More or less 510.00 US dollars... Walfrido
----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:36 PM Subject: Re: some bessaflex specs > Nice! > > I hate to nit-pick (and I'm not usually a nit-picker <g>), but it would be nice > if the ISO range went up to 3200, but it ain't a big deal... > > 60,000 yen, eh? Anyone know what that's likely to be in US (or better yet) > Canadian dollars? > > regards, > frank > > Lukasz Kacperczyk wrote: > > > Thanks to our very own Ken Takeshita I'm forwarding some specs of the > > Bessaflex. > > > > > http://camecame.ddo.jp/cosina/data/292.jpg > > > > > > http://camecame.ddo.jp/cosina/data/293.jpg > > > > > > The detail of Bessaflex is shown only in the PhotoExpo in Japan and the > > > catalogue is not available yet. > > > > > > BessaflexTM > > > Release May/2003 > > > > > > TTL 35mm Focal Plane Shutter Camera > > > M42 (P) mount > > > Focussing Screen: fixed type Microprism > > > Finder view area: 95% > > > DOF Preview: by pushing up SW Button beside the mount > > > Shutter: Mechanical vertical run, metal focal plane shutter, 1/2000~1 > > second > > > & bulb > > > Synchro: X contact (sync below 1/125 sec) > > > Metering: SPD, TTL Stop down centre weighted, 3 points LED > > > Metering range: EV1~EV19 (ISO100.F1.4:1 sec, F16: 1/2000sec) > > > Meter reading: Push SW Button turns on the meter, meter turned off after > > > shutter release > > > ISO setting: 25~1600 (1/3 step) > > > Film winding: incremental winding possible, can use trigger winder > > (optional > > > accessory) > > > Film counter: normal, auto-reset upon opening the cover > > > Power source: LR44 Alkaline Manganese x2, or SR44 Silver oxide x2 > > > Body outer shell: magnesium alloy (upper cover, bottom cover, rear cover) > > > Dimensions: 35.5mmW x 89mmH x 52.50mmD > > > Weight: 485g (body only) > > > MSRP: 50,000Yen (w/o tax) > > > > > > > What I like the most it the optional trigger winder and the metal body.i > > hope the shutter is a bit less noisy than that on the rangefinder Bessas. > > > > Regards, > > Łukasz > > -- > "Honour - that virtue of the unjust!" > -Albert Camus > >