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The '''Echoflex''' are Japanese 6×6 TLR cameras.
 
The '''Echoflex''' are Japanese 6×6 TLR cameras.
  
== Description ==
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== Common features ==
The Echoflex is a regular copy of the [[Rolleicord]]. The front plate moves back and forth for focusing. The focusing and film advance knobs are on the photographer's right.
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The Echoflex are regular copies of the [[Rolleicord]]. The front plate moves back and forth for focusing. The focusing and film advance knobs are on the photographer's right.
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== Manual model ==
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The first Echoflex model is known from {{Sugiyama}}.<REF> {{Sugiyama}}, item 2091. </REF> The body is shaped the same as various models produced by [[Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku]], such as the [[Elbowflex]], [[Easternflex]] and [[Elegaflex|Elegaflex IS]]. It has manual film advance via a red window, no sportsfinder, and an ''ECHOFLEX'' nameplate. The focus knob is surrounded by a depth-of-field scale. The lenses are Echo 75/3.5 the shutter is an Echo (B, 1&ndash;200), synchronized via a pin at the bottom.<REF> Lens name, speed range: {{Sugiyama}}, item 2091. </REF> The release lever directly protrudes from the bottom of the shutter casing.
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== Semi-automatic model ==
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The second Echoflex model is similar to the [[Elegaflex|semi-automatic Elegaflex]] and to some semi-automatic models of the [[Lustreflex]]; it was probably made by the [[Lustre]] company. It has semi-automatic advance, with a round exposure counter window at the top right and a button behind the focus knob, certainly used to engage the advance mechanism after the film is set to a start mark. The back has no red window. There is an accessory shoe on the photographer's left, and a sportsfinder in the viewfing hood. The nameplate has an oval shape and reads ''ECHOFLEX'' with a serial number. The release button is at the bottom of the front plate, actuated by the photographer's right fingers, and a PC synch post is buried on the opposite side. There are bayonet filter attachments on both lenses.
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The taking lens is an Echor Anastigmat and the viewing lens is an Echor Viewer. The shutter is a Synchro-Super (B, 1&ndash;300, self-timer), the same as on some [[Lustreflex]].<REF> Example pictured in {{McKeown}}, p.254, and example pictured [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/slides/Echoflex.html here at tlr-cameras.com]. </REF>
  
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The Echoflex are Japanese 6×6 TLR cameras.

Common features

The Echoflex are regular copies of the Rolleicord. The front plate moves back and forth for focusing. The focusing and film advance knobs are on the photographer's right.

Manual model

The first Echoflex model is known from Sugiyama.[1] The body is shaped the same as various models produced by Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku, such as the Elbowflex, Easternflex and Elegaflex IS. It has manual film advance via a red window, no sportsfinder, and an ECHOFLEX nameplate. The focus knob is surrounded by a depth-of-field scale. The lenses are Echo 75/3.5 the shutter is an Echo (B, 1–200), synchronized via a pin at the bottom.[2] The release lever directly protrudes from the bottom of the shutter casing.

Semi-automatic model

The second Echoflex model is similar to the semi-automatic Elegaflex and to some semi-automatic models of the Lustreflex; it was probably made by the Lustre company. It has semi-automatic advance, with a round exposure counter window at the top right and a button behind the focus knob, certainly used to engage the advance mechanism after the film is set to a start mark. The back has no red window. There is an accessory shoe on the photographer's left, and a sportsfinder in the viewfing hood. The nameplate has an oval shape and reads ECHOFLEX with a serial number. The release button is at the bottom of the front plate, actuated by the photographer's right fingers, and a PC synch post is buried on the opposite side. There are bayonet filter attachments on both lenses.

The taking lens is an Echor Anastigmat and the viewing lens is an Echor Viewer. The shutter is a Synchro-Super (B, 1–300, self-timer), the same as on some Lustreflex.[3]

Notes

  1. Sugiyama, item 2091.
  2. Lens name, speed range: Sugiyama, item 2091.
  3. Example pictured in McKeown, p.254, and example pictured here at tlr-cameras.com.

Bibliography

The Echoflex is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.

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