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− | {{ | + | The '''Binox''' is a Japanese 4.5×6 [[pseudo TLR]] camera made by [[Binoca]] around 1951–2.<REF> Dates: magazine articles and advertisements mentioned in {{Kokusan}}, p. 360. </REF> |
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+ | == Description == | ||
+ | The Binox has a black plastic body with a revolving back, allowing to take both vertical and horizontal pictures, and two white plastic knobs. The top of the body contains a big [[brilliant finder]] whose front lens is marked ''BINOX BRILLIANT.'' A metal plate screwed over the viewing part indicates the vertical and horizontal frame sizes. | ||
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+ | The lens is a [[fixed focus]] 70mm f/8 marked ''RAPID SYMM.'' The shutter has 100, 50, 25, B speed settings and is synchronized via two small pins protruding from the body's bottom part. The shutter housing supports the release lever and a distant release connector. The shutter plate is marked ''JUNIOR'' at the top and ''BINOX'' at the bottom. | ||
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+ | |image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/45700430745/in/pool-camerawiki | ||
+ | |image= http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4839/45700430745_6962d943f1_z.jpg | ||
+ | |image_align= center | ||
+ | |image_text= Column on the Binox in ''Asahi Camera'', November 1951<br/> | ||
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+ | |scan_by=rebollo_fr | ||
+ | |image_rights= public domain Japan new | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | == Advertising == | ||
+ | An advertisement dated April 1952<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Camera Fan]],'' reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 166. </REF> pictures the camera (as in the column reproduced above) with a flash unit attached to the right-hand plastic knob and connected to the synch pins by two interlaced cords. The camera was sold with the flash unit for {{yen|3,800|1952}}. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* {{Showa10}} Item 726. | * {{Showa10}} Item 726. | ||
+ | * {{Lewis}} P. 75. | ||
+ | * {{Zukan}} Item 4114. | ||
+ | * ''Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten'' (私の二眼レフカメラ展, Exhibition of twin lens reflex cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P. 26. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
− | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?18=& | + | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?18=&no=103310371112 Binox] in the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/set_brws_01.php?id=1033 Camera database] of the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/ Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology] |
[[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 pseudo TLR]] | [[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 pseudo TLR]] | ||
[[Category: B]] | [[Category: B]] |
Latest revision as of 14:42, 5 January 2019
The Binox is a Japanese 4.5×6 pseudo TLR camera made by Binoca around 1951–2.[1]
Description
The Binox has a black plastic body with a revolving back, allowing to take both vertical and horizontal pictures, and two white plastic knobs. The top of the body contains a big brilliant finder whose front lens is marked BINOX BRILLIANT. A metal plate screwed over the viewing part indicates the vertical and horizontal frame sizes.
The lens is a fixed focus 70mm f/8 marked RAPID SYMM. The shutter has 100, 50, 25, B speed settings and is synchronized via two small pins protruding from the body's bottom part. The shutter housing supports the release lever and a distant release connector. The shutter plate is marked JUNIOR at the top and BINOX at the bottom.
Column on the Binox in Asahi Camera, November 1951 scanned by rebollo_fr (Image rights) |
Advertising
An advertisement dated April 1952[2] pictures the camera (as in the column reproduced above) with a flash unit attached to the right-hand plastic knob and connected to the synch pins by two interlaced cords. The camera was sold with the flash unit for ¥3,800.
Notes
- ↑ Dates: magazine articles and advertisements mentioned in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 360.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Camera Fan, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 166.
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 726.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P. 75.
- 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 4114.
- Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten (私の二眼レフカメラ展, Exhibition of twin lens reflex cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P. 26.