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The '''Herlight''' is a Japanese camera taking 4&times;4cm pictures on [[127 film]]. It was made by [[Ofuna|Ōfuna Kōgaku]] in 1947.<REF> Date: Sugiyama, item 4147; ''Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten'', p.&nbsp;28. </REF>
 
The '''Herlight''' is a Japanese camera taking 4&times;4cm pictures on [[127 film]]. It was made by [[Ofuna|Ōfuna Kōgaku]] in 1947.<REF> Date: Sugiyama, item 4147; ''Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten'', p.&nbsp;28. </REF>
  

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Japanese pseudo TLR (edit)
Prewar and wartime models
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4×4 Pilot Ref (4×4)
3×4 Alma Baby Ref | Baby Ref | Baby Roll Ref | Chukon Ref | Clover Baby Ref | Mario Ref | Pilot Ref | Prince Baby Ref | Truth
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4.5×6 Binox | Maruso Refe
4×4 Herlight
Japanese true TLR ->
Japanese 6×6, 4.5×6, 3×4 and 4×4, 4×5 and 4×6.5 ->

The Herlight is a Japanese camera taking 4×4cm pictures on 127 film. It was made by Ōfuna Kōgaku in 1947.[1]

Description

The Herlight is a box shaped metal camera, and can be described as a box or a pseudo TLR. The right hand side supports an advance knob, a B and I (Bulb and Instant) selector, a distant release post and the release lever. There is a large brilliant finder at the top, and the name Herlight is written behind the finder eyepiece. The lens is a fixed focus 5cm f/8 called Triplet Ofunar. There is a small plate screwed under the lens, inscribed OFUNA inside a hexagonal logo and supporting the aperture knob with 6, 9, 12, 16 settings.

Notes

  1. Date: Sugiyama, item 4147; Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten, p. 28.

Bibliography

  • 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 4147.
  • 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. 28.

This camera is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.

Links

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