35mm Film Camera OLYMPUS Auto Eye

35mm Film Camera OLYMPUS Auto Eye

This item was kept as part of a collection and was not used for taking photos.

The exterior condition is good, but there is some cloudiness in the lens.

There are no tears or damage to the camera's leatherette.

The shutter, aperture, and rangefinder are all functional.

The shutter's slow governor seems to be stuck, so the speed is constant.

The self-timer works.

Auto function is faulty.

This is a film camera that uses standard 35mm film.

This camera is from an era that didn't use button batteries or dry-cell batteries, and all operations are performed manually.

The Auto Eye (Olympus Auto Eye) is known as a "pioneer of automatic exposure" in the history of Japanese 35mm cameras.

The world's first "EE (automatic exposure) 35mm camera"

Released in 1959, it has a built-in selenium photocell and automatically controls exposure (EE = Electric Eye).

Photographers only needed to focus, and the correct exposure was automatically determined, which was revolutionary at the time and resulted in fewer failures, even for beginners.

OLYMPUS D.Zuiko 45mm F2.8, a sharp single-focus lens with high praise.

Capable of handling monochrome as well as early color film.

The shutter speed is automatically selected, and there is a safety design that prevents the shutter from firing if the exposure is insufficient or excessive.

Compact and robust, with a metal body, it has the precise and sturdy construction typical of Japanese-made cameras of the time.

The ideas that would later lead to the OLYMPUS PEN series are already evident.

In the historical context (late 1950s to early 1960s), cameras up until then were "for advanced users," requiring the use of a light meter and manual setting of the aperture and shutter speed.

With a strong demand for "cameras that don't fail," OLYMPUS developed the Auto Eye with the goal of "anyone can take beautiful photos."

The Auto Eye was also exported overseas, and it enhanced the reliability of Japanese-made cameras, becoming one of the foundations for the reputation of "Japanese cameras = precise and practical."