got a kowa-made graflex century 35 at an estate sale

[paulfish4570]

my daughter got it for $24. she says it surely LOOKS in good clean shape; with a case that she says is in good shape. i figure that is on the upper edge for price. still, only $24. 45mm/f3.5 lens. she says the viewfinder is big and very bright, and the rangefinder patch is moving properly upon focus. shutter fires, too.
i won't be able to look at for a while. it's in florida.
anybody else got one?

 

[farlymac]

I've got a 35A viewfinder version, but I think it's contruction is quite different from the Century 35. It's got a funky double-stroke bottom winder, and a 300 speed shutter, with conventional focusing. But I believe it too was made by Kowa.

PF

 

[tunalegs]

I had one a long time ago that I got at a goodwill for a couple bucks, but it was non-functional. Very pretty camera but apparently they're prone to getting the shutter/film advance interlock out of whack which was the problem with mine.

 

[beezus]

i have one kowa kallo 140 camera

i have one kowa kallo 140 camera

error system

 

[Steve Bellayr]

The Graflex Century 35A is the same as the KOWA 35A. Neither have coupled rangefinders. The Graflex 35 is the model with the coupled rangefinder.

 

[paulfish4570]

well, it says century, and it has a moving rangefinder patch. wish i could find someone who who could clean it and get the shutter/aperture working properly again for less than a small fortune ...

 

[Dwig]

well, it says century, and it has a moving rangefinder patch. wish i could find someone who who could clean it and get the shutter/aperture working properly again for less than a small fortune ...

Butkus has a collection of manuals in PDF that will help sort out which model it is. It seems that the "plain" Graflex Century 35 had a RF along with the later 35ne and the earlier Graflex 35. The 35a didn't.