Tsubasa Nettar and Tsubasa Kiko Three
The Tsubasa Kiko III (ツバサキコーⅢ型) or Tsubasa Kiko Three (ツバサキコースリー) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folder made by the company Optochrom in 1941. It is an improved version of the Tsubasa Nettar, and has the same horizontal folding body with struts similar to the Ikonta A.
On the bottom right of the body, the advance knob seems to be replaced by an advance key. The folding optical finder is replaced by a direct vision eye level finder and a waist level brilliant finder under a short top housing, with an accessory shoe between both. The front of the top housing is engraved Kiko Three, and there is a body release protruding on the right. There is a red window in the top left of the back, protected by a vertically sliding cover. The folding bed is embossed KIKO.
The camera is advertised in 1941[1] together with the Tsubasa Super Semi. Two variants are offered, one with a Lucomar f:4.5 lens and a Kikō (キコー) T, B, 5–200 shutter (¥85), the other with an Erinar f:3.5 lens and a Kikō (キコー) T, B, 1–200 shutter (¥130)[2].
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Kiko III and Tsubasa Super Semi, published in the March 1941 issue of Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 152.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi says that the camera appears in Kamera nenkan by Sugiyama and Naoi with a different lens and shutter.
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. Item 152.