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| Dacora Dignette 300 L image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) |
Dignette 300 L is a 35mm film viewfinder camera made by Dacora and introduced in c.1964. It belongs to the long lasting Dacora Dignette series.
Dignette 300 is a series of cameras based on the body of the Dacora Dignette I, but no chrome front plate and new vertical plastic shutter release on front.
Dignette 300 L is similar with Dacora Dignette 300 but with uncoupled Selenium cell light meter.
It is also sold as Ilford Sportsman 300L.
In c.1970, a nearly similar model with the same name introduced again. But, it is with X 300 shutter. [1]
images by Süleyman Demir
Specifications[]
Data belıngs to the 1970 model
- Lens: Isco Color-Isconar 45mm f/2.8 filter slip-on
- Aperture: up to f/22, no click stops
- Focus range: 1-10m +inf
- Focusing: manual front cell focusing, guess the distance, ring, distance and DOF scales on the lens
- Shutter: Prontor X 300 speeds: 1/30-1/300 +B
- Before 1970 the shutter was Prontor 300
- Shutter release: on the front plate w/ cable release socket, beneath the lever
- Cocking lever:also winds the film, short stroke, on the back of the top plate
- Frame counter: auto-reset, window on the bottom plate
- Viewfinder: bright frame, w/ parallax correction lines
- Exposure meter: Selenium cell, uncoupled
- Film speed range: 12-1600 ASA setting: ring and windows on the exposure setting dial
- Exposure setting: complex dial on the top plate, by turning it, centered the red arrow in the window and read the aperture and speeds
- Re-wind lever: folding crank, on the top plate
- Re-wind release: button, on the bottom plate
- Flash PC socket: none
- Hot-shoe
- Self-timer: none
- Back cover: opens by a knob on the right side of the camera
- Engraving on the bottom plate: Made in W.Germany and serial no.
- Tripod socket: ¼"
- Strap lugs : none
- Body: metal; Weight: 439g