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Kinon AW-80 |
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Manufactured or assembled in Inconnu from (Circa) 1985 to (Circa) 1985.
Inventory number: 13990
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Chronology of cameras Kinon
The Kinon AW-80 is an unremarkable camera which was made in the mid 1980's. The film speed setting is in ISO, suggesting that it was made after 1984-5. The film speed slider changes the aperture behind the lens. The logo, in the characteristic Kinon script, was not used after 1985-6 as a result of a court decision in a dispute with a rival - Kinusa.
The camera has a CdS cell, but it probably only informs the operator when to use the flash. This is acheived by two diodes on the back "No" in red, and "OK" in green. The flash is turned on manually. The lens is proudly "Made in Japan" (which suggests that the camera wasn't) and is lightly colour corrected. It is surrounded by a recessed red circle, like some Nikons and Canons of the time..
It is quite well made, probably in Taiwan, and Premier would be high on the list of suspects.
The brand was registered with a simple logo in 1983 in the USA by Farsharp Industrial Corporation, Taiwan. It was abandoned on April 17, 1986. It was re-registered by the same company on November 4, 1986, with the logo featuring the characteristic shutter-like dot over the "i" and the "o" in the center of which bears the image of an optical device. It was abandoned on March 9, 1990.
This brand was registered with the second logo in France in January 1988 by Ghislain Van Der Does. It covers photographic, cinematographic apparatus, and optical equipment, as well as devices for recording, transmitting, reproducing sound, images, or text and documents. The trademark has expired, presumably in 1990.
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