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The '''Hongmei HM-1''' (Hongmei, 红梅, means 'red plum') is a self-erecting folding camera for 6x6 cm, or by means of hinged masks, 4.5x6cm images on [[120 film|120 roll-film]]. It was made by the Changzhou Camera Factory in Changzhou, in eastern [[China]], and is a copy of the [[Seagull]] folding cameras made not far away in Shanghai.

On the top plate, the camera has an advance lever for fast film advance, though it still has [[red window]]s for each format. The shutter release button is also on the top plate. Most examples seen also have a [[hot shoe]] (but not all, as illustrated below). A [[Viewfinder#Telescopic_finders|Galilean viewfinder]] is integrated into the top housing.  

The lens is a coated 75 mm f/4.5 three-element type, with front-element focusing down to 1.5 metres. The leaf shutter is [[flash sync|synchronised]] for flash, with a [[PC socket]] even on examples without a shoe. It has speeds from 1/10 to 1/200 sec plus 'B', and a delayed-action control. In most examples of the camera, the front plate of the shutter has the Changzhou factory's name in Chinese characters.<ref>Translation provided in a comment on one of the pictures in [[User:Hanskerensky|Hans Kerensky]]'s Flickr set showing [http://www.flickr.com/photos/29504544@N08/sets/72157624620442418/ disassembly of the Hongmei shutter].</ref>


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