Comments on: Chinon CE-4 SLR

By: mairi

mairi — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:05:02 +0000

Awww my first and only camera at the moment is the chinon and I bought because it was cheaper than pentax. It never let me down and I would never sell it.

By: garcia

garcia — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:39:37 +0000

The Chinon CE4 was my first SLR , loved it. It got lost in Piccadilly Circus London, and i bought another one which i still own.
Nice thing about the lenses lenses which you’ve you’ve found out, is that they are compatable with my Pentax, yeah!
Great little camera.
There is a small lever on the top which gives you the ability to take a shot , then if you turn that lever and keep it depressed then wind the film on, the film will not travel on to the next frame but allows you to then take another shot whereby you can super-impose a second shot on the same negative.
you can have so much fun with that, it’s the only camera I know that has this feature.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:16:30 +0000

i have a CE-4 and every thing that comes with it in great condition. trying to get rid of it

By: lalo

lalo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:51:35 +0000

I bought thid camera about 4 year ago and find it in my closet, is realy heavy, i went to see how much i can get for it 0000000000000000000000000000.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:49:46 +0000

Hi , Just found your site whilst looking for information on repairs for my faithful ( but seized ) Chinon CE4 .
I bought this fantastic camera new in around 1978 — superb value for money giving me excellent photos over many years . Have since tried more modern slr cameras but hav’nt found them easy to use — and the result are never as good as the Chinon .

Sadly when I went to again use the Chinon I found that the film speed control is locked up — making the camera unusable !.

Does anyone know how to fix ? — or does anyone have this model for sale ?

Thanks.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:03:14 +0000

I also have one of these and loved it! Sadly I admit I haven’t put a roll of film through it in over 10 years !!
I just bought a small digital this spring, so hence, for some reason I just quit taking pictures…… not sure why, because I have several framed and hanging in homes.
It was, and I’m sure still is, an excellent camera, never went wrong for me ! I used an 80-210 and a fixed 300 and the prints were hot! The K mount was a selling feature I remember because it opened up a whole new world of lenses that Chinon never offered, and the Pentax’s were much cheaper at the time.
I’d probably sell it if anyone would want another!
Cheers !

By: Garry

Garry — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:51:35 +0000

It’s a pleasure not having to worry about batteries!

I have two Minolta SLRs and the batteries would last for what seemed like forever because the meter would only activate when a finger was placed on the button.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:23:08 +0000

Wow, someone else who uses a Chinon! Not that I use mine anymore…