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The Kodak 35 Rangefinder is an improved version of the ''Kodak 35'' that was launched by the Eastman Kodak Company in 1938 as their first 35mm camera manufactured in the USA. After some two years, the Company presented this improved ''Kodak 35'' camera, with a new superstructure housing containing a viewfinder and a separate rangefinder, but without any addition to the identifying inscription on the body. It is generally referred to as the Kodak 35 Rangefinder model. ==Description== The centrally positioned eyepiece is for the viewfinder. An external mechanism, hidden inside the protrusion at the left-hand side of the lens/shutter assembly, relays the front lens element extension to the rangefinder optics by sensing the height of a milled cam at the periphery of the lens barrel just behind the toothed rim. Both the separate viewfinder and rangefinder eyepieces and the lens coupling are in the style of the ''Leica camera''. The difference is the way in which the lever operates on the lens barrel. Looking through the small rangefinder window at the left-hand side at the back reveals a clear view of a horizontally split image. The lower image part is shifted sideways by turning the focusing wheel at the front right-hand side of the lens. By aligning the vertical feature of any object in the motive that crosses the split in the rangefinder image may render it sharp on the film. The Rangefinder model was made available with a variety of shutter and lens combinations during its production run, which ended in 1951: *1940-1948: ''Kodak Anastigmat Special f/3.5 51mm'' in ''KODAMATIC SHUTTER'', or *1940-1948: ''Kodak Anastigmat Special f/3.5 51mm'' in ''FLASH KODAMATIC SHUTTER'', *1947-1951: ''Kodak Anastar Special f/3.5 50mm'' in ''KODAMATIC SHUTTER'', or *1947-1951: ''Kodak Anastar Special f/3.5 50mm'' in ''FLASH KODAMATIC SHUTTER''. Note: This model is often referred to as the gear coupled RF version due to the conspicuously placed gear next to the lens front element. The gear however, only provides a means of turning the front element using a finger on the edge of the wheel, and is no part of the link between the lens and the rangefinder. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kodak 35 Rangefinder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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