Here are links to User Manuals of many Chinese SLR cameras and lenses:


You may or may not find the exact manual for your camera.  That's the bad new.  The good news is that a lot of these cameras have the same features as other cameras.  There is a good chance that you can find a manual here that is very close to what you need -- even if the extra brand or model name is different from yours.  For example, the manual for the Seagull DF-1 works fine for the Seagull DF-2.

A few Minolta models are listed because they are exactly the same, or very similar to, some of the Chinese SLR models.  For example, the manual for the Minolta X-9 works fine for the Seagull X-9.

Another point to keep in mind is that with many of these models, the translation is obviously muddled, making the instructions difficult to understand -- and some instructions, unfortunately, are incorrect.  This may be a problem with translation -- or simply lack of correct information for the translation.  For example, the manual for the Kalimar KX 5000 -- which is the same camera as the Seagull DF-99 and the Phoenix P-2000 -- states that the shutter will work without the battery.  It will not. 


Carena SX-300 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/carena/carena_sx-300/carena_sx-300.htm

Centon DF-300 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/centon/centon_df-300/centron_df-300.htm

Kalimar KX 5000 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kalimar/kalimar_kx_5000/kalimar_kx_5000.htm

Kalimar KX 7000 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kalimar/kalimar_kx_7000/kalimar_kx_7000.htm

Minolta X-300 / X-300s / X-370N -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minolta_x-300/minolta_x-300.htm

Minolta X-370 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minolta_x-370/minolta_x-370.htm

Minolta X-370s -- http://www.subclub.org/minchin/x370s-compressed.pdf

Minolta X-9 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minolta_x-9/minolta_x-9.htm

Pearl River S-201-- http://www.subclub.org/minchin/pearlriver.pdf

Phoenix P-2000 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kalimar/kalimar_kx_5000/kalimar_kx_5000.htm

Phoenix P-5000 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/phoenix/phoenix_p-5000/phoenix_p-5000.htm

Seagull DF-1 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/seagull/seagull_df-1/seagull_df-1.htm

Seagull DF-2 ETM -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/seagull/seagull_df-2etm/seagull_df-2etm.htm

Seagull DF-98 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/seagull/seagull_df-98-99/seagull_df-98-99.htm

Seagull DF-98D -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/seagull/seagull_df-98-99/seagull_df-98-99.htm

Seagull DF-99 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/seagull/seagull_df-98-99/seagull_df-98-99.htm

Seagull DF-99D -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/seagull/seagull_df-98-99/seagull_df-98-99.htm

Seagull DF-300 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/seagull/df-300/df-300.htm

Seagull DF-5000 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/phoenix/phoenix_p-5000/phoenix_p-5000.htm

Seagull X-9 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minolta_x-9/minolta_x-9.htm

Vivitar V50 -- https://www.butkus.org/chinon/vivitar_cameras/vivitar_v-50/vivitar_v-50.htm 


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