Seagull 205

The Seagull 205 is a 35mm rangefinder camera manufactured by Seagull, a Chinese camera company, in 1967. As part of Seagull's line of budget cameras, it offers basic manual controls with a B (bulb) setting and shutter speeds from 1 second to 1/300 second. The camera represents China's early attempts to produce domestic 35mm cameras during a period when the market was dominated by Japanese manufacturers. While not technologically innovative, the Seagull 205 provided an affordable option for Chinese photographers seeking to enter the 35mm format market.