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− | The '''Bonny Four''' (ボニー・フォアー) is a Japanese camera taking 4×4cm pictures on [[127 film]]. It was distributed by [[Ōmiya|Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin]] in | + | The '''Bonny Four''' (ボニー・フォアー) is a Japanese camera taking 4×4cm pictures on [[127 film]]. It was distributed by [[Ōmiya|Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin]] in 1941–2.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 341, mentions advertisements dated 1942. The [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera page] by Toshio Inamura shows a [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/pigeon_41_l.jpg reproduction of an advertisement] dated 1941. </REF> It was perhaps made by the same Yamato company as the [[Bonny Six]] (this is certainly not the same company as Yamato Kōki Kōgyō that made the Pax after the war).<REF> See the discussion in the page about the [[Bonny Six]]. </REF> |
== Description of the body == | == Description of the body == |
Revision as of 16:19, 3 January 2007
The Bonny Four (ボニー・フォアー) is a Japanese camera taking 4×4cm pictures on 127 film. It was distributed by Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin in 1941–2.[1] It was perhaps made by the same Yamato company as the Bonny Six (this is certainly not the same company as Yamato Kōki Kōgyō that made the Pax after the war).[2]
Description of the body
The Bonny Four seems to have a metal body. There is a telescopic tube supporting the lens and shutter assembly. The advance knob is at the right end of the top plate. The viewfinder is slightly offset to the left and is contained in a small housing extending to the left and supporting an accessory shoe.
Lens and shutter equipment
An advertisement dated October 1942[3] mentions a Bonny Anastigmat f/4.5 lens and T, B, 25–150 speeds. The lens is probably front-cell focusing. It seems that something is written at the bottom of the shutter plate, perhaps the name BONNY.
No surviving example of the Bonny Four is known.
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 341, mentions advertisements dated 1942. The Nostalgic Camera page by Toshio Inamura shows a reproduction of an advertisement dated 1941.
- ↑ See the discussion in the page about the Bonny Six.
- ↑ Published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 92.
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 242.
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama.
Links
In English:
In Japanese:
- Advertisement dated 1941 for the Bonny Four and Six (bottom part), reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page by Toshio Inamura