Nov 15, 2018 · In 1965, the Kowa SER appeared, and it featured a Seikosha leaf shutter behind the lens, a CdS metering system, and a suite of lenses that ranged from 28mm to 200mm. The …

The KOWA SET-R (2) has the fastest ever made leaf shutter SLR lenses made in history. The fastest lens of Voigtlander leaf shutter SLR was the 2/50mm Septon and 2/40mm Skopagon - …

Feb 17, 2023 · In 1968, the company introduced a more ambitious project: the Kowa Six 6×6cm SLR, which would meet some success as the poor man's Hasselblad. It was upgraded in 1974 …

Sep 25, 2023 · Kowa, an old established industrial company, branched into the camera trade in 1958 for a short 30-year period. Early models were compact viewfinders and rangefinders, …

Oct 7, 2020 · This is a Kowa SE-T 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera made by Kowa Optical Works around 1965. The SE-T was part of a range of leaf shutter SLR cameras made by …

Feb 17, 2023 · The Kowa SET is a fixed lens 35mm SLR introduced by Kowa in 1967, and was a replacement for the Kowa SE. It updated that camera by moving the external CdS light meter …

Nov 22, 2017 · When using the Kowa SET-R, you have what amounts to a pretty standard 1960s SLR. It has all of the right features, a TTL CdS meter, an easy to use interface, bright …

Feb 17, 2023 · The 1968 [1] Kowa SET R (or SETR or seTr) was a version of the SET but enhanced with interchangeable lenses (as with the SER versus the SE). By using a complex …

Jun 25, 2020 · In November 2017, I reviewed the Kowa SET-R, a 35mm leaf shutter SLR made by Kowa Optical Works of Japan between the years of 1968 and 1970. That camera was my …

Dec 9, 2015 · This is a fixed lens, 35 mm SLR made by Kowa in Japan in about 1964. The main distinguishing feature of the camera is that it is fitted with a leaf shutter built behind the lens, …