Guest's Review of Chinon Ce-4 35mm SLR camera
26th Jun 2008
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Photograph Quality
- Ease of Use
- Time Camera OwnedOver 1 Year
- Features
Very reliable shutter and operation.
Good light meter.
Control dials instead of digital interface.
K-mount (loads of great lenses at good price)
Exposure memory!!!
Bad Points
Only 1/1000 shutter speed (solved in CE-4s)
Nitpicking: plastic top plate.
General Comments
I am basically a Pentax fan owning an MX and an MZ-S for a long time. Unfortunately Pentax could not satisfy my need of having a basic electronic camera with classic big viewfinder (split screen/microprism collar), control dial (instead of digital interface) and a depth-of-filed preview lever (as I shoot most of the time with MF lenses). This led me to Chinon CE-4 (and later CE-4s). These cameras are simply great and spartan. No frills. And this is what you really need. Now after a couple years of first meeting with a CE-4 I already own three plus a CE-4s. Latter has a top shutter speed of 1/2000 which is an improvement over the original CE-4.
Though they are totally underrated there is a good point in this: you can get a 20-25 year old, trusty old workhorse for a bargain price. They may not be fancy in terms of having a big brand camera, but did I mention: I found what I needed at Chinon and not at Pentax!!! Have fun with this lovely camera!
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Web Links
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Chinon CE-4/CE-4s
Chinon CE-4/CE-4s; On-line camera manual; (Illustrated and Instruction CE-4 manual & CE-4s manual); (The CE-4s has a 1/2000 shutter speed and a few less slower speeds;
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Chinon CE-4 camera manual, instruction
Chinon CE-4/CE-4s; On-line camera manual; (Illustrated and Instruction CE-4 manual & CE-4s manual); (The CE-4s has a 1/2000 shutter speed and a few less slower speeds;
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CE-4 35mm SLR - Photography Equipment Review at BetterPhoto.com
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The Premier Photography School - BetterPhoto.com
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Chinon - Camerapedia.org
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Pentax K mount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pentax K mount , sometimes referred to as the "PK mount", is a lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs since....
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My photographic equipment
The Chinon CE-4 ... After this fix, the Chinon worked flawlessly for 12 years, until one day the shutter got stuck. This happened in the desert, during a mountain trip, and left me without a camera!
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My photographic equipment
The Chinon CE-4 ... After this fix, the Chinon worked flawlessly for 12 years, until one day the shutter got stuck. This happened in the desert, during a mountain trip, and left me without a camera!
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