The largly unknown Vivitar 35ES A few months ago I came across this little camera during one of my visits to the local charity shop. It looked in poor condition and I wasn't quite convinced that it worked well but for the grand total of £25, I decided to take the plunge. This is a Vivitar 35ES from 1978, it was sold under other brand names such as Revue 400ES and there is a Prinz version out there (in chrome!) - these cameras were churned out by the Cosina factory and there are minor differences between them all. Minolta must have bought the same chassis/rangefinder/meter assembly from them as the Minolta 7Sii looks very similar and displays the same issues as the Vivitar/Revue siblings (read on). Not sure if Minolta used the same lens or they put their own - would they call Rokkor a lens they didn't make? (remember the Celtic lens line for Minoltas? They were not made by Minolta, that's why they are 'Celtic' and not 'Rokkor'). Minolta dropped ...
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