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The Anny 44 (アニー44) is an inexpensive Japanese camera taking 4×4cm pictures on 127 film, made by Hōei in 1960.[1]

Body

The Anny 44 has a body that roughly imitates a 35mm rangefinder camera, with some design features of the Nikon rangefinders. The designer even added a part imitating the Nikon focusing wheel, actually a shutter lock. Of course, the rangefinder window is a fake too, serving as the shutter lock indicator. There is an accessory shoe and a synch connector situated behind the body release.

The advance knob is at the top right. The back is hinged to the right and contains a single red window to control the film advance, protected by a horizontally sliding cover.

Lens and shutter

The lens is fixed-focus and is mounted on a cheap looking barrel. It is usually marked HOEI INDUSTRIAL CO. and HOEI LENS 1:8 F=5cm. There are Bulb and Instant shutter settings and aperture settings from 8 to 22.

Name variants

The Anny 44 was also sold as Kalimar 44 by Kalimar Inc. The name Kalimar 44 is engraved in the top plate and the front nameplate reads Kalimar. The lens rim is written KALIGAR FOCUS–SET LENS at the top and 1:8 F=60mm at the bottom.[2]

An example of the Kalimar 44 is known with COLT 44 instead of Kalimar in the front nameplate.[3]

An example of the Anny 44 is known with the same Kaligar lens marking as the Kalimar 44.[4]

Notes

  1. Date: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 377.
  2. See the user manual at butkus.org's Orphan Cameras.
  3. Sugiyama item 4117.
  4. Sugiyama item 4111.

Bibliography

Links

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