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* [[Copal|Copal-SV]] shutter. | * [[Copal|Copal-SV]] shutter. | ||
* Shutter speeds: B, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250 & 500. Shutter speeds can be interlocked with aperture. | * Shutter speeds: B, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250 & 500. Shutter speeds can be interlocked with aperture. | ||
Revision as of 23:35, 4 January 2009
The Beauty Lightomatic is a series of 35mm rangefinder cameras made by Beauty Camera from 1959 to 1963.
List of versions:
- Beauty Lightomatic or Beauty LM
- Beauty Lightomatic II
- Beauty Lightomatic III or Beauty Lite III
- Beauty Lightmatic SP
It is sometimes said that the "Lightomatic LM" is a name variant of the Lightomatic II, but this is perhaps a mistake. A Beauty LM2 is also reported.[1]
Contents
The Beauty Lightomatic or LM
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| Beauty LM |
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| Electronic Meter |
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| Advance lever must be pulled out to unlock camera |
- Selenium meter with match-needle meter window on top. Lens barrel aperture and shutter speed settings electro-mechanically coupled to meter, and film speed indexed ASA 6-800 as well from lens barrel scale. Note that symbols that rotate right of meter window are only film reminders.
- Copal-SV shutter.
- Shutter speeds: B, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250 & 500. Shutter speeds can be interlocked with aperture.
- Canter-S lens: f1.9-16 / 45 mm.
The Beauty Lightomatic II
- Lightmeter (looks like a flash) with needle indicator on top
- Copal-SV shutter.
- Shutter speeds: B, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250 & 300.
- Biokor-S lens: f1,9 / 45 mm.
The Beauty Lightomatic III
- Selenium meter in lens barrel front around lens
- Copal-SV shutter.
- Shutter speeds: B, 1 to 1/500 sec
- Biokor-S lens: f1,9 / 45 mm.
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. Items 1476–7 and 1479–81.
- 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). Pp. 113–4.
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 3129–30 and 3132–3.
Links
In English:
- Beauty Lightomatic in Mediajoy's Guide to Classic Cameras (follow the "Next" links at the bottom of the page to have illustrated instructions of use)
In Japanese:
In French:
