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Thanks to the folding finder, this camera is particularly light and compact. | Thanks to the folding finder, this camera is particularly light and compact. |
Revision as of 06:35, 30 May 2006
The Fujica Six, a 6×6 folding viewfinder camera, was the very first camera to be produced by Fuji Photo Film. The first version came out in 1948, the last in 1953.
There were three main styles, of which the first and third came in a number of varieties.
Model I
model | IA | IB | IC | IAS | ICS | IBS | ||
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variant | a | b | c | |||||
lens | Fuji | Rectar | ||||||
aperture | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | ||||
shutter | Lotus | S.R. | NKSZ | S.R. | NKS | |||
max speed | 200 | 500 | 200 | 500 | 200 | |||
flash terminal | none | 2-pin | 1-pin | 2-pin | German | 2-pin | ||
self-timer | yes | no | yes | no | yes | |||
release | April 1948 | August 1948 | June 1949 | August 1949 | 1949 | 1950 | ||
price in Japan | ¥5250 | ¥6200 | [export] | ¥5250 | [export] | ¥6200 |
Model I, of which there were six acknowledged models, is a very simply designed camera. A single button serves to open both the front and the viewfinder, which consists of two metal-framed lenses. Film is inserted on the right and advanced to the left. Film advance requires use of the red window. There is only one of these: there is no provision for 6×4.5.
Thanks to the folding finder, this camera is particularly light and compact.
Within the name, "A" seems to have referred to the f4.5 lens, "B" to f3.5, "C" to a top speed of 1/500 (in addition to the f3.5 lens), and "S" to flash synchronization. The three variants of the IIBS were not labeled in any way; our use of "a", "b" and "c" is merely arbitrary and for the reader's convenience.
In the table above, "S.R." stands for Seikosha Rapid. "German" was the contemporary name for what is now (2006) the standard design of flash terminal.
Model IIBS
Coming soon.
Model IIC
Coming soon.
Further reading / reference
- Koyasu Yoshinobu (子安栄信). "Fuji Shashin Firumu no kamera no subete" (富士写真フィルムのカメラのすべて All the cameras of Fuji Photo Film). In "Fuji Shashin Firumu no kamera" (富士写真フィルムのカメラ The cameras of Fuji Photo Film), no. 44 of Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera no Senka. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1997. ISBN 4-257-13013-X (In Japanese only.) Koyasu deals with the Fuji Six on pp. 18–21.