The CMC in HIT style (class 2) are better built than the basic HIT type cameras with shutter speeds of I (1/50th) and B.  The class 9 is also well made but the QP style (class 6, with diamond lens mount surrounds) and the Star-Lite type (class 8) are less robust.

Available in various leatherette colours - black, blue, brown, green, grey and red. The blue and green have also been seen in light and darker colours. This could be the results of storage, exposure to sunlight or poor colour rendering on the listings.

The cameras with "C.M.C. Made in Japan" (see the 'black' and gold) on the name plate have "CMC CAMERA" engraved on the top, the same as those with "CMC CAMERA" (see 'grey') on the name plate.

The top plate is either HIT style, class 2 or Click Style, class 9 (see the brown camera top photograph, bottom right), or QP, class 8 (as in the grey camera below).

The plate around the lens is either bracket shaped () or diamond <> shape and the top plate differs in shape with the () shape having a vertical cut off between the view finder and the film winder and the <> shape having the winder partially surrounded by the end of the view finder.

The film gate is either the  snap to shut (class 2, class 8) or sliding bars (class 6, class 9).