Amiflex
The Amiflex was a 6×6 TLR camera that was produced around 1953–4 by , i.e. Kanto Optical Corp. (関東光学株式会社, Kantō Kōgaku Kabushiki Kaisha; "Kantō" loosely means east Japan, or the area of Tokyo rather than Kyoto and Osaka).
The Amiflex had a pair of Ami 80mm f/3.5 lenses and an NKS shutter (B, 1–200). It focuses with the front cell of each lens, which are geared together. Film advance uses a red window on the back.
Robert Monaghan mentions a later Amiflex II, but does not elaborate.
Source / further reading
- 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
External links
- Amiflex at Robert Monaghan's site
- Amiflex at Japan Family Camera (in Japanese)
- Amiflex from Aya's TLR collection (in Japanese)
