Autoflex (Tokiwa Seiki)

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Illustrated in Popular Photography
July, 1957 "TLR Roundup"
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Japanese 6×6 TLR
Postwar models (A–L)
6×7cm Koni-Omegaflex M
6×6cm
A–L
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Prewar and wartime models and postwar models (M–Z) ->
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Other Japanese 6×6, 4.5×6, 3×4 and 4×4 ->

This uncommon Japanese TLR was sold circa 1957, apparently in three versions differing in their film-advance mechanisms. The top version offered automatic crank film advance which also cocked the shutter.[1].

No manufacturer's markings are present on the camera itself. McKeown's attributes an Autoflex camera to "Kiyabashi Kogaku"[2] a name which is otherwise unknown. The attribution of this model to Tokiwa Seiki follows Barry Toogood's TLR-cameras.com[3].


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with Tri-lausar Anastigmat f3.5/8.0cm lens
image by OZBOX (Image rights)



Notes

  1. ↑ Listing in July 1957 "Twin-Lens Reflex Roundup", Popular Photography (Vol. 41 No. 1), page 65. Scan courtesy Nesster on Flickr.
  2. ↑ 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). Page 467.
  3. ↑ Discussion and illustration at Barry Toogood's TLR-Cameras.com.

Links

In Japanese:

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