Arco 35 Automat

The Arco 35 Automat (アルコ35) are Japanese 35mm folders with a coupled rangefinder, made by Arco in 1956 and 1957. They are the successors of the first generation Arco 35, from which they are easily distinguished by the lever advance and bright-frame finder. They were the result of a radical redesign, and have almost no part in common with the earlier models, hence their treatment in a separate article.

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. Items 369–70 and 1114–6.
• Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Aruko 35: Shashin-yōhin kara kamera soshite 8mm" (アルコ35:写真用品からカメラそして8mmへ, Arco 35: From photo supply to cameras to 8mm). Chapter 3 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. First published as an article in Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.16. This history of Arco is based on Hagiya's interviews with four people who had been key figures in the company.
• 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. 78.
• 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. 72.
• Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten (思い出のスプリングカメラ展, Exhibition of beloved self-erecting cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P. 8.
• 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. Items 3095–8.

Links

In English:

• Arco 35 Automat f/2.8 (also in Japanese) in Mediajoy's Guide to Classic Cameras (follow the "Next" links to have an illustrated sequence of operations)

In Japanese:

• Arco 35 Automat f/3.5 in Makkachan's website
• Arco 35 Automat D at Shinsaku Hiura's camera site
• Arco 35 Automat D in Nagaoka Jun's camera page, together with the Arco 35 (I) and 35 Junior
• Arco 35 Automat D at Arubireo no zakki-chō
• Arco 35 Automat D in Nihon no kamera: Yomoyama hanashi (2), in [Shiki vol.36
• Arco 35 Automat D in a page of classic cameras at Kimata Photo Studio
• Arco 35 Automat D in a page of classic cameras at Umechan's camera collection