Binoca binocular camera

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Binoca Co., Ltd. (㈱ビノカ) was a short-lived Japanese camera maker based in Tokyo. It made this Binoca model around 1950, combining theater binoculars with a subminiature camera

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 725.
• 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. Item 5018.

Links

In English:

• Binoca at Submin.com
• Binoca among the highlights of the 26 April 2008 sale by Auction Team Breker
• Binoca at Subclub.org

In Japanese:

• Binoca by Masaharu Saito at Minomushi no heya
• Binoca among Binocular cameras at the JCII Camera Museum