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The '''Elliotte'''<REF> The camera is called "Eliott" in Lewis, p.47, but the distributor Ōhashi sold an [[Elliotte]] 6×6 TLR after the war, and probably owned the brand "Elliotte" spelled as such. </REF> (エリオット) are Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folders distributed in the early 1930s by [[Ōhashi|Ōhashi Shashinki-ten]]. According to Lewis, the camera was made from 1931 by [[Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho]], but this is unconfirmed.<REF> Lewis, p.47. </REF>

Two models were advertised in the June 1932 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]'': the '''Elliotte C''' with simple extension bellows, and the '''Elliotte B''' with true double extension. They have a metal body covered with black leather and both a [[brilliant finder]] and a wireframe finder. The pictured camera is an Elliotte B, and has a small focusing wheel on the photographer's right. The lenses are advertised as "Trio Anastigmat" (トリオアナスチグマット), made by [[Rodenstock]], perhaps corresponding to the Trinar. All the models were supplied with three plate holders and a release cable, and the available versions were the following:
* Elliotte C, f/6.3, [[Vario|New Vario]], {{yen|25|1932}};
* Elliotte C, f/4.5, [[Vario|New Vario]], {{yen|33|1932}};
* Elliotte B, f/6.3, [[Vario|New Vario]], {{yen|30|1932}};
* Elliotte B, f/4.5, [[Pronto|Auto Pronto]], {{yen|40|1932}};
* Elliotte B, f/4.5, [[Ibsor]], {{yen|45|1932}}.
Another source says that the Elliotte was also available with [[Meyer]] lenses.<REF> Lewis, p.47. It also mentions a "Prontor" shutter option, certainly a confusion for "Pronto". </REF>

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No surviving example of the Elliotte has been observed so far.

== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' (アサヒカメラ) June 1932. Advertisement by [[Ōhashi|Ōhashi Takeji Shōten]] on p.A15.
* {{Lewis}} P.47.
This camera is not listed in {{Sugiyama}}.

[[Category: Japanese 6.5x9 folding]]
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