Akio Arette Super P - Any guide on value or age ?

[nigel whitaker]

I've just bought a small camera at a table top sale, an Akio Arette

Super P, so the markings say.

 

It has a Compur SVS leaf shutter, a 45mm f2.8 Color-Isconar lens,

and lever wind on the base. It's not a rangefinder, but has a

brightline viewfinder. Takes 35mm film, and appears to work fully,

although I have not yet put film through it for exposure testing.

 

I have looked on search engines, and have found a source of a

reprint manual, but no other sources of opinion or value.

 

Has anyone out there seen one of these before? And if so, what

would be a ballpark value for this charming little camera?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Nige.

[h._p.]

I seem to recall that the Arette was sold by Boots the Chemists in the UK. If it's the camera I'm thinking of it was a low end 35 similar in many ways to the Ilford Sportsman. I think it dates from around 1965.

[Brian]

Harvey, the Boots camera was the Beirette, wasn't it? Sorry Nigel, that's not much help is it. The only low-end viewfinder camera from that era that I recall with the winder on the bottom was the Balda. Anyway, if it's in that class, it's worth about £10.