Ami (4.5×6 folder)
The Ami (アミー) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folder, copy of the Ikonta with a folding optical finder and a body release.
It is advertised in 1941[1] and 1942[2] by Tōkyō Shashin Shōkai for ¥115, together with the Sintax (a Baldax copy) as a more expensive alternative. It is offered with an Ami 75mm f:3.5 lens and an Ami shutter with 1–200 speeds.
There is an Amiflex 6×6 TLR dating from the early 1950s; it is unknown if the two cameras are related.
Notes
- ↑ Mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Ami and Sintax, originally published in the March and April 1942 issues of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi, items 9 and 123. Olympus cameras, binoculars and microscopes are also briefly mentioned in this advertisement.
Printed 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 9 and 123.
