Baby Lyra
Template:127 Japan The Baby Lyra (ベビーライラ) is a Japanese 3×4 folder that was made by Fuji Kōgaku between 1936 and 1938[1]. It is a vertical folding camera, with a folding frame finder, inspired by the Baby Ikonta. It is simply embossed LYRA in the front leather.
The shutter is a Picco T, B, 25, 50, 100, probably everset, and there is no body release. The Baby Lyra exists in three versions[2]:
- Pionar f:6.3 lens (¥25 in 1937);
- Terionar f:4.5 lens (¥32);
- Terionar f:3.5 lens (¥42).
The focal length is certainly 50mm, at least it is the case for the Anastigmat Pionar f:6.3 lens mounted on the Baby Lyra presented in this page at Asacame.
Notes
- ↑ Dates of the advertisements mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Semi Lyra and Baby Lyra, published in the September 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 291.
Printed 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 291.
Links
In Japanese:
- Page with the Baby Lyra in the A-Z 127 film cameras at Asacame
- Baby Lyra, small picture at Ken's website