RARE Find!!!!1960's Kowa Flex-E 35mm SLR Camera with Leather Case and Strap and In Original offers Box with Instruction Sheet
..Below is listed all the facts about this camera...All I can tell you is that it is in the original box, which has considerable vintage wear and in the original leather case offers and strap, which is in awesome vintage condition.. Camera has not been tested, but I can tell you that is has been stored in a very clean dry place all these years and was owned by an elderly gentlemen that was emaculate about his belongings..I can't imagine that it doesn't work perfectly,but I won't guarantee... It looks in great condition and even has the original lens cap..
The Kowa E (which appears to have been branded as the Kowaflex E in the USA) was the base model for subsequent Kowa 35mm SLR cameras.
It's a fully manual camera, with an external selenium meter located on the pentaprism housing, and a match-needle pointer in the viewfinder, along with a central split image rangefinder. There's an instant return mirror, and what Kowa claimed (in the camera's instruction manual) to be the world's first instantaneous return (automatic) diaphragm. The lens is a fixed 50mm f/2, and the leaf shutter a Seikosha-SLV with speeds of B and 1-1/500s. The film speed, focus, aperture and shutter speed controls are all around the lens.
Introduced in 1961, this model was replaced by the Kowa SE in 1964.
Specification
Lens: Lens not removable. Fitted with a Kowa f/2 50mm (6 elements in 4 groups), with an f/4 86mm, and f/4 36mm conversion lenses available, and close-up lenses. In the USA, the conversion lenses appear to have been 71mm and 35mm options.
Focus: Pentaprism with condenser, Fresnel lens, and split image rangefinder.
Shutter: Seikosha SLV leaf shutter with a range of 1 sec to 1/500th plus B.
Meter: External coupled selenium meter on pentaprism housing.
Exposure: Fully manual with viewfinder match needle.
Film Speed: 10 to 1600 ASA.
Flash: M and X contact, and an accessory shoe mounting port on the right side of (i.e. not on top of) the top plate (facing). This was an L shaped bracket, that positioned a cold shoe above the rewind crank.
Film Advance: 180° lever.
Frame Counter: Automatic count-up and reset.
Rewind: Via crank and bottom release button.
Size: 143 x 97 x 87mm (W x H x D). not sure what that is in inches...
Weight: 875g.