Amano 66

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The Amano 66 is a medium format single lens reflex camera from the Japanese Amano Corporation. It was announced in 1960 but was never produced.

It uses interchangeable screw mount lenses. Images are captured in a 6x6 square format, resulting in 12 exposures on 120 film. The shutter speeds are from B, 1, 1/5, 1/10 and 1/25 to 1/300.

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 1112.
• Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Igyōshu kara no sannyū — Hatasenakatta yume — Amano 66" (異業種からの参入・果たせなかった夢・アマノ66, An attempt of an outsider — the dream that did not come true — the Amano 66). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.26, September 1993. No ISBN number. Yashika Kyōsera Kontakkusu no subete (ヤシカ・京セラ・コンタックスのすべて, special issue on Yashica, Kyocera and Contax). Pp. 82–5 and 118–9.
  This article is reproduced as chapter 6 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.
• Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P. 96.
• McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P. 50.
• 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 2051.

Links

In Japanese:

• Amano 66 in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
• Pages of the Amano Corporation website:
  • Amano Museum of Time Recorders (archived), an institution which displays three examples of the Amano 66
  • Pamphlet for the Amano Memorial Hall (pdf document with a small picture of the three Amano 66)
• Japanese 6×6 SLR cameras at the Coolys Creek blog