Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mikiro M wrote: > Hi, Lucien. > > You've finally found an encrypted secret ! ;-). At last my quest come to its end. :-) > It is a Chinese camera. Yasuhara-san probably has some connection with this > manufacturer, Kosei Kougaku (in Japanese pronounciation). He says, "205 is > the only compact rangefinder camera in production (80.000/year) in the > world". 205A (without meter) and 205B (with meter) are imported and > available for 13800 yen (120 USD) and 15800 yen, respectively in Japan. Mikiro, Thank you. It's true that there are some similarities with the Yashura: (like with many other cameras I guess) viewfinder and rangefinder windows, location of the folding rewind handle, advance lever and shutter release. ;-) Lucien