A COSINA CT-1 SLR , not so famous BUT works perfectly ! It performed well in the heat and humidity of the Philippines and I show some prints taken with it.
Fantastic Video, you have a lot of charisma my friend. Thank you for sharing this review, i just bought the camera for my flatmates birthday. Stay save and have a nice Christmas!
Nice review! Just got the CT-1A version with Cosinon 50/1.8. Love the accent too. I was curious for the 50/2 but you slapped a Pentax lens on. Naughty ;)
I have the ct 1a and it seems a good camera. I like the split circle focus screen, the metal shutter blades, metal lens mount. . Everything works and seems good. A good lens is more important than an an expensive camera body. PS Perhaps some black thread would work for the very narrow light seal replacement? The right diameter and right material would be important.
I had a PM-1, which I believe was the same, but branded by the Photomarket chain. Easily better than the Zenith cameras my friends had when I was a kid!
Nice little camera, Peter. Although Cosina SLRs never took off against more established competition, the company went on to make Voigtlander branded rangefinder cameras and lenses (M39 screw and Leica M bayonet mount), which are very well thought of indeed, so no surprises that your lens is sharp. The CT-1 closely resembles the Bessa L, minus the pentaprism. Same shutter, release, lock, frame counter, rewind. Rather like Ricoh owning Pentax, the lesser known Cosina company outlived the better known camera brand.
This camera is very similar to my Sears KSX,, which was manufactured by Chinon: same lens stats, same 125th flash synch, same Pentax K mount, same advance/shutter lock.
I'm just starting to use a Cosina CT-1 but it will not tell me how many exposures I have used. I don't know how to fix this and am wondering if you would know how?
Look as if there is a FAULT with the Frame Counter , same as on my Yashica FR-1 which is stuck on 'Start' -- you will need to get the top taken off to fix it -- may be a broken plastic bit inside.
Thank you for your video! Just found a Cosina ct1 super at home and this has been really helpful. However, I can't seem to find the needle you are talking about that shows if the exposure is correct, I can only see a "+ • -" on the left that turns red when I slightly press the shutter. Would you be able to help? Thank you!
davedavito : I read a lot in photography Forums such as 'Flickr' and watched some youtube videos. Then I got some black sheets of foam from 'Hobby Crafts' shop in Romford, Essex for 80 pence -- I had a 'rotary trimmer' already bought for £ 1 at my Camera Club's Auction which cuts very narrow strips, then I used a toothpick and one drop of Lighter Fuel bought in Poundland shop for £ 1 to clean out the old foam and pushed in the new foam strips with the toothpick cut to length with a sharp knife. You also need some cotton buds to help clean out the old foam.Americans all seem to use 'Isopropyl Alcohol' but is is very difficult to get in UK, so I used Lighter Fuel.
Hi! I just found this camera at the bottom of a drawer. Lucky me! It's a "CT1 Super" version, slightly different but mainly the same. But I'm trying to make a double exposure shot and I'm not sure if i's possible; the second photo it's not shot. Do you know if I can do this technique with this camera? Have you ever tried? Thank's!
Thanks, Peter-- for a good camera review... But my CT-1 has no side PC flash contact. Also the Butkus.org on line manual for this camera says to use a 1.3V H-S battery. Your Alkaline battery 1.5V will alter meter exposure?? I need some info on that, please.
I found the Instruction Nook for YOUR CT-20 here : You need Adobe Reader to see it -- www.central-manuals.com/download/camera/cosina/CT_10_CT_20_ml.pdf
Hi Peter, I have a Cosina C1s. I am unable to get the rewind button out. It's stuck in. Because of that I am not able to use the film lever nor can I click it. Can you please help me out.
You will have to remove the plastic Base-Plate 3 Cross Point JIS type screws and when you have it off examine WHY the Rewind Button is Stuck. If you do NOT have 'JIS' type Screwdrivers a very small cross-point of a ' Spectacle Repair Set. may fit - i got mine from Maplins until I got the correct 'JIS' Screwdriver set.
Thank you Peter, I will try it. Can I please also ask you if you can help me out with the Advance Lever which is struck. Can I have your email ID? I want to send you a photo of my camera (irony unintended).
how will i fix it if i suddenly pushed the black thing which is the shutter? will it not work properly? i also cannot wind the lever, how will make it work again?
You will BREAK it if you PUSH THE SHUTTER as you can get the shutter leaves out of position -- that is one reason why you cannot wind the film advance lever you have jammed it
My shutter button is stuck. Any idea as to how I can unstick it (is it removable?) easily? I still have a roll installed so I'd prefer not to open it up
hello i have a cosina CT-1. i tried some battery and the only that seems to work is the "675" 1.4V. but i have an issue, the meter stop working continuously, then i move the lever and the camera and randomly work. do you have any suggestion? can be a contact?
@@francescogiocondo65 Firstly You might try opening the battery access - take out the battery - and with a good bright light looking for corrosion in the battery compartment - I use a sharp exacto blade to scrape or check YT. Secondly look like a pro and buy a light meter. Thirdly - there are films that if you reference their exposure guide you’ll get - like Ilford’s XP2 b&w or Fuji 400 color slide or print. In my book these are great films. CVS will process the XP2.
Old post. Did you sort this out? Fairly certain this is a voltage issue. They discontinued the mercury 1.35v button batteries. When improvising, I've read that is where people encounter problems... Not sure if there is a conversion to 1.5v?
@@RascalKyng well long story short...i send the ct-1 for repair and they did nothing, they just say that is "deterioration" (and i paid for this...damn). In the meantime i bought another one, same battery and it is working VERY GOOD. I will open my bad ct-1 and try to fix, i'm sure it is some contact (of some electronic?) and the service was not done right. So i can say that with the new battery type the CT-1 works very well, if it is intact inside!
I love your videos and your photos! Keep it up!
I just inherited this camera. Thank you tons for this video. It helped me understand film cameras!
Me too 😂 !
Really great video! Always great to find people that actually use the cameras they have! Cheers from Portugal!
Cracking, light-hearted and informative review. Thanks for posting.
Fantastic Video, you have a lot of charisma my friend. Thank you for sharing this review, i just bought the camera for my flatmates birthday. Stay save and have a nice Christmas!
So Kind Comments ! I have the loan of a COSINA CSM now to test ! It takes M42 SCREW lenses -- keep watching for the Video Review on it soon !
Nice review! Just got the CT-1A version with Cosinon 50/1.8. Love the accent too. I was curious for the 50/2 but you slapped a Pentax lens on. Naughty ;)
You have good photos!
thanks for this!
Love this guy's accent
I can hear it too. But as a German i am unable to locate it. Which accent is it?
My favourite SLR is my beloved Cosina CT-7,sharp as a razor they even make stuff for Nikon.
I have the ct 1a and it seems a good camera.
I like the split circle focus screen, the metal shutter blades, metal lens mount. .
Everything works and seems good.
A good lens is more important than an an expensive camera body.
PS Perhaps some black thread would work for the very narrow light seal replacement?
The right diameter and right material would be important.
I had a PM-1, which I believe was the same, but branded by the Photomarket chain. Easily better than the Zenith cameras my friends had when I was a kid!
Nice little camera, Peter. Although Cosina SLRs never took off against more established competition, the company went on to make Voigtlander branded rangefinder cameras and lenses (M39 screw and Leica M bayonet mount), which are very well thought of indeed, so no surprises that your lens is sharp.
The CT-1 closely resembles the Bessa L, minus the pentaprism. Same shutter, release, lock, frame counter, rewind. Rather like Ricoh owning Pentax, the lesser known Cosina company outlived the better known camera brand.
+Borderlands : Thanks for that information and for viewing -- Peter
I've had a Cosina CT-1a for years trouble free.
This camera is very similar to my Sears KSX,, which was manufactured by Chinon: same lens stats, same 125th flash synch, same Pentax K mount, same advance/shutter lock.
I'm just starting to use a Cosina CT-1 but it will not tell me how many exposures I have used. I don't know how to fix this and am wondering if you would know how?
Look as if there is a FAULT with the Frame Counter , same as on my Yashica FR-1 which is stuck on 'Start' -- you will need to get the top taken off to fix it -- may be a broken plastic bit inside.
Thank you for your video! Just found a Cosina ct1 super at home and this has been really helpful. However, I can't seem to find the needle you are talking about that shows if the exposure is correct, I can only see a "+ • -" on the left that turns red when I slightly press the shutter. Would you be able to help? Thank you!
That is because the CT1 'SUPER' has NO NEEDLE ! It shows an electronic readout .
How did you change the light seals?
What material did you use? :)
davedavito : I read a lot in photography Forums such as 'Flickr' and watched some youtube videos. Then I got some black sheets of foam from 'Hobby Crafts' shop in Romford, Essex for 80 pence -- I had a 'rotary trimmer' already bought for £ 1 at my Camera Club's Auction which cuts very narrow strips, then I used a toothpick and one drop of Lighter Fuel bought in Poundland shop for £ 1 to clean out the old foam and pushed in the new foam strips with the toothpick cut to length with a sharp knife. You also need some cotton buds to help clean out the old foam.Americans all seem to use 'Isopropyl Alcohol' but is is very difficult to get in UK, so I used Lighter Fuel.
@@theoldfilmbloke isopropyl alcohol is just 'Surgical Spirit' in the UK available from any chemist
Okay a very dumb question but how do you turn on this camera? Sorry im a beginner with this film camera and mine didnt go with a manual
'Turn it ON'' ?? Not sure what you mean --- you just wind the lever and the film moves and you press the shutter release to take a picture !!
the light meter is on when you pull out the advance lever and partial press the shutter button.
Hi! I just found this camera at the bottom of a drawer. Lucky me! It's a "CT1 Super" version, slightly different but mainly the same.
But I'm trying to make a double exposure shot and I'm not sure if i's possible; the second photo it's not shot. Do you know if I can do this technique with this camera? Have you ever tried?
Thank's!
No Never tried to do Double Exposures' and i do not believe it is possible with that Cosina.
I have a 40 year old cosina f8 500ml lens. Screw on thread.
I have the LOAN of a COSINA CSM now -- it takes M42 SCREW lenses .
Thanks, Peter-- for a good camera review... But my CT-1 has no side PC flash contact. Also the Butkus.org on line manual for this camera says to use a 1.3V H-S battery. Your Alkaline battery 1.5V will alter meter exposure?? I need some info on that, please.
As far as I know a 1.5 volt battery WILL work as the 'circuit' is a 'Bridge Circuit' -- the 1.3 V were Mercury now illegal
The A version upgraded to SR44 and LED meter.
Please help me, my cosina ct-20 cant shoot, is this camera using electric or just mechanic operation ???
I found the Instruction Nook for YOUR CT-20 here : You need Adobe Reader to see it --
www.central-manuals.com/download/camera/cosina/CT_10_CT_20_ml.pdf
Hi Peter, I have a Cosina C1s. I am unable to get the rewind button out. It's stuck in. Because of that I am not able to use the film lever nor can I click it. Can you please help me out.
You will have to remove the plastic Base-Plate 3 Cross Point JIS type screws and when you have it off examine WHY the Rewind Button is Stuck. If you do NOT have 'JIS' type Screwdrivers a very small cross-point of a ' Spectacle Repair Set. may fit - i got mine from Maplins until I got the correct 'JIS' Screwdriver set.
Thank you Peter, I will try it. Can I please also ask you if you can help me out with the Advance Lever which is struck. Can I have your email ID? I want to send you a photo of my camera (irony unintended).
Sorry but I do not want to give out my e-mail -- you can contact on youtube ' Fix Old Cameras' Gent -- he might be able to help.
how will i fix it if i suddenly pushed the black thing which is the shutter? will it not work properly? i also cannot wind the lever, how will make it work again?
You will BREAK it if you PUSH THE SHUTTER as you can get the shutter leaves out of position -- that is one reason why you cannot wind the film advance lever you have jammed it
i dont know how to spell in russian so please excuse me what is a 3EHNT the n being backwards but i cant find anything about it
That would be a Russian ZENITH camera -- I did a video about it here :
czcams.com/video/n8Zxk-osf0U/video.html
My shutter button is stuck. Any idea as to how I can unstick it (is it removable?) easily? I still have a roll installed so I'd prefer not to open it up
Sorry no idea unless you can drop a VERY SMALL AMOUNT of Oil down it
hello i have a cosina CT-1. i tried some battery and the only that seems to work is the "675" 1.4V. but i have an issue, the meter stop working continuously, then i move the lever and the camera and randomly work. do you have any suggestion? can be a contact?
I am not a Camera Repair Technician BUT it seems to be a Bad Connection
@@theoldfilmbloke maybe on the lever? i will try to open the top of the camera and use some dry contact spray. thank you for your reply!
@@francescogiocondo65 Firstly You might try opening the battery access - take out the battery - and with a good bright light looking for corrosion in the battery compartment - I use a sharp exacto blade to scrape or check YT. Secondly look like a pro and buy a light meter. Thirdly - there are films that if you reference their exposure guide you’ll get - like Ilford’s XP2 b&w or Fuji 400 color slide or print. In my book these are great films. CVS will process the XP2.
Old post. Did you sort this out?
Fairly certain this is a voltage issue. They discontinued the mercury 1.35v button batteries. When improvising, I've read that is where people encounter problems...
Not sure if there is a conversion to 1.5v?
@@RascalKyng well long story short...i send the ct-1 for repair and they did nothing, they just say that is "deterioration" (and i paid for this...damn). In the meantime i bought another one, same battery and it is working VERY GOOD. I will open my bad ct-1 and try to fix, i'm sure it is some contact (of some electronic?) and the service was not done right. So i can say that with the new battery type the CT-1 works very well, if it is intact inside!
I have the Petri Gx1 which is identical I understand.
full of British accent