Kamerette
The Kamerette is a simple box camera, made in Japan around 1930. It takes 3×5cm no-need-darkroom film sheets, and is sometimes described as a "yen-camera" because most of these cameras were sold for ¥1. The Kamerette has a single brilliant finder at the top, a fixed-focus lens, no diaphragm and Bulb exposure only. Many versions exist. The Kamerette Junior No.1 has a nameplate inscribed KAMERETTE JUNIOR NO.1 attached to the body under the lens.[1] The Kamerette Junior No.2 has a hexagonal plate around the shutter assembly, and has the words Kamerette and Junior No2 around the lens.[2] The Super Camera is similar but has a SUPER CAMERA nameplate attached to the body under the lens, and no marking around the lens itself.[3] McKeown also reports a Kamerette No.1, Kamerette No.2, and Kamerette Junior No.4.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Example pictured in Sugiyama, item 4042.
- ↑ Example pictured in McKeown, p.456, and in this page at Infocam.
- ↑ Example pictured in this page at Infocam. The Super Camera is also mentioned in McKeown, p.908, where it is wrongly dated "c.1950".
- ↑ McKeown, p.456.
Bibliography
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp.456 and 908.
- 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 4042.
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