Elikon 35CM, plastic, sharp but slow

This is a soviet clone of the Konica C35 AF camera, but does not have autofocus. It is the same camera with the Elikon 35C, plus it has a lever to select the aperture manually in case the batteries are not working.
When shooting manually the shutter speed defaults to 1/125th.
The lens is a sharp Industar 38mm with a maximum aperture of f 2.8
With the automatic setting the aperture ranges from f 2.8 to 16 and the speeds are from 1/8 to 1/500.

The lens may be sharp but the camera needs a steady hand, as it selects low shutter speeds that are prone to camera shake.
I loaded a 400 ASA film in it and got out to shoot candids but I got shaken pictures.
However the exposure system is accurate.

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Konica C35AF the first autofocus camera

This is the first autofocus camera. It has a central point auto focus and a strange indication to the side of the lens. Only after taking the picture a pointer moves and indicates the distance selected by the camera.
Apertures start from 2.8 and shutter speeds selected by the camera are only 3, 1/60th, 1/125th and 1/250th sec.
I don't remember paying more than 2 euros for the camera.An exact copy of the Konica C35AF is my Russian Elicon 35C, but this one is a zone focus camera.

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Elicon 35c

Elicon 35c Soviet Point and Shoot, bought it for 5 euros. I had to disassemble it and clean the shutter mechanism. I could not make the flash work.
The camera needs very fresh batteries, it underexposes severely and if there is no power it trips the shutter without opening the single aperture-shutter leaf mechanism and lets you think that the image was taken. A small red led in the viewfinder lights only when the shutter was fired and there is enough power, that's the only indication that the camera works.

photos recovered by scanner, Agfa 100 ASA film: