Minolta A5 - Camera

Manual focus 35mm rangefinder camera released by Minolta in 1960. A few different versions were produced with different lenses/shutter combinations. The camera also had a restyled version made in 1966. The newer version had a different top plate with a window for the frame counter instead of a dial. It also has a different advance lever that protrudes from the back instead of the top. Metal body available in silver.

• Minolta 45mm f2 Rokkor (6 elements) (Japan) or 45mm f2.8 Rokkor (4 elements) (USA) or 40mm f2.8 Rokkor (1966 version)
• Minimum focus distance: 0.9m / 0.8m
• Shutter: Citizen leaf shutter, 1s - 1/1000s (1/500s on USA version) or Seiko-SLV, 1s - 1/500s + B (1966 version)
• Size: 128 x 77 x 65 mm (1966 version)
• Weight: 479g (1966 version)