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== Links == | == Links == | ||
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* [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/min127.htm A page about the 127 film Minolta cameras], at [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/ The Manual Minolta website] | * [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/min127.htm A page about the 127 film Minolta cameras], at [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/ The Manual Minolta website] | ||
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* [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/museum/03_sml/min_babyminolta.html The Baby Minolta] at the [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/navi/index.html Kitamura camera site] | * [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/museum/03_sml/min_babyminolta.html The Baby Minolta] at the [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/navi/index.html Kitamura camera site] | ||
| + | In Chinese: | ||
| + | * [http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48c79dfe0100068c Baby Minolta] in a Chinese blog | ||
[[Category: Japanese 4x6.5 viewfinder]] | [[Category: Japanese 4x6.5 viewfinder]] | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 5 December 2006
The Baby Minolta was a 4×6.5 camera, made by Molta (later Minolta) around 1935. It was a simpler camera than the Minolta Vest released one year earlier. It had a bakelite body and a folding frame finder delimitating both the 4×6.5 and 3×4 formats.
The lens was a fixfocus Coronar Anastigmat 80/8. There was no aperture setting. The shutter was of the everset type, with 25-50-100, B speeds set on a dial. The shutter plate was marked BABY MINOLTA at the bottom and PATENTS PENDING at the top.
There were at least two minor variants. One model, seen at various places and pictured for example in McKeown, has a big black advance knob and shutter plate with a simple design and no logo. The 3×4 format is delimited by two bars in the finder frame. On the other model, only known by a picture in the book by Francesch, the shutter plate has decorative patterns and a logo on the right (three letters M T S in a circle). There is a comparatively smaller chrome advance knob, and the 3×4 format is only delimited by small indexes in the finder frame. The latter variant has been observed in a catalogue from the distributor Asanuma Shōkai, date unknown, with a price of ¥9.50, case in supplement for ¥2.
Bibliography
- Francesch, Dominique and Jean-Paul. Histoire de l'appareil photographique Minolta de 1929 à 1985. Paris: Dessain et Tolra, 1985. ISBN 2-249-27685-4.
Links
In English:
In Japanese:
In Chinese:
- Baby Minolta in a Chinese blog
