The Cosina Hi-Lite is a SLR camera body for 35mm film. It has a depth-of-field preview function that's triggered by pressing a button on the lens mount, to the users left. This function is also needed to determine the exposure with help of the TTL meter.

The viewfinder screen has a microprism focusing aid in its center. The right side of the finder image shows the meter needle with a centring mark.

specificationsEdit

• Type: SLR body
• Manufacturer: Cosina
• Year of launch: 1968?
• Film: 35mm film with speeds 25-1600 ASA (15 to 33 DIN)
• Lens mount: M42 screw mount with aperture release mechanics
• Shutter: Copal Square metal focal plane shutter with speeds 1 sec. to 1/1000 sec. or B
• Metering: CdS stop down TTL metering
• Exposure: shutter speed selected manually
• Viewfinder: pentaprism finder, focusing aid on screen, ocular with frame for finder accessories
• Film advance: lever with analog exposure counter, rewind unlock button and rewind crank
• Power: SP 675 mercury cell
• Flash synch: two PC connectors for M & X synch

LinksEdit

• Cosina Hi-Lite by Max Bertacchi
• online manual at Michael Butkus Jr.'s
• Cosina Hi-Lite at www.collection-appareils.fr