Aires 35-IIIC

Aires 35-IIIC reflected image by OZBOX (Image rights)

The Aires 35 IIIC is a leaf-shutter 35mm rangefinder camera made by Aires in 1957-1958. It's entirely mechanical, and features a Seikosha-MXLleaf shutter.

Much is influenced by the Leica M3.

Specifications

Taking advantage of the fact that the Seikosha-MXL does not have a Self-timer, a self-timer is provided next to the lens.

There is also a rewind and double exposures lever in the upper left corner of the unit. This lever returns when the hand is released in the earlier P Coral models, but remains fixed in the improved models. The knob of the rewind lever does not rotate in the early P Coral models, but it has been improved to rotate in the later models.

Taking advantage of the fact that the MXL does not have a self-timer, a self-timer is provided next to the lens.

P Coral model

• Launched in September 1957
• Format : 24 x 36 mm on 35mm film
• Coupled rangefinder
• Lens: Aires P Coral 1:2.4 f=4.5cm
• Filter Size : M43 x 0.75
• Shutter: Seikosha-MXL leafshutter. Speeds B, 1 ,2 ,5 ,10 ,25 ,50,100, 250, and 500.
• Diaphragm: 2.4, 2.8, 4, 5.8, 8, 11 and 16.
• Shooting mode selector:
  • X: Electronic flash synchronisation
  • F: Quick flash bulb synchronization
  • M: Slow flashbulb synchronisation
• Color Leatherette : Black

H Coral model

• Launched in March 1958
• Format : 24 x 36 mm on 35mm film
• Coupled rangefinder
• Lens: Aires H Coral 1:1.9 f=4.5cm
• Filter Size : M43 x 0.75
• Shutter: Seikosha-MXL leafshutter. Speeds B, 1 ,2 ,5 ,10 ,25 ,50,100, 250, and 500.
• Diaphragm: 1.9, 2.8, 4, 5.8, 8, 11 and 16.
• Shooting mode selector:
  • X: Electronic flash synchronisation
  • F: Quick flash bulb synchronization
  • M: Slow flashbulb synchronisation
• Color Leatherette : Black

Dedicated Accessories

• Aires Magazine(35film Magazine)
• Aires Filter(Lens Filter, It was in a dedicated box.)
• TELE Attachment Lens
  • 5cm→8cm
  • With dedicated finder.

Links

• Aires 35 IIIC user manual at Butkus.org
• The Aires 35-IIIC advertised for USD $110 in Popular Photography magazine, April, 1959 (Vol. 44, No. 4; pg. 11). Meter, lens attachments also shown.
• Aires 35 IIIC review at Grandpa Hank Kellner's Vintage Rangefinder Cameras

In Japanese:

• 2018.03 Aires35-IIIC at Hayata Camera Lab

In French:

• Aires 35-IIIC at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr