Kelly
The Semi Kelly (セミケリー) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera. It is said to be a Baldax copy, with a front-cell focusing U.L.L. 75/3.5 lens and a Koho shutter giving T, B, 1–150 speeds.[1]
The Semi Kelly is attributed to Miyoshi Kōgaku.[2] Miyoshi and Proud seem to have produced cameras in cooperation, and the Semi Kelly is perhaps related to the Semi Proud, another Baldax copy.
The Semi Kelly was featured in a column of the July 1941 issue of Asahi Camera.[3] The Template:Kakaku1940 short, compiled on October 25, 1940 and published in January 1941, also listed a camera called "Kelly", priced ¥160, among other 4.5×6 folders.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336, certainly after the July 1941 article in Asahi Camera.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336, certainly after the July 1941 article in Asahi Camera.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336.
- ↑ Template:Kakaku1940 short, type 3, section 7B.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Item 92. (Unlike most other cameras covered in this book, no advertisement is reproduced.)
The Semi Kelly is not listed in Sugiyama.
