Seagull Camera

Shanghai Seagull Camera Ltd (Chinese: 上海海鸥照相机; pinyin: Shànghǎi hǎi'ōu zhàoxiàngjī) is a Chinese camera maker located in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1958, Seagull is the oldest camera maker in China. The product line of Seagull includes TLR cameras, SLR cameras, folding cameras, CCD and SLR camera lenses, large-format cameras, film, night vision scopes, and angle viewfinders. Seagull's cameras usually use basic, time-tested mechanical designs that require no batteries. Some Seagull cameras are distributed through the Lomography company.

Seagull adopted the SR lens mount from Minolta's manual focus SLRs and camera design under license, and continues to produce it long after Minolta moved on to autofocus Alpha lens mount cameras.

In 2009 a fixfocus-Digital camera DS-5060S with 5 MB-sensor was offered.

On June 10, 2012, Shanghai Museum of Old Camera Manufacturing opened to the public. The museum features historic items of the company, most noticeable the production line of Seagull 4A and collections of more than 200 cameras.

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