Semi Kinka
The Semi Kinka is a Japanese 4.5×6 folder, made by Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho. It is an Ikonta copy with a folding optical finder. It is embossed SEMI-KINKA in the front leather.
The original model has no body release and is advertised in 1937[1] in three variants:
- Seronar[2] Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens and Super Rapid 1–300 shutter with selftimer (¥70), it has chrome metal parts;
- same lens and Felix 25–150 shutter (¥45), it has black metal parts and the shutter plate is marked FELIX;
- f:6.3 lens (¥35, available soon).
It is still featured in a 1938 magazine.
The Semi Kinka II is advertised in 1939[3], with a body release and the Super Rapid shutter.
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement for the Semi Kinka, published in the November 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 68.
- ↑ Inferred from the katakana セロナー.
- ↑ Mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi
Printed bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Items 68–9.