Vesterflex, Topflex and Honestflex
The Honestflex is a Japanese 6×6 pseudo TLR, probably made in the 1950s. It is attributed to a company called Kafu Seiko Co., certainly after the lens markings.[1]
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Description
The Honestflex is made of bakelite.[2] It is shaped as a TLR, with a viewing hood and a HONESTFLEX nameplate. The film is advanced by a knob on the photographer's right. The bottom film flange, for the supply spool, is on the same side; there is another film flange on the opposite side, facing the advance knob. The camera is fixed-focus, and the lenses are engraved Kafu Seiko Co. Torhi Coated 80mm with a serial number, which is perhaps a fake. The shutter gives B, 25, 50, 100 speeds. There is a fake aperture scale below the taking lens, reportedly going from 3.5 to 22.[3]
Notes
Bibliography
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Item 4150.
This camera is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
Links
In Japanese:
- Honestflex in a page of the AJCC website (beware, the Jokeflex pictured at the side is a joke)