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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 (250 at right) reported as a Keef II (Leski auction #191) | * 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 (250 at right) 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) | * 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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| + | == Notes == | ||
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| + | == Bibliography == | ||
| + | * {{Showa10}} Items 56 and 470. (See also the picture on p. 14.) | ||
| + | * {{Zukan}} Item 3025. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
| − | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?id=1033&key=103310371080&APage=8 | + | In English: |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.leski.com.au/catalogues/a191/2.htm Catalogue of auction no. 191] in [http://www.leski.com.au/ Charles Leski Auctions] |
| − | + | In Japanese: | |
| − | * [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm | + | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?id=1033&key=103310371080&APage=8 Auto Keef] in the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/set_brws_01.php?id=1033 Camera database] of the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/ Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology] |
| + | * [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/9909.htm Prewar Japanese cameras using 127 film] at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website], the Auto Keef is in the middle of the picture | ||
| + | * [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki20.jpg Advertisements for the Auto Keef] published in the 23 September 1942 and 27 January 1943 issues of ''Asahi Graph'', reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm Japanese camera page] and the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki-v.htm small format camera page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] | ||
[[Category: Japanese 4x4 rangefinder]] | [[Category: Japanese 4x4 rangefinder]] | ||
[[Category: A]] | [[Category: A]] | ||
[[Category: K|Keef]] | [[Category: K|Keef]] | ||
Revision as of 10:00, 4 January 2007
The Auto Keef (オートキーフ) was a Japanese coupled rangefinder camera taking 4x4cm pictures on 127 film. It was made around 1941 by Kokusaku. The top housing, marked Auto Keef, covered the combined range and viewfinder, with the square viewfinder window at the center and the second image round window at the right. There was an accessory shoe offset to the left and the small exposure counter window at the extreme right. The rangefinder coupling mechanism was covered by a tortuous plate, with PAT. P. markings and the Keef logo repeated twice. The shutter release was mounted at the bottom right of that plate.
A 1942 ad (shown here, from Asahi Graph, 23/9/1942 issue) listed two models:
- Auto Keef I, K.O.L. Keef 60/3.5 lens, 1-200 shutter (223 yen)
- Auto Keef II, K.O.L. Keef 60/2.8 lens, 1-500 shutter (264 yen)
On the ad's picture, the shutter plate is marked KOKU SAKU on top and KEEF at the bottom.
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 Gaica) & T-B-1-300 shutter (300 at left) marked Kokusaku (for sale at a Japanese dealer)
- 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 (250 at right) 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)
Notes
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 56 and 470. (See also the picture on p. 14.)
- 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. Item 3025.
Links
In English:
In Japanese:
- Auto Keef in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
- Prewar Japanese cameras using 127 film at Nekosan's website, the Auto Keef is in the middle of the picture
- Advertisements for the Auto Keef published in the 23 September 1942 and 27 January 1943 issues of Asahi Graph, reproduced in the Japanese camera page and the small format camera page of the Gochamaze website
