Baby Lyra

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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

  1. Dates of the advertisements mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
  2. 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

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