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| − | The '''Alma Baby Ref''' (アルマ・ベビーレフ) is a 3×4cm [[pseudo TLR]]: its shape imitates a twin lens reflex but the finder is nothing more than a big [[brilliant finder]], and it is probably [[fixed focusing|fixed-focus]]. The lens is said to be an Argus 50/6.3 and the shutter an Argus B, 25–100.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 334. </REF>
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| − | The Alma Baby Ref appears in advertisements dated 1937 and 1938<REF> {{Showa10ad|Alma Four and Alma Baby Ref|15|May 1938|Hōdō Shashin}} </REF>. Its price was ¥23.50. The company name that appears in the May 1938 advertisement is [[Banno|Banno Bōeki]], it was probably only the distributor. {{Kokusan}} attributes the camera to [[Miyoshi Kōgaku]], but it is similar to other Japanese 3×4 pseudo-TLRs of the time, like for example the [[Clover Baby Ref]] sold by Hagi Kōgyō Bōeki in 1937 or the [[Chukon Ref]] sold by [[Riken]] in 1939. It only differs from the Clover Baby Ref by the ''Alma'' nameplate, that seems to be attached by two screws and easily interchanged. It is probable that these cameras were produced in the same sub-contracting factories.
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| − | == Printed bibliography ==
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| − | * {{Showa10}} Item 15.
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| | [[Category: 3x4 pseudo TLR]] | | [[Category: 3x4 pseudo TLR]] |
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