Err, well it depends on how much it is, but I would be very pleased with such
a device. It is pretty well featured: DOF preview; Aperture Priority AE with
AE lock; manual exposure; multiple exposure function; there are even some AF
lenses available for it.

I remember Chinons as well made and pleasingly designed cameras, my first SLR
was a Chinon. Nothing wrong with their lenses either.

The only limiting factors will be the availability of accessories, but if it
comes with a selection of lenses and a flash then I can't see what else you'd
desperately need.

The manual is available at http://butkus.org/chinon/chinon/cg-5/cg-5.pdf so
you can see if the operation suits you.

I would say "yes" depending on the price, obviously.

Rich

On Jul 25, 5:06 pm, marcin.mi...@gmail.com wrote:

Can't comment directly on that model, but Chinon were rather like
Ricoh back in those days.  Good lenses, low prices, pretty reliable,
well designed.  I still have a little Chinon p&s that has performed
flawlessly for about 15 years, and it fights well above its weight...

I see you bought the Chinon.... I hope it lives up to your
expectations.  If its in good shape it should be able to take some fine
photographs.

I sold them.  It was a good cheap camera but even back then really
didnt' hold up well to the big 4 Asian cameras (Nikon, Canon, Minolta
and Pentax).  it was an improvment over the current Konica cameras.
Personally compared to the Minolta X700 which I thought at the time was
the bargain camera of the century, I don't think the Chinon held up
very well. The Minolta X700 was lLight years ahead of the Canon AE-1P
in features, usability and flash system.  Nikon was still producing the
best Pro cameras, the F2 and F3.  Canon was pushing the consumer AE1
and AE1-P through heavy advertising and consumer placement.  They were
not the best cameras of the era though, but they were solid and sold by
the thousands.. I thought the ME Super packed a huge  amount of
features (including TTL Flash and full manual mode)  into a small
package, but I was shootimg with a Nikon F and Nikon FM back then and
was used to dials.. the buttons on the ME didn't seem intuitive enough
They still didn't on my N90s.  I am glad the D70s went back to more
dials. From this point the Chinon was perhaps more useable, but the
shutter and mirror were clunky at best and the viewfinder was dull and
lacked precision as I remember.  But, I never had a customer bring one
back or complain about the camera... which is more than I can say about
the Canon's or Pentax's.

Good luck and enjoy your "new" camera.