Kinka Roll
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
- ↑ Dates: advertisements listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 335.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 67.
- ↑ Name inferred from the katakana テナー.
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 66.
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama.