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The '''Auto Keef''' was a Japanese coupled rangefinder camera taking 4x4cm pictures on 127 film. It was made around 1941 by a company named Kokusaku Seikô (国策精工). It has been observed with a collapsible K.O.L. Keef 6cm f/3.5 lens and a T-B-1-300 shutter marked ''Kokusaku'', and with a lens reported as a [[Tokyo Kogaku]] Toko 50/3.5 (focal length seems dubious) and a T-B-1-250 shutter reported as a Keef II (see [http://www.leski.com.au/catalogues/a191/2.htm this auction catalogue]).
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The '''Auto Keef''' was a Japanese coupled rangefinder camera taking 4x4cm pictures on 127 film. It was made around 1941 by a company named Kokusaku Seikô (国策精工). The Auto Keef had a collapsible lens. Observed lens/shutter combinations:
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* K.O.L. Keef 6cm f/3.5 lens (same handwritten style K.O.L. marking as a lens observed on a [[Semi Gaica]]) & T-B-1-300 shutter marked ''Kokusaku''
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* body s/n 2961, lens reported as a [[Tokyo Kogaku]] Toko 50/3.5 s/n 52679 (focal length seems dubious) & T-B-1-250 shutter reported as a Keef II (Leski auction #191)
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* body s/n 2234, lens reported as [[Tokyo Kogaku]] Toko 60/3.5 s/n 51828 & shutter reported as Keef Koku-Saku (Leski auction #223, #249 & #270)
  
 
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The Auto Keef was a Japanese coupled rangefinder camera taking 4x4cm pictures on 127 film. It was made around 1941 by a company named Kokusaku Seikô (国策精工). The Auto Keef had a collapsible lens. Observed lens/shutter combinations:

  • K.O.L. Keef 6cm f/3.5 lens (same handwritten style K.O.L. marking as a lens observed on a Semi Gaica) & T-B-1-300 shutter marked Kokusaku
  • body s/n 2961, lens reported as a Tokyo Kogaku Toko 50/3.5 s/n 52679 (focal length seems dubious) & T-B-1-250 shutter reported as a Keef II (Leski auction #191)
  • body s/n 2234, lens reported as Tokyo Kogaku Toko 60/3.5 s/n 51828 & shutter reported as Keef Koku-Saku (Leski auction #223, #249 & #270)

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