135compact.com 35mm ultra compact cameras Konica EU Mini
The
Konica EU Mini is a very basic, very light and very compact camera. It
was launched in 1993 in 3 colours, black, red and blue. It was also
sold under the name U-mini in America, K-mini and K88/K88R in China.
There were other colours added later, a date model was available as
well and you could order a batch of custom coloured and imprinted
cameras. Quite some companies and sports clubs did this, so there are
many variants on the market.
Its main features are:
28mm F6.7 focus-free lens, 3 lenses in 3 groups, min. focus 0.9m Electronic programmed shutter, serves also as lens diaphragm. 3 shutter speed/aperture combinations: 1/180/F8, 1/180/F6.7, 1/60/F6.7 (1/60 for flash) Size 110×61×32.5, Weight 135 gr. Limited DX code for ISO 100 - 400 (only 2 contacts), auto wind, flash auto only
Front closed.
Back
view. Viewer. Film type window.
Seen
from above. Just a shutter button and a tiny LCD screen which has nearly faded away.
This seems to be common. This is another one, less faded...
Seen from below. Battery compartment (takes a CR123 battery). No tripod socket.
Camera
open.
Film compartment open.
This
camera is incredibly basic. You slide it open and push the shutter,
that's all. There are no features, even flash is automatic only. The
camera has a
fixed focus lens. No slow shutter speeds for night photos. Point and
shoot as
basic
as possible. As there are 3 shutter speeds, automatic exposure and a
flash, results are quite OK. It's one of the smallest and lightest
point and shoot cameras.
