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Revision as of 15:50, 18 August 2007

Japanese older 6×9 (edit)
folding First Center | First Roll | Kinka Roll | Lyra (6×9) | Pearl No.3 | Pearl No.2 | Year-Eight Pearl | Reex | Royal Junior
box Dox | Sakura (box)
3×4 and 4×4, 4×5 and 4×6.5, 4.5×6, 6×6 and plate ->
Modern 6×9 RF and SLR ->

The Kinka Roll (錦華ロール) is a Japanese 6×9cm folding camera, made by Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho in 1936 and 1937.[1]

Description of the body

The Kinka Roll is a vertical folding camera taking both 6×9 and 4.5×6 exposures. It is not self erecting and the lens standard needs to be manually pulled out after opening. It seems that the focusing is controlled by a lever placed on the right of the folding bed. There is a folding optical finder and a brilliant finder attached to the U-shaped lens standard. The advance knob is at the top right, as seen by a photographer holding the camera horizontally. The back is hinged to the left and the back latch is covered by a leather handle.

Lens and shutter equipment

The Kinka Roll was advertised in January 1937 in four versions:[2]

  • Trionar f/6.3 lens, Elka shutter, 10–150 speeds (¥30);
  • Trionar f/4.5 lens, Elka shutter, 10–150 speeds (¥38);
  • Tenar[3] f/4.5 lens, Rulex A shutter, 1–200 speeds (¥50);
  • Meyer f/4.5 lens, S Compur shutter, 1–250 speeds (¥95).

Notes

  1. Dates: advertisements listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 335.
  2. Advertisement published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 67.
  3. Name inferred from the katakana テナー.

Bibliography

This camera is not listed in Sugiyama.