Restoring the First Japanese Camera with auto exposure - Olympus Auto Eye

Опубликовано: 02 Апрель 2026
на канале: Vintage Resurrection
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Olympus auto eye is 35mm range finder camera. It is said to be the first Japanese camera with automatic exposure.
It does not control the shutter speed. It control the aperture for auto exposure. Olympus auto eye use copal sv leaf shutter which can be fire up to 1/500s shutter speed. I got this from local flea market and tried my best to restore it.

Hope you enjoy the video.

Camera restoration are pain in the a** processes and your subscribe really help me a lot.
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