Baby Clover
Template:127 Japan The Baby Clover (ベビー・クロバー) is a Japanese 4×6.5 box camera using 127 film, sold and perhaps made by Hagi Kōgyō Bōeki in 1936 and 1937.[1] It has a rounded bakelite body, with a folding frame finder and an advance knob on top.[2] In an advertisement dated August 1936, three versions are listed, all with B and 1/25 speeds and a Clover lens:
- Baby Clover A: black body (¥5);
- Baby Clover B: mottled body (¥5.50);
- Baby Clover B2: mottled body, 3×4 and 4×6.5 dual-format (¥6).
The simple leather case cost ¥0.90 and the ever ready case cost ¥2. The B and B2 were mentioned as new versions.
No example of the Baby Clover has been observed yet.
Notes
- ↑ Dates: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336.
- ↑ Bakelite: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336.
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. Item 77.
