135compact.com 35mm ultra compact cameras Tronic AF 3590
The Tronic AF 3590 is a mid-range 35mm film camera. It was sold by the discounter Lidl in the 2000s when the digital market was coming up.
It has a zoom that covers 35-90mm in a small body of a very sober design. There was a silver version. It resembles the Nytech AF 3570. Nytech is a German Company which initially made
computers as Targa, but then changed to various consumer products, made
in the Far East. The manual of this camera is printed under the Targa name. The camera's main features are:
35-90mm F4.4-10.7 lens, 5 elements in 5 groups, autofocus with focus lock, min. focus 0,9m, 0.8m with tele setting Electronic
shutter, no precise information, numbers taken from the Nytech: 1/300
-1/60 in flash mode, 1/300 -1/3 in flash off mode Size 113x66x39, Weight 195 gr. 100-400
ISO according to manual, but all contacts present, automatic DX coding, automatic film advance, AF and AE, special
modes: red eye reduction, flash off, fill-in flash, night mode, infinity
mode, self timer
Camera
front closed.
Camera
back. Viewer with 1 LED for AE and AF. Film presence window.
Camera front open. The flash is set automatically. The lens moves automatically to 35mm. The lens set to wide position, 35mm.
Lens moved out to its tele position.
View
from above LCD
screen. On/off button, self
timer button, mode button, mid roll rewind. Shutter
release button. Wide/Tele switch. View from below. Tripod socket. Battery compartment, takes a CR123 battery.
Film compartment.
Just by chance, I came across the silver version.
Back.
Top- Auto flash by default-
35mm.
90mm. looks less impressing in silver. As you can see, the silver paint is only sprayed onto a black housing and it wears off.
Both versions.
This
camera is easy to use.
Autofocus is responsive and works well. Putting a film is easy as well,
you drop the film, tear the film leader up to the mark and that's it. The
camera winds it automatically. It has some settings if needed,
the menu is very easy to access on a big clear LCD screen.
It's
a good point and shoot camera
with a moderate wide angle zoom lens, good picture quality, nice
finish in a very small and light body. It sets the flash on from
start, but has a flash off mode. A
nice camera, easy point and shoot with zoom.
