Leotax TV2
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| Leotax TV2 aka Leotax Merite image by yashicasailorboy (Image rights) |
The Leotax TV 2, also known as Leotax Merite, is a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Shōwa Kōgaku in the years 1958/59, looking like constructed almost like Leica's rangefinder conception. It has a focal-plane shutter with speed choice B as well as 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250 and 1/500 seconds by means of top dial and slow-speed choice by means of the front-side speed dial (T as well as 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15 seconds ), and a non-superimposed rangefinder. Its fine making quality may be reason for the word Merite (meaning merit).
According to leica-copies-japan.com the TV2 aka Merite may be derived from the Leotax FV, not from the Leotax TV.
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| Leotax Merite ad scanned by yashicasailorboy (Image rights) |
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| Leotax TV2 aka Leotax Merite image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
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| Leotax TV2 aka Leotax Merite image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Links
- Leotax TV2 aka Leotax Merite in the history of Leotax rangefinders at leica-copies-japan.com [1]
