shutter clicks appear to be working) but have not been tested with rolls of film and will be sold as-is, either as collectors items or parts.

Konica C35 EF

The Konica C35 EF first introduced in 1975 was the first 35mm film camera with a completely built-in flash mechanism. In pop-culture, Andy Warhol favoured this camera exactly for its built-in flash capabilities.

The camera features a Konica Hexanon 38mm, f/2.8 lens. It features a zone-focusing system from 1m to infinity, with a pictogram focusing aid inside the viewfinder as well. Film speed can be set from 25-400 with the dial on the lens.


Konica C35

The Konica C35 is a 35mm film camera from 1968 that served as the predecessor to the other Konica C35 variants that came after it. It was well received with its small-form factor and quality Hexanon lens which offered focusing capabilities.

The Konica C35 has a Konica Hexanon 38mm, f/2.8 lens, with a range-finder focusing system. Shutter speed can range from 1/30 to 1/650, which would be set by the camera automatically based on the light hitting the CdS meter with a needle indication of the speed shown to the user in the viewfinder. Film speed can be set from 25-400 with the dial on the lens.


Fodor C-35

The Fodor C-35 camera is a 35mm film viewfinder camera produced in Japan between 1963 and 1972. It is likely to have been produced by a post-war offshoot of the Japanese camera company ‘Tougodo’ in the Prefecture of Yamanashi under the name of Meikōsha (明興社) or Meikai Sangyō (メイカイ産業). Cameras from this company were produced for global importers like Fodor (Dutch) Foto-Quelle (German). The resemblance of the cameras offered by these 3 companies have an uncanny resemblance, Meikai HC35 (Tougodo), Fodor C-35 (Fodor), Revue HC35 (Foto-Quelle).

The camera features a fixed-focus lens f=5cm, equating to 50mm. The notation of the lens focal length is still in cm (see pictures), despite the shift in the late 90s. There is a variable lever and 3 symbols for aperture control. Comes with the original carrying case.


PMC Automatic Rapid

The PMC Automatic Rapid is a half-frame film camera with a 25mm f/2.8 lens. This camera is a variation of the Ricoh EE Rapid Half (1965) produced specifically for the Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn for their promotional savings catalogue ‘Premie van de Maand Club’ from 1962 to 1974. (hence the name PMC on the camera). The savings system encouraged customers to buy a 10 cent stamp if they spent a guilder and a fully stamped card could offer up to 50% discounts of luxury items of the time such as fridges, portable radios and sewing machines.