World Famous Vintage Cameras

Join with me on a Journey to Discover World's Famous Vintage Cameras as I Publish Photos & Facts in Every Month !

 

Photograph by Sithija Induwara. All Rights Reserved 2016.

Cosina CT 1 Super

The Cosina CT-1 is a 35mm film SLR camera from Cosina Co.. 

In addition to being sold in its own right, the CT-1 chassis also forms the basis (with variations) of several SLR bodies including the Nikon FM10, the Canon T60, the Olympus OM-2000 and others, such as the Hanimex DR-1 Super. It fulfilled better-known manufacturers' desire to offer a low-end "no-frills" manual film SLR without having to manufacture it themselves.

The CT-1 chassis is also often, mistakenly, referred to as the basis of some other cameras such as the Yashica FX-3 and the Centon K100 (which, in itself, is often, incorrectly, said to be an updated Pentax K1000) but, although the FX-3 etc. uses a similar chassis, also from Cosina, it's not the same.