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+ | The '''Aires Reflex''', '''Airesflex''' and '''Aires Automat''' are 6×6 [[TLR]]s made by [[Aires]] in the early 1950s. | ||
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+ | All have 75mm f/3.5 lenses, focus by moving the entire lens assembly, and have some degree of automation for film advance.<!-- Actually I don't understand the nature of this in the Y and YII. --> | ||
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+ | The '''Aires Reflex Y''' was released in 1951. It has Excelsior lenses and a Prontor type shutter (B, 1–200) with self-timer and flash synchronization. | ||
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+ | The '''Aires Reflex YII''' (1951) has an [[NKK]] shutter (same specifications as before, but with Kodak-style flash terminal) and a magnifying glass in the hood. | ||
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+ | The '''Aires Reflex YIII''' (1951/2) has semi-automatic film advance (align the "start" arrow with a marker; thereafter wind, cock and fire). Early examples have the Excelsior lenses; later ones Coral lenses. | ||
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+ | The '''Aires Reflex Z''' (1952) has a [[Seikosha]] shutter (B, 1–500, synchronized), and, for the most part, four-element [[Nikkor]] lenses, Variants have [[Zuiko]] and Coral lenses | ||
== Models == | == Models == | ||
− | + | Later models, in approximately chronological order: | |
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− | + | * Aires Reflex (later, Airesflex) U | |
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− | * Airesflex U | ||
* Airesflex IV | * Airesflex IV | ||
+ | * Aires Automat | ||
==Sources /further reading == | ==Sources /further reading == | ||
− | *{{Showa10}} | + | In Japanese: |
+ | *{{Showa10}} 347–53. | ||
*Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Airesu no kamera: Yarūfurekkusu soshite 6×6han niganrefu, 35mm kamera e (アイレスのカメラ:ヤルーフレックスそして6×6判二眼レフ、35mmカメラへ, The Aires cameras: From the Yallu Flex to 6×6 TLRs and 35mm cameras). Chapter 5 of ''Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari'' (ズノーカメラ誕生:戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 22 (September 1992) of ''Kamera rebyū: Kurashikku kamera senka'' (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科). | *Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Airesu no kamera: Yarūfurekkusu soshite 6×6han niganrefu, 35mm kamera e (アイレスのカメラ:ヤルーフレックスそして6×6判二眼レフ、35mmカメラへ, The Aires cameras: From the Yallu Flex to 6×6 TLRs and 35mm cameras). Chapter 5 of ''Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari'' (ズノーカメラ誕生:戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 22 (September 1992) of ''Kamera rebyū: Kurashikku kamera senka'' (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科). | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
+ | In Japanese: | ||
*[http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/airesflex.html Airesflex IV] from [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html this page of old advertisements] | *[http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/airesflex.html Airesflex IV] from [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html this page of old advertisements] | ||
*Takasaki Motohiro's repair/maintenance pages (text in Japanese, plus pictures): | *Takasaki Motohiro's repair/maintenance pages (text in Japanese, plus pictures): |
Revision as of 23:34, 31 July 2006
The Aires Reflex, Airesflex and Aires Automat are 6×6 TLRs made by Aires in the early 1950s.
All have 75mm f/3.5 lenses, focus by moving the entire lens assembly, and have some degree of automation for film advance.
The Aires Reflex Y was released in 1951. It has Excelsior lenses and a Prontor type shutter (B, 1–200) with self-timer and flash synchronization.
The Aires Reflex YII (1951) has an NKK shutter (same specifications as before, but with Kodak-style flash terminal) and a magnifying glass in the hood.
The Aires Reflex YIII (1951/2) has semi-automatic film advance (align the "start" arrow with a marker; thereafter wind, cock and fire). Early examples have the Excelsior lenses; later ones Coral lenses.
The Aires Reflex Z (1952) has a Seikosha shutter (B, 1–500, synchronized), and, for the most part, four-element Nikkor lenses, Variants have Zuiko and Coral lenses
Models
Later models, in approximately chronological order:
- Aires Reflex (later, Airesflex) U
- Airesflex IV
- Aires Automat
Sources /further reading
In Japanese:
- 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. 347–53.
- Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Airesu no kamera: Yarūfurekkusu soshite 6×6han niganrefu, 35mm kamera e (アイレスのカメラ:ヤルーフレックスそして6×6判二眼レフ、35mmカメラへ, The Aires cameras: From the Yallu Flex to 6×6 TLRs and 35mm cameras). Chapter 5 of Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari (ズノーカメラ誕生:戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 22 (September 1992) of Kamera rebyū: Kurashikku kamera senka (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科).
Links
In Japanese:
- Airesflex IV from this page of old advertisements
- Takasaki Motohiro's repair/maintenance pages (text in Japanese, plus pictures):
- Airesflex, in particular detail, by Hiura Shinsaku (also in Japanese)
- Airesflex specifications (in Japanese)
- Airesflex Z repair, by H. Arai (in Japanese, pictures)
- Airesflex cameras text in Japanese, pictures
- Airesflex at Bob Monaghan's site
- Aya's camera (text in Japanese, and pictures):
- Sample photos from an Airesflex U
- Tests of the Nikkor-Q.C. lens on an Airesflex
- Sample photos from an Airesflex Automat