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CAMERA OF THE MONTH

Minolta Repo and Repo S

Minolta is not a name which we usually associate with half frame cameras, but in 1963 – the heyday of half frame – they introduced two models, the Repo and Repo S. They were aimed firmly at the middle ground in the half frame market, and had no particularly unusual features, though they seem to have been competent performers. The Repos S is generally described as a de-luxe version of the Repo, the only obvious differences in the specification being the lens and shutter. However, as the pictures show, there certainly seem to have been differences in the top plate as well as in the technical details. The Repo is shown on teh right, and the Repo S below.

The Repo was apparently known as the Reporter in the USA.

Data in brackets refers to the Repo S where different.

Date of introduction: 1963 (1964)

Lens: 30mm f2.8 Rokkor (32mm f1.8 Rokkor)

Shutter: 1/30 - 1/250 & B; sync. (1/8 - 1/500 & B; sync.) 

Viewfinder: Bright line 

Focusing: Scale 

Exposure: Selenium cell. Matched needle.

Frame counter: Top mounted; subtractive. 

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