What camera and lens is this?

[pepeguitarra]

Can you help me identify this camera and lens? The man holding it is Don Jediondo, a famous southamerican entertainer.

 

[BLKRCAT]

Judging by the size and general shape, some sort of Yahsica Electro variant

 

[awbphotog]

It's not an electro, though it may be Yashica. Looks sort of like one of the old Ricoh or Minolta rangefinders considering the selenium cell.

Andy

 

[oftheherd]

There were so man manufacturers that made P&S with the 'new' autoexposure selenium photo cells. It if difficult to say unless one might have one just like it. I don't have the software here to try and improve the contrast so I can read the lens information. That should ientify the camera.

 

[KoNickon]

Nice dent on the filter ring....

 

[sevo]

I don't have the software here to try and improve the contrast so I can read the lens information. That should ientify the camera.

Tried that. No, it won't - that picture may have been blown up before, there aren't even four pixels to each letter...

 

[rwintle]

I'm stumped. Not any Yashica, Minolta (I thought original Hi-Matic, but no), Ricoh or Konica that I can find on Google Images. What seems distinctive is the lack of a film rewind crank/knob on the top - either it's missing, or on the bottom(?).

 

[zniv]

That's a Walz Electric 1.8.

 

[rwintle]

That's a Walz Electric 1.8.

Nicely done!

More here:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76689

I could just about make out some of the letters in "Kominar" on a larger version of the photo I found on the web, but I couldn't get the whole word.

 

[ChrisLivsey]

http://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/walz_electric_18.pdf

 

[Gregoyle]

There is a slightly higher-res version of the picture in the HD version of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FzJE-djnbc

I still can't make out the lettering on the front of the lens though.

Edit: AHA! S-Kominar! Nicely done.