Produced: 1986-1988
Name: „Эликон 3“
Producer: BeLomo
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Minar 4/35.
Shutter: 1/125s.

Quantity: 9383 units (all versions).

Mass market full frame 35mm, successor to the Vilia-Auto and Siluet. Injection molded plastic body with built in electronic flash.

Original price (in year 1986) 47 roubles.

Thanks to Juhani Halmeenmaki (Finland) for camera #7628501 donation!

PB5805 - Elikon-3  #6000155.

PB5803. Prototype version of Elikon-3 camera. The 1st soviet compact camera with built in eloctronic pop-up flash. Minar 4/35 mm lens with GOST settings on the faceplate.







Sample opposite scanned from soviet camera catalogue (1985).

PB5803 - Elikon-3 prototype camera.

PB5805. Seems to be an earliest productional version of Elikon-3 camera. Signally changed body design. Minar 4/35 mm lens with DIN/GOST settings on the faceplate. 1-digit date prefix in the serial number ("6" stands for year 1986). Serial number stamped on the rear door (see picture below). Black shutter release knob. Camera from Ilya Stolyar (USA) collection.

PB5805 - Elikon-3  #6000155.

PB5810. Identical to PB5805, but with nameplate markings silkscreened closer to the centre of the camera.

Camera opposite from Viktor Suglob (Belarus) collection.


  

PB5810 - Elikon-3  #6000446.

PB5815. Very rare to find version of Elikon-3 camera. The built-in electronic flash is not pop-up in the particular version (see picture below). Slightly changed nameplate markings.

Camera opposite from Viktor Suglob (Belarus) collection.

PB5815 - Elikon-3 camera.

PB5820. The most common version of the particular camera. Identical to PB5805, but with red shutter release button already. Built in electronic pop-up flash. Serial number stamped on the bottom plate (see picture below). Vileika logotype silkscreened on the bottom plate.

PB5820 - Elikon-3  #7628501.