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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 March 1938 advertisement is Banno Bōeki K.K. (伴野貿易株式会社), it was probably only the distributor. {{Kokusan}} attributes the camera to Miyoshi Kōgaku K.K. (三好光学株式会社), but it is similar to other Japanese 3×4 pseudo-TLRs of the time, like for example the [[Chukon Ref]] sold by [[Riken]] in 1939. The ''Alma'' nameplate seems to be attached by two screws and easily interchanged. It is probable that these cameras were only produced in a couple of sub-contracting factories.
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| − | * {{Showa10}} Item 15.
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