Minolta A-2

From Camerapedia.org

The Minolta A-2 was launched by Chiyoda Kogaku in 1955 as the advanced variant of the Minolta A rangefinder camera for 35mm film. First it had a faster shutter than the Minolta A, and later it even got a faster lens. In 1958 the Minolta A-2 LT followed, a variant with exchangeable lenses, with alternate 1:4.8/100mm lens. A characteristic detail of the camera is the speed setting thumb wheel in the camera top.

• Type: rangefinder camera
• Manufacturer: Chiyoda Kogaku
• Year of launch: 1955, model with faster lens and shutter in 1957
• Film: 35mm
• Lens: Chiyoko Rokkor 1:3.5/45mm (4 elements in three groups like a Tessar), or Chiyoko Rokkor 1:2.8/45mm (5 elements in 3 groups)
• Filter thread: 34mm
• Shutter: leaf shutter, Citizen MVX with speeds 1 sec. to 1/400sec. plus B and M/F/X flash sync., or Optiper MVL with speeds 1 sec. to 1/500sec. plus B and M/X sync. , plus B, both variants with self-timer
• Viewfinder: reverse Galilean bright frame finder with superimposed coupled rangefinder and mechanical parallax correction
• Film advance: fine single stroke advance lever and poor rewind knob on top
• Dimensions: 132×86×65mm
• Weight: 620 g

Links

• A-2 with Rokkor 1:3,5 at Guide to Classic Cameras [1]
• A-2 with Rokkor 1:2,8 at Cefiro's [2]
• Minolta A-2 in french / en français at www.collection-appareils.fr