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* [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_ATOM_PIC.htm Atom Six I] at [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Japan Family Camera] | * [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_ATOM_PIC.htm Atom Six I] at [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Japan Family Camera] | ||
| − | * [http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~zeppan_tousan/col4/col4.cgi?mode=main&no=101 Atom Six I] | + | * [http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~zeppan_tousan/col4/col4.cgi?mode=main&no=101 Atom Six I] in the [http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~zeppan_tousan/ Zeppan Tōsan photo site] (incorporating [http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~zeppan_tousan/col4/coldata/101.jpg this photograph]). If the link does not work, go to the [http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~zeppan_tousan/ Zeppan Tōsan photo site], follow the link marked "武器庫" in the page menu, and then the link marked "アトム光機製作所 アトムシックス" in the "next" menu |
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Revision as of 09:04, 10 March 2007
The Atom Six is a folding camera for 6×6 and 6×4.5 exposures, advertised by Atom (アトム光機製作所, Atom Kōki Seisakusho, address Koume 2–5, Sumida-ku, Tokyo; also maker of the Atom Flex). It has a 75mm f3.5 lens; focusing is by movement of the front lens element. The shutter has speeds of 1–200 and B. Advertisements for both model I and model II were published from the July 1952 to the September 1953 issues of the Japanese photographic magazines.
The Atom Six I looks from the front as if it is a rangefinder camera with the viewfinder window at the center and the extra rangefinder window to the right. However, the smaller second window is not for a rangefinder but instead for a right-angle finder: the top of the camera has a small viewing screen. The camera has a Seriter or Atom lens. The shutter is said to be either an NKS or AKS shutter. The picture in McKeown's book shows a B, 1–200 shutter marked ATOM. A dealer mentions an EKS B, 1–200 shutter, and the camera pictured at the Japan Family Camera page has a shutter marked S. LUNA.
The design of the Atom Six II is very distinctive; viewed from the front, it has two rectangular viewfinder windows (that to the left for 6×6 and that to the right perhaps for 6×4.5), with the extra window for the right-angle finder between the two. It has either a four-element Atomic lens and an NKS shutter or a three-element Atom lens and an AKS shutter. There is also an Atomar lens, seen on an example at a Yahoo Japan auction.
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 Items 363–4.
Links
In Japanese:
- Atom Six I at Japan Family Camera
- Atom Six I in the Zeppan Tōsan photo site (incorporating this photograph). If the link does not work, go to the Zeppan Tōsan photo site, follow the link marked "武器庫" in the page menu, and then the link marked "アトム光機製作所 アトムシックス" in the "next" menu
