What is the cheapest used Cosina CT-1G in the UK?

The cheapest used Cosina CT-1G currently listed is £21.30 at eBay, based on 7 listings compared across 1 UK retailers.

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Used Cosina CT-1G for Sale — From £21

£21.30 Low price

£103.37 High price

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Great for: student beginner general street

Cosina's no-frills K-mount manual SLR — mechanical 1s-1/1000s shutter, 1/125s sync, CT1 Super minus self-timer.

The Cosina CT-1G is a manual-focus 35mm SLR in Pentax K mount, a simplified member of the CT-1 family whose basic chassis Cosina restyled and rebadged for years — the Nikon FM10, Ricoh KR-5 Super II and various Vivitar and Chinon SLRs all descend from this kit of parts. The CT-1G is essentially a CT1 Super with the self-timer deleted, sold as a bargain student SLR.

It uses a vertically travelling metal focal-plane shutter with mechanically timed speeds from 1 second to 1/1000s plus B, and flash sync at 1/125s. The K bayonet accepts the vast pool of Pentax-fit manual lenses, typically arriving with a Cosina 50mm standard. A built-in meter provides exposure guidance, but all settings are manual; the body is light and compact by SLR standards, with a plain prism finder and hot shoe.

As a learning camera it remains a sensible buy: fully mechanical operation, all-manual exposure and the huge, cheap K-mount lens ecosystem make it a low-cost route into film SLR photography. Handling is basic and the finder plain, but that simplicity is the appeal. It suits students, beginners and anyone wanting a light K-mount body for a fast 50mm without paying Pentax prices.

The mechanical shutter fires without batteries, so check all speeds fire and cap correctly from 1s to 1/1000s, listening for sticky slow speeds; button cells are needed only for the meter, so verify it responds to light. These budget bodies used lighter-duty materials than a Pentax, so check the film-advance feels smooth, the rewind fork turns, foam seals and mirror damper are intact, and the K-mount lugs are unworn.