135compact.com 35mm ultra compact cameras Konica Pop EF 88
The
Konica Pop EF 88
is a very basic compact camera. I
got it for next to nothing in a thrift shop, so I tested it
nevertheless. There is very little information about this camera. As
there was an EF 80 model, launched in 1996, I presume this is a later
model, end of the1990s, but with simlar features. It seems to have an
autofocus if you look at both sides of the finder, but at the same time
says "focus free" on the body. Maybe they re-used the body of a
different camera. Its main features are:
29mm F4.5 focus-free lens, min. focus 1.3m Camera flash indication in the viewerfinder window Shutter speed: fixed 1/125 Size 118x65x42, Weight 160 gr. Limited DX code for ISO 100 - 400 (only 2 contacts), auto wind, AE, flash off/auto/flash on button, red eye reduction
Front closed.
Back
view. Camera flash lamp. Viewer. Film type window.
Seen
from above. Just a shutter button and a mecanical film counter.
Seen from below. Battery compartment (takes 2 AA batteries). Rewind, not automatic. No tripod socket.
Camera
open. Button for flash always and flash off, has to be held, if not it's flash auto.
Film compartment open.
This
camera is incredibly basic. You slide it open and push the shutter,
that's all. There are no features except flash on in
backlight
situations and flash off. All the rest is automatic. The camera has a
fixed focus lens. No slow shutter speeds for night photos. No automatix
spooling to the first photo and no automatic re-spooling, but auto wind
between the photos. Point and shoot as
basic
as possible.
