The shutter can be Optiper, Seikosha or Citizen. Actually, the difference is really difficult to establish, especially on average enlargements, but the value for money is really excellent! The quality of the optics is impressive, some people assert that this objective is comparable to the Planar, Xenar and even Xenotar. The taking lens is a Rokkor (Chiyoko or Minolta following the versions) 1:3.5 f=75mm and the viewing lens is a 1:3.2 f=75mm a little more bright. The film is bent after having been exposed and not before! The flatness of the film is thus excellent, better than in any other TLR. Contrary to all other bi-objectives, the film is placed in the upper part of the camera and the empty reel in the bottom part. It is however about the only weak point of this camera : the global construction quality is excellent and can be compared, without blushing, with any TLR, inclusive the Rolleiflex.Īnother interesting characteristic of the Autocord is the route of the film. The focus is soft and easy to realize if the extremity of the focus lever is not broken! It is a piece of Zamak and it is definitively a weak point on this camera - always think of verifying the focus lever state before buying an Autocord! The focus is set by a lever situated under the objectives (and not by a button on the side of the camera, contrary to most of the other TLRs). The Autocord is a bi-objectives reflex camera or TLR for Twin Lenses Reflex, made by Minolta from 1955 till 1966.Īnother TLR among the others? No! The Autocord is rather different from Rolleiflex, Rolleicord and other Yashica Mat.įirst of all, the focusing system is constituted by a bronze hélicoïd : this system is upper to those of the other bi-objectives because it is impossible to unsettle!
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