Konica's 2x-zoom 35mm compact — 35-70mm f/5.2-9.8, auto exposure, CR123A, made in Japan.
The Z-up 70 Super was a 35mm zoom compact in Konica's long-running Z-up series, made in Japan from around 1999. It sat at the modest end of the line, below the Z-up 80, 90, 110 and longer-zoom siblings, as an affordable all-automatic snapshot camera.
It pairs a Konica 35-70mm f/5.2-9.8 zoom of five elements in five groups with automatic exposure, a shutter running from 1.7 seconds to 1/300, and a minimum focus distance of 0.8m. Film speeds up to ISO 3200 are supported, the built-in flash can be switched off, and extras include a self-timer and a +1.5-stop overexposure mode for backlit scenes. It weighs 216g, measures 116x65x42mm and takes a CR123A lithium cell.
The short 2x zoom keeps the body compact and results predictable; it suits casual shooters wanting a pocketable fully automatic camera, while the slow lens means the flash does much of the work indoors and in dull weather.
Being fully electronic it needs a CR123A even to test: check the zoom motor runs the lens smoothly through its range, the flash charges, and the LCD frame counter displays. Film-door seals and battery-contact corrosion are the other usual checks on a camera of this age.