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Olympus Ace

Olympus·1958·Camera

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The Ace is a 35mm coupled-rangefinder camera, introduced by Olympus in 1958. It has interchangeable lenses. Its finder has projected frames and parallax correction. The combination of a leaf shutter and interchangeable lenses resulted in a limited range of lenses: just four were designed for the Ace:

Specifications

Shutter Type
Leaf shutter
Film Format
35mm
Mount Type
Olympus screw mount
Shutter Speed
1/500 to 1 second
Focus Type
rangefinder
Weight
approximately 800g
Metering Type
manual

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