Kenko 35
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The Kenko 35 (ケンコー35) is a Japanese camera announced in 1949 by the distributor Murakami Shōkai, and about which very few is known.
The Kenko 35 reportedly takes fourteen 3.5×4cm exposures on 127 film or eighteen 25×36mm exposures on 35mm film.[1] It was announced with a synchronized focal plane shutter giving T, B, 1–700 speeds, and a collapsible Nikkor 50/3.5 lens.[2]
The camera was advertised in Japanese magazines dated February 1949 and featured in the December 1949 issue of Photo Art (about Japanese cameras).[3] No surviving example is known, and it is not sure that the camera was effectively sold.
Notes
- ↑ Film and picture size: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.351.
- ↑ Lens and shutter: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.351.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.351.
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 505.
