The original Condor was followed by at least three other rangefinder models, about which little is known. It seems that the company was even accused of dismantling a Nikon S2 to duplicate the die cast body, to which the company answered that it had paid hard money to have the die-casting moulds specially made for the Condor. Indeed the earlier Doris 4.5×6 folder already showed some design similarity with the Pearl, while the prewar Lester, Victor and Condor folders were exact copies of the German Baldax. The company also gave as an excuse the fact that, being a small company, it had no designer and was forced to get inspiration from the models of other makers. This was used by Condor Camera for its own defence: in a column of Asahi Camera dated June 1957, the company said that the Contax had been taken as a model and that the Condor was being developed for three years (implying that the first prototypes were thus made before the S2 publicly appeared). We should keep in mind that the Nikon S2 itself was happily mixing design elements copied from the prewar Contax II and postwar Contax IIa. The obvious copying by Condor of the Nikon S2 raised an immediate controversy in the Japanese public, a sign that times were changing and that shamelessly copying another maker's model was no longer an accepted practice. The Condor was offered for ¥16,800 in 1957.
The back is hinged to the left and there are strap lugs on both ends of the body.
The top plate is engraved with the serial number and a triangular Deller logo reminiscent, as you can guess, of Nippon Kōgaku's logo. At the right end of the top plate, the advance lever is again a close copy. Because the camera has a leaf shutter, there is no speed selector above the top plate but an exposure counter occupies the same place, with a black dial extremely similar to the exposure counter dial of the S2. There is a pin in front of the accessory shoe to look like the S2's synch post. There is a rewind crank on the left end, surrounded by a black film reminder dial where the S2 has a synch selector. From a distance, the most visible difference is that the shutter release is moved forward compared with the S2's. The top plate in particular is a replica of the S2's, with the same characteristic step just to the right of the viewfinder window. Seen from the front, the camera is made to look exactly like the Nikon S2, except for a Condor engraving. But the rest of the description is more problematic and reveals intentional copying of even small details. In itself, these characteristics are not bad for a model coming from what was apparently a very small company. The coupled rangefinder is integrated with the viewfinder in a single eyepiece, and has a 60mm base. The viewfinder is of the bright frame type, with 0.9× magnification. The original lens cap is engraved Condor. There are RECTUS-MX engravings on the front rim and on the side of the aperture scale. The speed and aperture are selected by two rings around the lens barrel.
The shutter is a Rectus-MX leaf shutter giving B, 1–500 speeds, with a self-timer and dual M/X synchronization via a PC post, made by Fuji Seimitsu. DELTA, with "A.C." in red presumably standing for Amber Coating, a feature mentioned in the advertisements. The lens is a Delta 4.5cm f/2.8 made of five elements in three groups. Both are mounted on a focusing helical, controlled by a small tab and turned 1/6 turn, with depth-of-field indications engraved on the lens barrel. Its internals are quite different from the Nikon S2 and less refined: the lens is fixed and it is mounted in a leaf shutter. The original model of the Condor is a close copy of the Nikon S2, at least in its external aspect.