Prinz 35 ER: "same as Konica Auto S3, Minolta 7S II"?

[scottgee1]

Yet another eeekbay posting with, um, interesting claims, i.e., "same as Konica Auto S3, Minolta 7S II"

Really?

😕

 

[johannielscom]

Interesting.

I looked high and low for any such comparison, but only found the camera model mentioned on the Camera wiki page on Cosina.

On that page a Cosina-made 'Ur'-rangefinder was mentioned, that was also developed into the Konica Auto S3, Vivitar 35ES, Revue 400SE and Minolta Hi-Matic 7S-II.

That does not mean that the mysterious Prinz 35 ER is similar to the Konica Auto S3 and the Minolta 7S-II, since these camera's are not similar themselves.

Any link to that auction? I looked for it but turned up nothing.

 

[racoll]

I've read in several places that the Prinz is basically the same camera as the Revue 400SE, the Vivitar 35ES, and the 7sII, but I haven't seen that the Auto S3 is from that same gene pool. It is very similar, but I don't know that Cosina built it as they did the others for their respective manufacturers. Even if they did build it for Konica, it may not be from the same parts bin as the others.