KINON

A Nikon by any other name?  Not quite, but Kinon probably produced more camera models than Nikon ever did.  Kinon made 110 format cameras.  Nikon never did.  And Kinon made lots of 35mm cameras as well.  Most Kinon cameras were not as sophisticated as Nikon's cameras, of course, but some had advanced features, such as a built-in flash, and even auto-focusisng.

Some of their cameras are marked "Made in Japan", and some "Made in Taiwan", but at least one is marked "Made in China" -- the Kinon X-380.  It was obviously made by Seagull and is a clone of the Seagull DF-300.  So, you could say, "A Kinon by any other name.....is a Seagull!".  The X-380 is hard to find, and it's not known where the target market was, but they have shown up in the Singapore area.

The Kinon X-380 had all of the basic DF-300 (model 2) features, such as auto and manual exposure, sensa-switch, and film window on the back.

Kinon X-380

Shutter

Shutter speeds

Flash synch speed

TTL meter- ing?

ISO settings

Auto expo- sure?

AE lock?

View- finder info

Flash shoe

Sensa- switch?

PC plug?

Multi- expo- sure?

Cable release plug?

Stop down button?

Self timer?

Mirror lock-up?

Motor drive option?

Battery used for

Film indicator

Kinon X-380

cloth, horizontal

4-1,000 B

1/60

Y

25- 3200

Y

Y

LED scale

Hot

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

meter

Film Window