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Revueflex AC1
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The Story Behind
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Some say this is the M42 camera
culmination- - others say it's cheap crap.
Nearly
identical with the Chinon CE-3 Memotron it gives
aperature automatic with every M42 lens capable of
stop down metering.
It “stops down” the lens to
take a meter reading at the chosen aperture a split
second before choosing the right speed and taking the
picture.
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Technical Data
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| Manufacturer |
Chinon
Revue is a brand of Foto Quelle - Germany,
the world's largest retailer in the 1970ties
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| Built |
1977 to 1982 |
| Type |
35mm
SLR with interchangable lens |
| Mount |
M42 |
| Focusing |
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| Shutter |
Seiko MFC-ES, stepless
electromagnetic focal plane metal shutter, verticaly
travelling
Shutter Speeds: Auto: 4 to 1/1000.
Manual: B, X, 4 to 1/1000. Mechanical: 1/100s (for
flash sync)
Without batteries only the X and B
settings operate |
| Viewfinder |
SLR pentaprism, Speeds Scale
and Exposure Indicator Needle are visible in it
Eye-piece blind feature: a lid closes by a small
lever, just left to the prism |
| Selftimer |
Self-timer: 7-12 seconds |
| Exposure Meter |
TTL CdS meter, two cells,
centre weighted, aperture priority automatic exposure
control
Film speed range: ISO 25-3200.
Auto
exposure range: EV 1-18, at 100 ASA
Auto Exposure
compensation feature: -1/2x to +2x EV, 1/3 F-stop
increments
Metering is possible in Auto and Manual
modes |
| AE Memory Button |
for holding the metered
exposure in memory, on the lower left side of the lens
mount, for this: in Auto mode, depress the shutter in
half-way for metering then press and lock the Memory
Button, then release the shutter after recomposing |
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Batteries |
3v, two silver oxide 1.5v, eg.G13/S76, (accepts
lithium Kodak K58L or two alkaline, eg. LR44) |
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Check |
green LED on the eye-piece frame, in Auto mode turns
on when half way pressing of the shutter release, if
battery OK |
Size
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140×88×50mm (LxWxH, without
lens) |
| Weight |
620g (without lens) |
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Miscellaneous
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| On the web |
Quite difficult to find on the web, but as the AC1
is quite similar to the Chinon CE-3 Memotron, there
is at least some information.
davidde.com
Collection Appareil
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My Impressions
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